Life on the Avenue

Friday, 28 August 2015

Banting "Kung Pao Chicken on Coconut Cauli-Rice" from Real Meal Revolution Book

I borrowed The Real Meal Revolution from the library yesterday. It is a Banting or LCHF (low carb high fat) cookbook and the recipes are amazing!!

I decided that I would try to cook the Kung Pao with Coconut Cauliflower Rice. It looks so good in the cookbook and from the video you can see that it seems fairly easy to cook.

I'm intrigued to see what the Coconut Cauli-Rice tastes like. Cauliflower Rice is a low carb alternative to rice - have you ever tasted it?

I had to buy every single ingredient as I had nothing in my pantry.

And voila - here is the finished dish!

It was very tasty but next time I will add less water to the cauli-rice as it was a little watery. But definitely a success and was given the thumbs up by my husband......even though he spotted straight away that there was not real rice on the plate.

The Real Meal Revolution is available from Amazon - if you are looking for a Low Carb High Fat cookbook I would think this is a good buy. As well as including lots of great recipes with super pics, all the science behind Banting or LCHF and why fat doesn't cause obesity but Carbohydrate does is explained thoroughly at the back by Professor Tim Noakes. It's a whopper of a book and I think it is the LCHF bible!

Wednesday, 26 August 2015

Granby Burger Patties

While buying Clonakilty pudding tonight, these Granby Burger Patties caught my eye.

They are marked at only 39c and are made by Granby which was established in 1933!!

Have you ever eaten one?! What was it like??

Tuesday, 25 August 2015

I am a giant!

"I am a giant"

Well obviously not!

But drinking from little espresso cups does make you feel like a giant sometimes.

Amy and I found these adorable little espresso cups in Easons in Dun Laoghaire (at the Ukulele Festival). I got 4 cups. Three with a dog print and one with the message "In case of hangover add COFFEE".......which I am sure I will need to do at some time!!

Monday, 24 August 2015

Rain Rain Go Away!

On both Saturday & Sunday we visited the Ukulele Festival in Dun Laoghaire. The weather was fairly bad (typical for Ireland) but we were wrapped up well and we brought our umbrellas.

There was a fair crowd at the event considering the bad weather.....but I hope they get sun next year as it was fairly bad weather last year too.

We enjoyed the music and had drinks, sausage and sweet potato fries - I loved spending the time with my twin sister.

At one point we were cold and wet so we ventured to Costa for a coffee. We both had double espressos and cream. Delish - and warming too!

I'm already looking forward to next year's hooley :-)

Sunday, 23 August 2015

Christmas in August!

It's been a horrible wet August weekend here in Dublin. So I was so happy to visit the newly opened Christmas Shop in Brown Thomas with my twin sister!

I love this Nutcracker! I would consider buying a large nutcracker this year except that I plan to get a train to go round my tree.

My tree is decorated in traditional red and green colours so I bought this glittery train decoration. Amy's tree is decorated in white and silver so I bought her this 3 dimensional silver star ornament.

As you can see, I was in my element!

I look forward to visiting this Christmas Shop (and the Marvel Room) again at a much closer time to Christmas - and I also look forward to the Dunnes Stores & Penneys Christmas Shops opening!!

Where do you store your eggs?!

In Ireland, we buy our eggs off the shelf. Where are your eggs shelved in your store? Are they refrigerated?

Then when we take them home we generally store in the fridge.

Why, I don't really know?!

Any ideas???

Our eggs are generally brown here in Ireland (I'm not sure of the variety of chicken that gives brown eggs) but I found Duck Eggs in a butcher shop in Dun Laoghaire so I bought a few for breakfast this morning. Quite yummy! Very silky and indulgent.