Belgian Truffles

Have you ever tasted authentic Belgian Truffles? We are lucky to have a Leonidas Chocolate Shop in Dublin.

My sister and I popped in for a sweet treat last week. We each had the delicious fresh cream coffee flavour "Manon"

I told my sister about my trip to Belgium about a year ago and how just about every third shop is a chocolate truffle shop!!

Breakfast

A low carb breakfast of 2 Egg Omelette with peppers, red onion and ham.

Word of the day: Popover

What's a "Popover"?, you might ask, if you are English or Irish.....

Last night I heard that a Popover is an American food item that is something similar to a Yorkshire Pudding and is served with roast beef.  One difference I can see is that the fat from the beef is put in to the baking pan when making Yorkshire Puddings.  This causes a dip to develop in the pudding - perfect for loading beef & gravy in to!

Another difference is that it seems the popover can be served alongside sweet accompaniments.  The Yorkshire pudding is only ever served with savouries.

I quite like the word "Popover"........I think I will call my Yorkshire Puddings (from the freezer) popovers!

All chocolated out....

After Easter and a LOT of chocolate it is back to my soup diet. Today I made a big pot of veggie soup which I will take with me to work all week for lunch.

I oven roasted peppers, onions, carrots and sweet potatoes while cooking broccoli in the stock. It all gets added in to the pot and blitzed up. If it is too thick extra water can be added - or even a tin if tomatoes. Delicious!

I'm also trying to eat more protein and less processed carbs so I had a salmon fillet with lemon pepper for my dinner. I'm on a 2 month countdown to when I will be back in my bikini in Key West, Florida. Woo hoo!!

Hi di hi Clampers!

This morning, when I opened my curtains, I found the clampers (Grrr) having a field day on my street. They had clamped 2 cars and were attaching a Denver Boot to a third. They were so quiet (deviously so) - there will be a nasty surprise for three people as they leave for work this morning.

Living so close to Dublin City we have to pay for parking permits. Visitors need to feed the meter to park on our road. One of my friends was clamped on their first visit to my house. Not good
:-(

Unfortunately I think the clampers are a necessary evil as we live very close to a large rugby stadium and parking would be a nightmare during game times if it was unregulated.

French toast

I made French Toast and bacon for a snack today. I think the trick to good French Toast is to make it with thick cut fresh bread. It's real comfort food and perfect for a cold day like today.

Easter Bunny Cute!

My niece wore the most adorable dress on Easter Sunday. How lovely is the detail on the smocking?!

And below us a picture of my niece a year ago at Easter!