Award-winning blog of Irish food writer and broadcaster Caroline Hennessy.
Dinners and lunches, food for friends and suppers at home – all kinds of savoury options
This is a very good humoured dish: I’ve made it with soft goat’s cheese instead of ricotta; with all kinds of shredded greens instead of – or with – the spinach (nettles and chard have all had their own time tucked in amidst the layers of pasta); and using regular, wholemeal or gluten-free lasagne sheets.
When you have one 500g pack of Lúnasa Farm minced pork (#mediasample) and five people for dinner, a batch of meatballs will be your best friend. These pork and ricotta ones, served with lemon...
Cooking in a camper van, on a camping stove or barbecue can be a challenge, but it’s also a lot of fun. Take inspiration from Camping Soul Food, a smart collection of easy recipes that can be cooked anywhere with limited equipment and fridge space.
Before the asparagus season – oh, so short in Ireland but so, so sweet – disappears, it must be celebrated. Slice and pile it on top of a simple nutty-flavoured spelt pastry base that’s...
Using the slow cooker to cook a whole spiced cauliflower lets you lather your cauli liberally with some good flavours, turn the slow cooker to high and ignore it – apart from the gorgeous aroma – for three hours.
When the world’s gone mad, it’s good to be in the kitchen making the easiest, cheesiest spinach gnocchi. Comfort food in a crazy world.
It feels as if there’s been a lot more sweet things around the cottage lately. This might be due to a combination of the girls baking more – thanks to cookbook gifts from the...
