Category: Recipes
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Pineapple Pork Recipe
Pineapples are never in season here in Ireland but there is a time of year when you start seeing them in the stores more often. That time starts around in March when spring rolls around. It is also when the pineapples start to be very sweet and juicy. Pineapple pork is a sweet and savoury…
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Black Tomato Chunky Salsa Recipe
The store by our house got anther batch of black plum tomatoes which are prefect to add to many dishes. Black plum have a smoky savoury flavor and when you cut into them they give of a faint aroma of plum. Their smoky flavor makes them a prefect starter for any smoked or barbecued dish.…
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Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe
Lemon meringue pie has been a family favourite here at our little chateau for generations. This smooth sweet and a savoury pie is prefect for anyone who doesn’t like things that are sweet like candies, sweets, and cakes. It is not an easy cake to make but you can save yourself some time and effort…
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Blackberry and Walnut Salad Recipe
It has been a long time since we have seen blackberries at the store. Making this a nice refreshing and customizable salad. You can add many different types of vegetables and even use different types of dressing and this salad would still taste good. The reason for this is that blackberries are not to sweet…
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Mango Braid Pastry Recipe
Here is another French Pastry we really love to eat durning the summer. This pastry is very easy and fun to make. It doesn’t use any sugar as the mangos are ready sweet and get sweeter when bakes. This braided pastry as quickly become a family favorite and for good reason, it is light delicious.…
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Easy Eton Mess Recipe
It just wouldn’t be summer without a sweet and smooth strawberry treat. Today we were looking for something light and cool after a long day of gardening and playing outside. As pointed out it doesn’t get much lighter than Eton Mess. This cool and creamy dessert melts in you mouth including the crunchy meringue on…
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Lime and Cilantro Chicken Recipe
We just got a fresh batch of limes and they smelled so delicious that it reminded us of lime chicken. So we had to whip up a batch for old time sake and it came out amazingly. Some of us can not eat hot foods so we had to take out the chili and cumin.…
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Easy Mango and Black Bean Salad Recipe
The summer is starting to heat up and with the heat comes our lack of appetite for hardy and warm dishes. Our daily menu shifts from warm and comforting to cool and refreshing. An amazing salad to have on a hot and sunny day is mango and black bean salad. It is served cold and…
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Asparagus Parmesan Gouda Tart Recipe
Today we decided to relax and take a break from all of the work in the kitchen. An asparagus tart was a fast and easy dish to make for breakfast. Outlining the pastry dough and laying down the asparagus was calming and gave way to some light hearted family conversation. As always some of us…
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Easy Red White And Blue Pancakes Recipe
Red, White, and Blue pancakes is a bit of a tradition here at Our Little Chateau. On the 4th of July a lot of restaurants in America serve Red, White, and Blue pancakes to celebrate the 4th of July holiday in America. We now I have lived all over the world but pancakes with strawberries,…