Quinoa peanut butter chocolate chip cookies

Reblogged from dinutrition: These cookies are high in fibre and are a source of protein, so you can feel a little less guilty about eating them.  For a gluten-free version, replace the oats with extra quinoa or another grain of your choice. (This recipe was adapted from: http://kazualkreative.com/). Ingredients: 2 cups cooked quinoa (2/3 cups dry [...]

On holidays until May 21st

Hi, I’m taking a week off. See you all on Monday 21st May… Marian

Friday’s Fun Bits (12):

What a week, shops didn’t have stopped stocking some ingredients I’ve been using for years. A couple of people let me down, which I wasn’t expecting from them anyhow. Worst still I thought my baking mojo had disappeared. No matter what I cooked flopped. I was beginning to think I needed to hang up the apron. Thankfully made [...]

Happy Healthy Cooking – The Happy Pear demo being run by CNM at Griffith College

Looking to learn the skills of tasty, healthy cooking in a fun and happy way? Then check out The Happy Pear cooking demo being run by CNM (Dublin). It’s on 14 June at 7.00-9.00pm at Griffith College. Tickets are only Eur30. Check out further details at Happy Healthy Cooking I’ve already booked, are you going? Marian

Recipe: Chocolate Peanut Butter

Reblogged from : Chocolate Peanut Butter I went through a bit of a peanut butter phase recently. I am not sure why. I was gripped by a mania and wanted to roast / peel / shell all types of nuts and whizz them in my magimix, adjust the oil contents, play with salts, and see [...]

Pea Celery & Spinach Soup

Reblogged from Spelt for Choice: Marian's Kitchen Blog:  A quick and easy wholesome filling soup Hi and welcome to my latest post. I’ve always wanted to have a pea soup under my belt. During the week I was short on a lunch so I opted to use what I had in the fridge and so [...]

Friday’s Fun Bits (10): Spiced Quinoa Salad, Steamed Quinoa, Smoothies, Pear & Choc Pudding & More

The weeks are flying past so quickly these days, aren’t they? It seemed only like yesterday that I put up the last Friday’s Fun Bits. Would you agree I need a holiday cos we went to see Ardal O’Hanlon last night and I fell asleep (luckily I was in the back row and could lean my [...]

Dinner Roles: April Round-Up

Thanks to all our members to read and wrote reviews of our April book,  Dinner Roles: American Women and Culinary Culture by Sherrie A Inness, chosen by Liz of enter with love into darkness. Here is a list of our posts: Aileen at 300 Threads Liz at enter with love into darkness Rinku at Cooking in Westchester [...]

Dinner Roles: April Round-Up

Reblogged from The Kitchen Reader: Thanks to all our members to read and wrote reviews of our April book,  Dinner Roles: American Women and Culinary Culture by Sherrie A Inness, chosen by Liz of enter with love into darkness. Here is a list of our posts: Aileen at 300 Threads Liz at enter with love into darkness [...]

The “Different” Dinner Guest! Wheat, Dairy, Egg, Gluten Intolerances: What’s all the fuss anyway?

Part 1: My Story on coming to grips with Food Intolerance (or The “Different Dinner Guest….” Part 2: My Road to Successfully Dealing with Food Intolerances Part 3: Definitions of wheat free, dairy free, egg free and “what is spelt flour?”  What Prompted Me to Write This? I was chatting with Marie (a great friend) about intolerances [...]