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Currabinny Cooks

Quick, delicious recipes using seasonal ingredients

Currabinny Cooks: Mushrooms - don't cap your enjoyment of these recipes

Currabinny Cooks: Mushrooms - don't cap your enjoyment of these recipes

"My decision to tackle mushrooms was borne out of their relative ubiquity in most of the world's cuisines and also an appreciation for their beauty"

Sat, 15 May, 2021

Currabinny Cooks: Sticky Chinese aubergine that's perfect for a midweek vegetarian dinner

Currabinny Cooks: Sticky Chinese aubergine that's perfect for a midweek vegetarian dinner

This unlikely fruit is incredibly versatile and aubergines hold up well to most types of cooking such as baking, grilling, frying and even steaming

Sun, 09 May, 2021

Currabinny Cooks: Don't be so shellfish - share this mussels recipe!

Currabinny Cooks: Don't be so shellfish - share this mussels recipe!

Instead of giving you three different recipes for mussels, we decided to give you our favourite and simplest method for making a traditional ‘moules mariniere’

Thu, 06 May, 2021

Currabinny Cooks: The best recipes for spring's new potatoes

Currabinny Cooks: The best recipes for spring's new potatoes

New potatoes can almost be described as a whole separate eating experience from regular potatoes

Wed, 28 Apr, 2021

Currabinny Cooks: Three recipes for versatile yet delicate asparagus

Currabinny Cooks: Three recipes for versatile yet delicate asparagus

"The flavour of asparagus is so delicate, so elusive and yet so unique and instantly identifiable."

Sun, 18 Apr, 2021

Currabinny Cooks: A lighter take on chicken caesar salad

Currabinny Cooks: A lighter take on chicken caesar salad

Plus steak salad with a chimichurri sauce and bitter leaves with pancetta

Wed, 14 Apr, 2021

Currabinny Cooks: Sticky toffee pudding with sweet Medjool dates

Currabinny Cooks: Sticky toffee pudding with sweet Medjool dates

— and artichoke plays a surprising role in this risotto blanco recipe

Wed, 07 Apr, 2021

Currabinny Cooks: How to make roast lamb with mint sauce for Easter dinner

Currabinny Cooks: How to make roast lamb with mint sauce for Easter dinner

So simple, yet so impressive — and serve with a chard and potato galette

Sat, 03 Apr, 2021

Currabinny Cooks: Spring Cabbage Salad with Lentils and Ginger Honey Dressing

Currabinny Cooks: Spring Cabbage Salad with Lentils and Ginger Honey Dressing

— or try Sesame & Coriander Kimchi to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to cabbage

Wed, 24 Mar, 2021

Currabinny Cooks: The easiest hummus recipe ever

Currabinny Cooks: The easiest hummus recipe ever

— and more great recipes if you're wild about wild garlic

Sat, 13 Mar, 2021