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A New Sticky Toffee Pudding
I love sticky toffee pudding…have you ever had it? Unfortunately most places don’t make it the right way. Usually, the cake is baked separately and then topped with a toffee sauce during service. Although delicious, this is not a real sticky toffee pudding. A real sticky toffee pudding is a steamed date nut cake…
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Irish Boxty Potato Cakes
You didn’t think I would let a St. Patty’s day pass me by without making a potato item, now did you? This is an item I have come across many times on several different blogs, but the one that caught my eye was on a blog called armida cooks. The recipe looked easy enough and…
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Mock Seafood Stew
When I started making this stew yesterday, my friend said, “this might sound like a dumb question, but if you are using seafood, why are you calling it ‘mock’ seafood stew’…. ” It’s true that I had small quantities of many different things that were just taking up space in my freezer and just weren’t…
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Apple Cranberry Compote
With the Holidays coming up, I wanted to share my recipe for a quick apple & cranberry compote that I make every year. I usually add a little fresh squeezed orange juice in the liquid, and a few drops of orange oil (from the orange skins), and it is truly lovely and luscious. This goes…