Piri-Piri Cod Parcels
I’ve eaten enough calories this Sunday to warrant reigning it all the way back the whole week long. Hence fish parcels. These are great ways to cook an entire nutritious dinner in one little shiny...
View ArticleSuperquinn Special Offers – Until 8th March
Superquinn deals are really actually worth a look lately. Last week it was €3.49 chicken, this week has similar great value offers, read on! I’ll be posting the recipe for Housekeeper’s Pot Roast now...
View ArticleSpecial Offer Highlights February 25th
If you do your weekly shop at the weekends, you might want to factor this week’s highlights into your shopping list… Aldi’s clearing out the competition this week with their 79c offers; Tesco’s Kerr...
View ArticleTesco Special Offers
Tesco special offers are out today. And it’s meat week. Well no, not officially, but they’ve got some decent offers on all things meaty, fishy and er, chicken-y. Starting with their half price dinner,...
View ArticleSalmon with Pesto Crust
You know those days your lovely OH has spontaneously invited four highly critical friends over for dinner? Like, tonight. And you’ve nothing in the fridge except a half jar of pesto and some...
View ArticleLidl Special Offers
This week’s Lidl special offers include enough sweets to turn a stone diabetic but we won’t linger on those, they’re cheap, chewy and retro. There. Done. Onto more important things. Like alcohol....
View ArticleSmoked Salmon Linguini with Goats Cheese Sauce
Yes, it’s rich. Yes, it’s fattening. And yes, it’s gorgeous. This is in fact the evening supper that prompted Mr Gastronomics to rub his tummy contentedly, plonk a kiss on my cheek and tell me he’s...
View ArticleRestaurant Review: Matt the Thresher Seafood Bar & Grill, Dublin 2
The last thing I can ever remember winning was a bag of coal when I was four. Yep, I was the pint-sized, pig-tailed envy of Junior Infants as you can imagine. However, I am happy to declare that the...
View ArticlePasta-gate / Spicy Crab Ravioli with Tomato Sauce
Pasta-gate [pah-stah-gate] –noun Def: referring to time when Ms Gastronomics attempted to make homemade pasta at home in Mr Gastronomic’s spotlessly clean house. Flour, eggs, water, and carpet do not a...
View ArticlePrawn Star – Neven Maguire’s Tasty Oven-Roasted Dublin Bay Prawns
Since I’ve hauled my broke a*s onto the property ladder there has been distinctly less (read: none) money left over for former hobbies. Gone are manicures, regular hair-cuts and er, cook books. Any...
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