Halloween has always been celebrated in a big way in Ireland, where I come from. When I was growing up it was more about dressing up, spooking each other, playing games such as apple bobbing rather than today’s popular ‘trick or treating’. Irish folklore has strong links with Halloween, which is said to be linked with […]
Autumn to me means apples and I’ve been seeing lots of lovely apple recipes floating about. My food blogger friend Louise of Louilicious has been whipping up delicious apple creations left and right as has Nadia over at Foodfanatic. So needless to say, I’ve had apples on my mind…a lot. This coincided with a renewed […]
As you may know we started trying to grow some of our own vegetables this year. It’s been quite the learning experience. One of things we have learned is that if broccoli goes unattended during a warm spell it can go to flower. My heart sank a little when I saw this upon return from […]
