italian foodies

*waves* It's been a while, as you have noticed I haven't blogged in a long time, lots of things have happened in the last year, new business, new baby, new website! I have moved everything over t...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2012/09/25/waves-its/

It’s cold, it’s wet, it’s dark, yes it’s winter time and that means only one thing – SOUP!!! We’ve been absolutely battered here this weekend so it was time to bring out the comfortin...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2011/10/24/spicy-bean-pancetta-soup/

Yo Yo Yo….. It’s been a while hasn’t it? I’ve been a busy ladeeee with setting up the new company for our new range of fresh pasta sauces. We are closer to launch now & hope it will hap...

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We’ve changed our La Cucina facebook page from a profile page to a business page so you can now find us here Please likey us:) L xx

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Hallo:) I’ve talked a bit about our new business venture on here, we’re doing market research on it at the moment and I’m looking for your help. If you buy pasta sauces would you mind doing...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2011/04/09/a-bit-of-research/

I’m sitting here reluctantly writing a blog post as I actually wanted to go out for Sunday lunch for a change but after 2 hours of twitter research and trying to decide where to go I gave up! M...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2011/02/27/roast-vegetable-lasagne/

Mini Italian foodie has been home all week with the “Chicken Pops” and to prevent us from going stir crazy from barbie.com and the telly we’ve been busy baking and cooking. If this child d...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2011/02/17/red-velvet-cupcakes/

So I’m just back from a whirlwind couple of days eating & drinking myself stupid around London, we went over on some research for our new product development & branding! We went to so many plac...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2011/02/07/salmon-leek-mascarpone-parcel/

Wow it’s been a busy week, my blog was mentioned by Paulo Tullio in his restaurant review in the Independant last Saturday and then this week I was the foodie to follow  in the Independant a...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2011/01/23/nutella-cupcakes/

It’s exciting times at La Cucina at the moment, I spoke here about the problems with expanding the business with the high overheads that still exist here so opening more shops is just not a ris...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2011/01/16/italian-beans-on-toast/

or to you and me MAC & CHEESE!!! Happy new year y’all! We had a lovely relaxing Christmas in the Italian Foodie house this year, we went to the Italians for Christmas dinner as per usual and th...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2011/01/09/maccheroni-gratinati/

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy number...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2011/01/02/2010-in-review/

I love this recipe, it’s perfect for using left-over roast chicken and is a real winter warmer. I made a big pot of it recently for a family lunch and it went down a treat. I used fresh chicken...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/12/19/chicken-vegetable-minestrone/

So my little rant last week caused quite a stir, I never in a million years expected the reaction that it received. It went crazy over on twitter and I got such a positive reaction over there and...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/baby-courgettes-with-pink-garlic-thyme-parmesan/

Times are very strange here in Ireland at the moment as you all well know! To be honest I knew it was going to come to this sooner or later, since the recession began all I heard in the shop was...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/11/28/field-mushrooms-with-spinach-gorgonzola-pinenuts/

We made this cake a couple of weeks back and it was amazingly good, it’s a lovely cake to make coming up to christmas and you could decorate with little Christmas goodies. I found the recipe ...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/11/24/chocolate-roulade-with-chocolate-amaretto-cream/

You may have noticed I’ve got back into my blogging stride, I always did 2 posts a week back in the day but with time pressures and life in general I’ve just accepted that one post is enough ...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/11/14/mackerel-with-sage-butter/

  So I mentioned recently I have become a low-carber…… It was a shock to me too given the name of this blog and the amount of pasta, pizza, bruschetta, focaccia I would consume in any given ...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/11/07/scrambled-eggs-with-spinach/

I rarely make desserts, I just never seem to have the time. Whatever time I do have it’s spent cooking and being mamma, I don’t know how many times I’ve promised mini Italian foodie that w...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/chocolate-honeycomb-pots/

  I asked the question recently on facebook if anyone would like a traditional bolognese recipe from scratch as I know a lot of people use jars when making it and the response was surprising t...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/10/24/bolognese-like-mamma-used-to-make/

Yep it’s that time of year again, it’s cold, it’s winter so that can only mean lots of hearty soups.  I make this once a week without fail as it’s Mini Italian Foodie’s favourite sou...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/10/20/spinach-soup/

Well hello… I’m still here, it’s been a busy summer with work and swanning off to Italy twice, I keep threatening every month to get back blogging but never did and I know every time I do ...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/chicken-tomato-and-pancetta-stew/

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/08/09/cefalu-sicily/

We did a 2 page spread in the Limerick Post this week and these were the photos from it, you can read it online here on page 34! We also did a little video about the award, you can view it here ...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/06/27/la-cucina/

I’ve been very bold on the veg growing this year, basically life got in the way and it was way down my list of priorities. surprisingly my rocket came up again even though I thought we had dug ...

