Last night I said to my husband I just haven’t the energy to blog lately. I want to, but by the time evening comes round and the children are in bed, I am jaded. Today I planned to grab an hour and write a post, maybe two. When it came down to it I couldn’t… Continue reading A Snapshot of What We Eat
It’s the weekend! Hands up who is doing their big shop today? The weekly shop, the groceries, the messages, whatever you like to call it. When do you do yours? Friday used to be my day for it, being my day off work. I say used to because I haven’t done the big shop in… Continue reading The Really, Really Big “Big Shop”
A pet hate of mine – and I have many – is photographs of food styled so that it bears no resemblance to how it would look in reality. Pictures in cook books, on blogs or in magazines showing food that is obviously not prepared according to the accompanying recipe make me incredibly angry. While… Continue reading Food Styling for Beginners
Do you know that feeling of finding a place you really like, be it a shop, cafe, theatre or garden, and hoping it will never ever change? That’s the feeling I have about one of my favourite places to visit when I am home in Ireland – The Brown Hound Cafe in Bryanstown, Drogheda. I… Continue reading Revisiting The Brown Hound Cafe, Drogheda
When I was a child I had a cookbook – the Usbourne first cookbook or something along those lines. I can’t remember much of what was in it, but I do remember there was a flapjack recipe and I loved it. My mother had a red square-shaped baking tin and that was the one we… Continue reading Addictive Flapjack Bars
As I have mentioned before, Halloween is not widely celebrated in Germany. As a result, I don’t generally go to huge lenghts to make a fuss of it. We hold a party for the children and I try to incorporate some of the Irish traditions I remember from my childhood. Out shopping yesterday I bought… Continue reading Simple Halloween Party Ideas for Children
Lunchboxes are under appreciated. A good, simple lunchbox can make a parent’s and a child’s daily life easier. A bad one can be an annoyance, and we all know that extra annoyance is not what families need. If it can be avoided, it should be avoided. Sinead from Bumbles of Rice has recently given some… Continue reading Lunchboxes – My Three Favourites
Its July. JULY! The second half of the year has begun. I can hardly believe it. They say time flies even faster the older you get and this year has definitely been the fastest I have ever experienced. The combination of that and my eldest son turning eight yesterday is making me feel a tad… Continue reading #ClearOutAndEat – The Revival
I’m recently returned from a few days in Ireland, primarily to visit my sister and the newest addition to our family, her newborn son. He is a gorgeous little fella and, so far at least, a very content baby. So content in fact that he allowed his mammy and his auntie two hours of peace to… Continue reading Afternoon Tea At The Fitzwilliam Hotel, Dublin
