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Review: Brunch at Pigeon House, Delgany, Co.Wicklow
I’m a girl who loves her brunch, I mean, the thought of it is enough to wake the dead, piping hot fresh coffee, the smell of bacon sizzling away, overnight oats with the freshest ripest fruit or stacks of pancakes with the most delicious maple syrup, all washed down with an indulgent glass of Mimosa, made with ultra fresh orange juice… I’ve got you salivating there, haven’t I?😉 I’ve had many brunches over the years, written about.. a few, but sorry guys, I have a new favourite, the Pigeon House in Delgany. I’ve been on the lookout since my favourite brunch spot ‘Theatre Lane‘ went out of business. My husband…
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Traditional Irish Soda Bread
I had an immense craving for brown bread this week, good home made stuff so I decided to make some! While we were grocery shopping, I really found it difficult to buy the pre-made buttermilk, I just couldn’t do it! Once you make your own butter and make the leftover buttermilk into something yummy like scones or soda bread, you’ll never go back! The supermarket stuff is just milk with acid added to it to sour it…so I convinced Ryan, my husband to make his butter again, with the promise of warm bread to spread it on later and it didn’t take much convincing….he walked through Tesco with a smile…
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Not So ‘Stuffed’ Stuffing
I love Sunday’s, apart from the idea of work the next morning which highly depends where you work, some people live for Monday mornings and returning to work. Sunday to me is a complete lounge day, sleep in, nice hot shower, the nice fresh coffee that my husband usually leaves on my dressing table for when I dry myself off and then an hour of television, which is usually Ina Garten’s ‘Barefoot Contessa’. Then I prepare a yummy lunch.. Sunday lunches mean a lot to me, you get to take out the linen napkin’s and dress the table up, if you have company -even better! It’s a good time to…
