Monthly Archives: March 2013

Bacon and Cheese Potato Nachos!

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Ingredients

  • As many (fresh or already baked) Potatoes as you think you can handle!
  • 1 tbsp. Cumin
  • 1 tbsp. Chile Powder
  • Olive or Vegetable Oil
  • A large clear Zipper bag
  • Grated Cheese and your favourite other nacho toppings.

Directions

  1. Peel and slice up the potatoes into about 1/4″ disks
  2. Add them into the Zipper bag and drizzle the oil into it, then add the spices & shake it up, until all the potatoes are evenly coated!
  3. Grill them until they’re golden on both sides.
  4. Start layering them with the cheeses and toppings.
  5. Put them into the oven at 350 for a few minutes to melt together
  6. Serve a cheesy plate full and enjoy.

Baby Butt Butter

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Fantastic for protecting baby butts, healing nappy rash and great for Mammy’s dry skin and lips too.

Ingredients

  • 3tbls Almond Oil
  • 1tbls Vitamin E oil
  • 2tbls Bees wax
  • 1tbls Cocoa butter
  • 1tbls Coconut oil
  • 10 drops Roman Chamomile
  • Container

Method

Add ingredients to a bowl

Place bowl over a pot of water (Ban Marie) and heat till all the ingredients are melted.

Poor into container and leave to solidify.

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Easy Plain Irish Wheaten Bread Recipe

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Ingredients

  • 350g/12oz Medium Wholemeal
  • 75g/4oz Butter
  • 1 Teaspoon Salt
  • 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1 Teaspoon Cream of Tartar
  • ½pt/300ml Buttermilk

Preheat the oven to 200oC ( 400oF) Gas mark 6
Grease a 1l loaf tin

Method:
Weigh out wholemeal and turn into a bowl. Sieve flour, salt, baking soda and cream of tartar and add to wholemeal, mix with buttermilk to form a medium stiff dough.

Generously sprinkle your baking board with wholemeal and turn out the dough and shape into a thick round with your hands. Place in a 7″ or 8″ cake tin, mark into quarters, sprinkle with wholemeal and bake in centre of hot oven 200c (400f/Gas Mark 6) for 50-60 minutes.

NOTE: The same ingredients are suitable for wheaten farls.

Cheese and Bacon Wheaten Bread

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Ingredients

  • 350g/12oz Medium Wholemeal Flour
  • 75g/4oz Butter
  • 1 Teaspoon Salt
  • 1 Teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 1 Teaspoon Cream of Tartar
  • ½pt/300ml Buttermilk
  • 4 – 5 slices Diced Bacon
  • 150g/ 5.2 oz Grated Cheese

Preheat the oven to 200oC ( 400oF) Gas mark 6
Grease a 1l loaf tin

Method:
Weigh out wholemeal and turn into a bowl. Sieve flour, salt, baking soda and cream of tartar and add to wholemeal, mix with buttermilk to form a medium stiff dough.

Add grated cheese and bacon.

Generously sprinkle your baking board with wholemeal and turn out the dough and shape into a thick round with your hands. Place in a 7″ or 8″ cake tin, mark into quarters, sprinkle with wholemeal and bake in centre of hot oven 200c (400f/Gas Mark 6) for 50-60 minutes.

NOTE: The same ingredients are suitable for cheese and bacon wheaten farls.