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Darina Allen

Learn how to cook with Darina's top recipes

Darina Allen: Three recipes to try for turmeric's health benefits, including magic turmeric sauce

Darina Allen: Three recipes to try for turmeric's health benefits, including magic turmeric sauce

Curcumin, the active ingredient in turmeric, acts as an antioxidant and appears to have powerful disease- fighting properties.

Sun, 10 Mar, 2024

Meat with paprika cream sauce and ricotta cheese topping

Darina Allen: Three recipes by my friend Mary Jo McMillin, including a comforting Persian stew

My friend’s recipes reflect a lifetime of cooking delicious food at her US restaurant

Sat, 02 Mar, 2024

Homemade Roasted Jerusalem Artichoke Sunchokes with Garlic and Cheese

Darina Allen: Three recipes to help replenish your gut biome after illness

My post-antibiotic fight to regain that special gut feeling

Sun, 25 Feb, 2024

Darina Allen: Mexican recipes to try, including refried beans and a super delicious burrata

Darina Allen: Mexican recipes to try, including refried beans and a super delicious burrata

Mexico City is a really hot food city with some of the very best food I’ve eaten anywhere

Sun, 18 Feb, 2024

Darina Allen: Clear out those cupboards for Valentine's Day

Darina Allen: Clear out those cupboards for Valentine's Day

"Set yourself a challenge, you may be amazed by how many good things you can make without ever making a trip to the shops."

Sat, 10 Feb, 2024

Darina Allen: How to make a Saint Brigid’s Day cake to celebrate the start of spring

Darina Allen: How to make a Saint Brigid’s Day cake to celebrate the start of spring

"Saint Brigid’s Day, or La Féile Bríde also coincides with the start of the ancient Celtic festival of Imbolc, one of the four major fire festivals of the year..."

Sat, 27 Jan, 2024

Darina Allen: Three great cookbooks to buy and a recipe for Mary Berry’s humble pie

Darina Allen: Three great cookbooks to buy and a recipe for Mary Berry’s humble pie

Everyone’s favourite cooking Grandma, Mary Berry has published a new ultimate stress-free cookbook with 120 brand new foolproof recipes.

Sat, 20 Jan, 2024

Darina Allen: Three comforting one-pot stew recipes to warm you up on a cold day

Darina Allen: Three comforting one-pot stew recipes to warm you up on a cold day

After a winter walk, there's nothing like a homemade stew to warm you up

Tue, 16 Jan, 2024

Darina Allen: Meals for the unexpected vegan or veggie at the table this Veganuary

Darina Allen: Meals for the unexpected vegan or veggie at the table this Veganuary

No need to fly into a panic - there are lots of good things that can be whizzed up in minutes if you have a well-stocked larder.

Sat, 06 Jan, 2024

Darina Allen: Recipes from students' pop-up dinner at Ballymaloe Cookery School

Darina Allen: Recipes from students' pop-up dinner at Ballymaloe Cookery School

From mussels to meringues, here's what was on the menu

Sun, 31 Dec, 2023