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Three plates with fettuccine boscaiola, a glass of wine, grater and parmasean

Fettuccine Boscaiola

black garlic butter roast chicken in a copper pan with roasted root vegetables

Black Garlic Roast Chicken

creamy colcannon mash in a red Le Creuset pot

Colcannon Mash – Irish Mashed Potatoes

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I believe in memories and moments. Gathering around the table. Sharing good food, stories, the odd bottle of wine, and there’s noise. Lots of noise.

Winter Warmers

black garlic butter roast chicken in a copper pan with roasted root vegetables

Black Garlic Roast Chicken

creamy colcannon mash in a red Le Creuset pot

Colcannon Mash – Irish Mashed Potatoes

a oval cast iron french oven full of slow cooked beef cheeks in red wine with carrots and mushrooms.

Big Batch: Slow Cooked Beef Cheeks in Red Wine

a bowl piled high of creamy mashed potato with a dob of butter on top and finished with a sprinkle of chives

Creamy Mashed Potatoes

On repeat in the kitchen

Chocolate Chip Banana Brownies

Looking for easy-to-make, gooey-centered, chocolate chip banana brownies? You’ve found them!

What’s for dinner tonight?

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a pesto and slow roasted tomato pizza on a round pizza board on a table

Pesto & Slow Roasted Tomato Pizza

A cast iron frypan of chicken chorizo orzo bake with a spoon already dished out

One Pan Chicken and Chorizo Orzo Bake

smashed duck fat potatoes with truffle salt in a bowl

Smashed duck fat roast potatoes with truffle salt

bowls of cheesy cauliflower and leek soup

Cheesy Cauliflower and Leek Soup

Slow Cook Sundays

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A enamel saucepan full of Persian lentil sweet potato soup with a spoon in it.

Persian Lentil Sweet Potato Soup

Butternut pumpkin and chipotle soup

Butternut squash (pumpkin) chipotle soup

flatlay of a frypan of slow cooked beef and red wine ragu on a bed of capunti pasta, with parmasean and basil leaves.

Big Batch: Slow-Cooked Beef and Red Wine Ragu

frypan of slow cooked beef stroganoff with black pepper pappardelle

Big Batch: Slow Cooked Beef Stroganoff

HI THERE

I’m Emma

Slow Cook, Photo Taker, SHOPKEEPER, Wine Drinker, Mum & Wife to my Irishman

Welcome to my collection of food stories from my life in the kitchen. There are no three-page recipes here, just good food to share with others.

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My top 3 slow-cook recipes…

and how to rehash them to create more than one night’s dinner!

From the larder

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woman in a mustard stipe apron holding a green french oven casserole pot in both hands

5 Ways To Use A French Oven All Year Round

cold start baked loaf of sourdough in a green cast iron pot

Why I’m in love with cold oven bread baking

How to dehydrate Autumnal fruits

How to dehydrate Autumnal fruits

two hands holding a few bulbs of garlic

Why every cook should try growing your own garlic (and how to do it)

Preserving the harvest

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hands holding a bowl of heirloom tomatoes of all different sizes.

Roasted Cherry Tomato Sauce

a tray of whole figs being cut, ready for dehydrating. A jar sits in the corner full of sliced dehydrated figs

Dehydrated Figs

caramelized balsamic onion and thyme jam

Caramelized Balsamic Onion and Thyme Jam

lemon and passionfruit curd in a glass jar with a tasting spoon in it

Lemon and Passionfruit Curd