During the winter when our thoughts turn to roast dinners we rarely entertain the idea of including roast vegetables preferring instead to boil the arse out of our veg in a pot and consume them through a straw. Roasting veggies seems to be somewhat of a Mediterranean concept and one that seems yet to catch [...]
Tag Archive > Recipe
A Whole Lot of Stuffing
Everybody likes stuffing, nothing better on a Sunday than a roast chicken and plenty of stuffing and in these dark days of economic depression anybody interested in saving a bit of money, in fact a lot of money relative to what it would cost you to buy, should really consider making their own. It’s dead [...]
Yassi’s Lemon Spuds
As messy-chef is proud to serve and because JD asked nicely then it’s time to post the Lemon Spuds I mentioned in the post about SuperValu doing cheap chicken (pun intended). It’s actually Yassi’s recipe, not mine, so I’ll give her the credit. Happy St Patrick’s Day! Ingredients: (for 2) 5 or 6 potatoes cut [...]
Parma Ham, Goats Cheese and Sun Dried Tomato Salad
Feb 5th 2009: I’ve updated this to include the wine recommendation below. Apologies for the rehash of an old post but I thought Lar had a great idea to match wines with recipes from different food blogs. It’s a fun way to navigate the different food blogs out there. Jan 14th 2009: Work has been [...]
Quick Chicken Curry
We go through phases at home where we cook a lot of curries and then don’t do any for ages. Maybe its time to get back into it while the weather is still nice and cold. Here is a curry recipe I learned from a friend a few months back. It takes about 5mins to [...]
Fresh Prawns in Garlic Butter with Parmesean Breadcrumb.
Fresh prawns are always a treat to have. At about €12 per Kg these days they are not cheap, usually somewhere between €6 and €10 for a dozen depending on size, but they are oh so tasty. My preference with prawns is less is more so there is not much extra added after cooking. Not [...]
Chicken Breast stuffed with Sun Dried Tomato, Basil and Goat’s Cheese.
This is a great dish, it’s a bit of a pain in the ass to make but it’s nice and savoury. If there is stuffing mixture left over paste it onto some crostini, serve with salad and you have an excellent starter, without the salad it will works well as a canape…jeez I used “crostini” [...]
Tom Yum Gai (Spicy Chicken Soup)
You see this on a lot of Thai menus, as with every other dish served in Asian restaurants the recipe differs from house to house so there’s no set way of doing this. I’ve been cooking it as a starter or snack for a while now but eventually figured that if you add noodles to [...]
Butternut Squash Muffins with Frosty Lemon Topping
Jamie Oliver has been living in my Sky+ box for the last few months, not the fat-lipped Cockney Cherub himself but his “Jamie At Home” TV show. It must have been the start of the summer when I saw him make Butternut Squash muffins and thought “Hey, they might be nice! The kids will love [...]
Fried Halloumi Salad with Sun Dried Tomatoes, Pine Nuts and Balsamic Dressing
Before autumn truly takes hold (did it ever let go in Ireland?) here is a tasty salad that you can mess around with and get to your own liking. Again, it’s quick and easy for a starter or side or lunch or the dog if things get bad. Enjoy. Fried Halloumi with Sun Dried Tomatoes [...]
