BBQ Time

I can’t believe this great weather we are having. Especially in Ireland, it’s something that doesn’t happen too often. It would be rude not to have a BBQ. Below is a list of some BBQ ideas that I love. Hopefully, it can give you some inspiration! πŸ™‚ Ingredients: Meat options; beef burgers, chicken burgers, chicken…

Delicious Homemade Cookies

With lots of chocolate in the house after Easter we decided to use them up based on the recipe from BBC Good Food. Please see link below: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/vintage-chocolate-chip-cookies This recipe is great. The 200g of chocolate chips we divided into 4 different types of cookies. We made Cadbury Buttons cookies (75g), Galaxy (plain) (50g), Galaxy…

Faith and Keith’s Pesto

Thank you so much for sending this to us via our instagram page @cookingincookley. It just looks incredible! Faith and Keith have been making this for the past couple of years and love it. They have wild garlic growing near them in the forest. We will have to try this Donal Skehan recipe! Let us…

Carrot Cake

Ingredients (serves 12 portions): Cake: 225g/8 oz self-raising flour 1.5 tsp baking powder 1.25 tsp baking soda 1.5 tsp cinnamon 1/2 tsp salt 3 eggs beaten 175g/6 oz granulated sugar 157ml/6 fl oz vegetable oil 200g/8 oz carrots grated 50g/2 oz walnuts, roughly chopped 50g/2 oz sultanas (optional) 3 rings of tinned pineapple Icing: 100g/4…

Chocolate chip scones made with cream

Chocolate chip scones made with cream. They are definitely worth the extra cals! Nom nom! Best served with tay! #chocolatechipscones #homemadescones #cookingincookley #enjoyfood #enjoymakingfood #bakingistherapy #whattodowhenstuckindoors ! β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€”β€” Ingredients (makes 6) * 280 g/10 oz. Plain flour, sifted * 1 tablespoon baking powder * 50 g/1.7 oz. granulated sugar * 1/2 teaspoon salt * 75 g/2.6 oz. cold butter, cut into small cubes…

Afternoon Tea

The top tier consists of Jamie Oliver’s chocolate pots which we served with strawberries and shortbread. We found these to be very rich and probably wouldn’t make them again, but they looked good! Please see link below for this recipe: https://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/chocolate-pots#spotim-comments The middle tier has chocolate chip scones made from cream. These were really tasty…