Marian’s Morsel (8): I proposed on 29th February and he didn’t say yes

If you haven’t noticed by now I like to be a bit off the norm, helps keep me motivated. If I were to follow the crowd ooh I’d be so bored. This leads nicely into a little trip down memory lane now that the 29th February is fast approaching. Hard to believe that the year [...]

My First Dairy-Free Choc Sauce / Mousse

Ah this is so cute I had to share it with you. I found it very nostalgic to remember how over-joyed I used to be on finding new foods that would open up my food restrictive world again. I’m guessing the post was originally drafted in March 2011 as the only reason I didn’t post [...]

Marian’s Morsels (7): How many mls in a tablespoon?

Last year Lorna sent a message out on twitter urgently needing to know about how many mls in a tablespoon. She was in the middle of a recipe and needed an answer, as you can imagine, asap. I along with others came to the rescue. When we met up at a meeting a while later [...]

Mindful Monday

Reblogged from Journeying Beyond Breast Cancer: What an uplifting piece for Monday morning blues, Enjoy Will have my chocolate mousse later?

Busy Baking Today: It’s Becoming A Habit

I’m off on a course tomorrow and they’ll only be using wheat flour. So I’m busy today making bread and other treats to keep me going. Also on my menu today is a chocolate mousse. So lots to do. This Friday baking is getting to a bit of a habit though which I’ll gladly succumbing [...]

Marian’s Morsels (6): Dairy Free Fudge (product review)

I ended up spending most of the day in Dublin city centre looking for Oatly cream. Oatly is a dairy free alternative to milk and I needed it to re-test an old draft post for chocolate mousse. Still trying to figure out why it was left in drafts, as it looks finished. I concluded that [...]

Marian’s Morsels (4): Valentine’s Picnic

Six years ago on Valentine’s Day we moved into our present home. We had got the keys one month earlier on the exact day and thought it’d be oh so “rosemantic” to move in on Valentine’s Day, big softies. When Valentine’s Day arrived there was no cooker, fridge, or shower, ah sure the list was [...]

My Mexican Shop – 50% sale on corn tortillas

Although us wheat intolerant folks need to double check gluten-free products to ensure there aren’t any other wheat elements lurking around the product (wheat starches, wheat syrups etc) to cause us problems these may be worth a try for you. They are so quick and easy to use and my favourite use is with veggie [...]

Homemade Vegetable Stock

Lately I’ve been doing more stocks for soups, mainly due the good value on good quality vegetables available. Between that and having a bit more time means the stock cube may take a backseat to being a standby once again. Makes: 1.5 litres Ingredients: 580g white onions, chopped into chunks 360g celery stalks, chopped into [...]

Wholesome & Soothing Cauliflower Sweet Potato & Pea Soup

Hi All, sorry for lack of posts for much of this week but got a very severe reaction to a medication I had to take on Monday. It fairly knocked the wind out of my sails until now. As the old saying goes “best laid plans…..” I got four servings out of this. I  just [...]