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Dog’s-tooth Violets @keelingsfruits

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As spring fast approaches, you’ll start to notice beautiful Dog’s-tooth Violets blooming in lightly shaded areas like woodlands. But despite being called violets, these wildflowers actually belong to the Lily family. 🌷

Wildflowers #Keelingsgreatrewilding

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Poached Eggs on Tomato and Mushroom Toasts @BordBia with a glass of milk 🍼 #protein

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Ingredients

  • Olive oil
  • 2 large flat mushrooms, thinly sliced
  • Pinch of salt & black pepper
  • 1 tablesp. white wine vinegar
  • 4 eggs
  • 4 thick slices of good bread, toasted on one side
  • 4-6 cherry tomatoes, thinly sliced
  • 4 slices cheese

To Cook

Heat a little of the olive oil and sauté the mushrooms for a minute or two and season.
Set aside. Bring a shallow pan of water to simmer, add the vinegar and salt. Break one egg onto a saucer, stir the water to create a whirlpool, tip in the egg and leave to cook for 3 minutes. Using a slotted spoon, lift on to a plate. Repeat with the remaining eggs. Keep the water hot.

Heat the grill to high, arrange the mushrooms on the untoasted side of the bread, cover with the tomatoes and then the cheese, grill for 5-6 mins until the cheese has just melted. Place the toast on warmed plates. Slide all the eggs back into the hot water and leave for 30 seconds, lift out and drain on kitchen paper, then put one on top of toast. Season and serve.

Nutritional Analysis per Serving

Protein: 16g 

Carbohydrates: 25g 

Fat: 16g  

Iron: 2.2mg 

Energy: 292 kcal 

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Sarah Butler’s puff pastry apple turnovers: @RTEToday

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Ingredients

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 25 minutes
Makes: 6

  • 4 Granny Smith apples – peeled, cored and cubed
  • 30g tablespoons butter
  • 200g brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  • 1 tablespoon cornflour
  • 1 tablespoon water
  • 2 sheets of puff pastry
  • 100g icing sugar
  • juice of ½ lemon

Method

  1. Preheat oven to 220C, 200C fan, gas 7
  2. Melt the butter in a frying pan on a medium heat.
  3. Add the apples, cinnamon and sugar.
  4. Cook for 4-5 minutes until the apples soften and the sugar melts to a sticky liquid.
  5. Mix the cornflour and water together and add to the pan, this will thicken up the sauce.
  6. Cut the pastry into squares and spoon a little mixture into half.
  7. Fold over from corner to corner into a triangle shape, and press edges together to seal.
  8. Put the turnovers onto a baking sheet and bake for 25 minutes until they are puffed and lightly browned.
  9. Once cooled, you can decorate; mix the icing powder with the lemon juice until you have a toothpaste consistency and drizzle over each turnover.

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Odlums Fruit Cake. 🇮🇪☘️ So easy to bake 😋

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Fruit Cake So easy to bake

350g of Raisins

350g of Sultanas 1

25g of Currants,

Tub of Cherries,

50g Chopped Almond Nuts,

2 teaspoons of Mixed Spice,

1 teaspoon of Ground Ginger,

Grated Rind Zest of 1 large Orange,

2-3 Tablespoons of Whiskey,

1 Tablespoon of Treacle

mix all together and leave for a couple of days .

500g of Plain Flour

2 teaspoons of baking powder,

350g butter,

350g of soft brown sugar,

6 eggs ,

Method
Cream butter and mix together the sugar , slowly beat in the eggs, and mix the sieve flour and baking powder, then mixed the fruit into the cream mixture, bake in 8inch round tin lined in baking paper and cover the outer tin in brown paper and bake for 3& 1/2 hours@ 140c #odlumsflour #odlums #bakingpowder #kerrygoldbutter #whiskey #whiteflour #rtéfood #raisons #sultanas #currants #cherries🍒 #treacle #margaretseggs #bbcgoodfoodrecipes #bbcgoodfood #bbcgoodfoodmagazine #almondnuts🌰 #orangerind #fruitcakes #teacakes #teacake #fruitcake🍰 #fruitcakes #rtefood #bakinglove #odlumsireland #christmascake

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International Floral Design Day @bordbia #Bloom


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Today is International Floral Design Day, and what better way to celebrate with some incredible Irish flower designs! 🌼

The postcard gardens at the @bordbiabloom festival are a great example of what can be achieved with beautiful flowers and thoughtful design in a tiny space!

Check out some of the designs from the last few years.

The postcard garden applications are open until March 1st 2023. For more information on the postcard gardens and to apply online, visit the #linkinbio

#FloralDesignDay #BordBiaBloom #Bloom #FlowerDesign #FloralDesign #FlowerArranging #FlowerArrangement #Flower #Floral #Flowers #Garden #Gardening #GardenDesign

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Apple Crumble Cookie Scones with Flahavan’s Progress Oats

Apple Crumble Cookie Scones

Pack some oaty goodness into your child’s lunchbox with these yummy apple crumble scones!

Serves 8|Takes 25 mins

INGREDIENTS:

1/4 cup (50g) Melted Butter1/3 cup (70g) Brown Sugar1/3 cup (80ml) Milk1 Egg1 cup (150g) Self Raising Flour1 cup (100g) Flahavan’s Oats1 tsp Baking Powder1 cup Chopped Apple (1 large apple)

For the Crumble (Optional):• 1/4 cup (25g) Flahavan’s Oats• 1 tbsp Brown Sugar• 1 tsp Cinnamon• 30g Butter (softened)(Note: Half of crumble is enough!)

METHOD:

Mix everything together leaving the Apple till last. Fold it in.Scoop them onto a lined baking trayMix crumble ingredients together. You can use your hands.Sprinkle some crumble onto each cookie scone.Bake on 180° for 16 mins.

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