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Yes I’m still here, it’s been a tough 6 months personally but we have had fantastic success professionally! We won “Best Casual Dining in Ireland” at the Irish Restaurant Awards last wee...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/06/19/still-here/

The sun is shining, it’s 22 degrees in Ireland – whoop whoop! This is rare but we are loving it, there is only 1 dessert to have in this heat and that is panna cotta. Irish strawberries are ...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/05/20/panacotta-with-strawberries/

I’m not going to give you a recipe today as I don’t know the exact amounts so I’ll just give you a link instead which is more or less the same way we do them. I use sparkling water instead ...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/05/06/courgette-chips-with-parmesan/

I love Calzone, it’s not on the menu in La Cucina but we often have it ourselves for lunch, we had this recently and it was delicious. It was filled with Italian sausage, mushroom, thyme, tomat...

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The lovely people at Barry’s tea have given me a fabulous selection of their new speciality tea to give to you. All I want to know is : “how many cups of tea would you drink on average in a d...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/04/26/want-some-tea/

I wrote about us winning the Limerick round of the Irish Restaurant Awards recently so now we’re through to the national final in the Casual Dining Section and I need your vote. 30% of the vote...

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Facebook Cookalong numero 3!! We’ve been having very nice weather the last couple of weeks so a really light and summery pasta for you today. As usual it’s very simple, I got my hands on som...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/04/23/fusilli-alle-zucchine/

parma ham, salami, mozzarella, parmesan, olives and roasted Italian veg… ciaoxx

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                       Hello *hangs head in shame*, it’s been a while hasn’t it? It’s not all bad though as I come with good news, we recently won best casual dining in Limerick...

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It’s mother’s day and I’m lying in bed with the flu, bah humbug! Things must be pretty bad if I’m lying here in bed missing my usual Sunday lunch at the “MIL’S”. The princess and he...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/03/14/lasagna-napoletana/

Ok, it’s Facebook Cookalong week round 2! A very famous but simple pasta dish on the menu this time, do not be put off by the vodka, this is one of the nicest pastas there is. I love the flavou...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/02/26/penne-alla-vodka/

A one tray recipe for you today, my favourite!!! I LOVE rib of beef, it’s such a lovely cut and very easy to cook. I often cook this dish when friends are coming around as it’s easy to prepar...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/02/21/roast-rib-of-beef-with-balsamic-shallots-and-roast-potatoes/

  I was recently contacted by Ana Maria from all about italian food to do an interview about how I became an Italian foodie. I’ve copied and pasted the interview for your reading pleasure. Yo...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/02/20/all-about-me-me-me-me/

We were out in the Kilalloe Sunday market a couple of weeks back and got our hands on some lovely fresh mussels. I picked up some scallops too and mixed fish which I plan to use for fish pie, I�...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/02/16/mussels-marinara/

I LOVE steak but I prefer it  just plain and simple with little or no sauce so that I can taste the flavour of the meat. I know in Ireland most people would choose a pepper or mushroom cream sau...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/02/11/balsamic-and-honey-glazed-steak/

I set up a facebook account for La Cucina last May and have a found it an excellent marketing tool for the business. I enjoy it to be honest as it is so interactive and it enables us to communica...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/02/07/spaghetti-amatriciana/

  I love minestrone, it’s a great way of using up whatever veg you have leftover. I normally throw everything in, you can add soup pasta too if you like to bulk it up and it becomes a meal...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/01/28/minestrone-with-pasta/

One of the main problems I have when deciding what to cook for dinner is choosing between meat or chicken and meat consisting of beef or lamb. It is next to impossible to get any veal or rabbit i...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/01/24/chicken-in-red-wine/

I love this recipe,  the “MIL” sent us out some arancini from the restaurant last night and I had a couple of bags of spinach which I had picked up in Lidl yesterday for spinach soup but dec...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/01/19/spinach-and-beans-with-garlic-and-chilli/

Hello *waves*, remember me? I used to write a food blog about Italian food. I used to post about twice a week but I have been very bad the last few months but I’m sticking to my new year’s re...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/01/17/italian-sausage-and-bean-stew/

We have actual snow in Ireland, this is a very rare occurance so naturally we’re all a little over excited. Here’s a few pics from today: ciaoxx p.s. italian sausage and bean stew up next…

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2010/01/10/let-it-snow/

lobster salad with home-made mayo…. parma ham and melon… tortelloni in brodo… pasta al forno…. rack of lamb roast potatoes… the MIL…. we were on dessert duty, we made 2 – limoncello...

https://italianfoodies.wordpress.com/2009/12/28/the-italian-christmas-feast/