Saturday 20 December 2014
Salted Chocolate & Peanut Slab
Sunday 7 December 2014
A Magical Christmas at Airfield
Nestled close to Dundrum village is a 38 acre working farm called Airfield.
Sunday 30 November 2014
'It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas'
Do you know something that’s just dawned on me, there hasn’t been an interiors post in a while. So here to make up for it, is a plethora of Christmas interior inspiration from around the web. Plus a few snaps from my own home.
Saturday 22 November 2014
Wednesday 19 November 2014
Baked Risotto | Family Friendly Food
I have to say, I love his theory. It’s nice to believe that anything is possible. If you want to become the best pastry chef in the Dublin, a professional footballer, or even beat Murray at a game of Tennis - as the saying goes - ‘if you can imagine it, you can achieve it’, just don’t forget to put in the 10,000 hours!
In that case then, my baked risotto must just about be my masterpiece! I’ve made it so often I’ve definitely clocked up a lot of hours of practice. (I must also be a master at nappy changing – but don’t worry I won’t write a post about that!)
Monday 10 November 2014
Apple & Pecan Crumble
Friday 31 October 2014
Thursday 16 October 2014
The Favourite Five
Sunday 12 October 2014
An Enchanting Weekend | Part Two
Wednesday 1 October 2014
An Enchanting Weekend | Part One
Tuesday 30 September 2014
Monday 22 September 2014
Birthday Celebration for Mum | The Party
Saturday 13 September 2014
Chicken Tikka Masala | Family Friendly Food
Sunday 7 September 2014
Saturday 30 August 2014
Painting Exterior uPVC Windows
Tuesday 26 August 2014
Baking Days
Yesterday it rained and it didn’t stop. Today it’s still bucketing down, and the forecast isn’t looking good for the rest of the week. So it looks like we’ll get to do a lot of baking over the next few days, rainy days are baking days after all!
I asked Ross if he could bake any kind of cake today what would it be? His answer was a chocolate cake with toffee in the middle and icing on top. That would probably be my answer too if I was eight.
Thursday 14 August 2014
Summer Holidays
Summer holidays… I absolutely love, love, love them! Family time, beach time, lazy days, eating out, all of these things for me equal bliss. People live for them all year round and this year for us was no exception. We’d worked hard and now we could enjoy a recharging two weeks basking in the sun together in Port de Pollença, Majorca.
Monday 4 August 2014
Decorating the Babies Room | Part Two
The age gap between them is beginning to feel smaller and smaller, so much so that they now feel more like twins. I know what you’re thinking. “That must be hard.” But no, I’m definitely finding it a lot easier.
Wednesday 30 July 2014
Blogging Bliss!
Last week while holidaying in Majorca, in between getting a bottle of water from the fridge and grabbing a packet of wipes to run to the balcony to clean a mucky face smeared with chocolate, I was told my blog ‘Maison Jen’ had been nominated for Best Personal Blog in The Blog Awards Ireland 2014.
I was absolutely delighted… knocked sideways at the time to be honest as I had no idea my blog had been entered, but thrilled.
Sunday 27 July 2014
Decorating the Babies Room | Part One
Tuesday 22 July 2014
Vino de Verano | Summer Cocktail
Thursday 3 July 2014
Kids Pesto Lunch
The boys (8, 2, & almost 1) absolutely love tagliatelle with pesto, or ‘pasta with the green sauce’ as it’s known in our house!
Wednesday 18 June 2014
'A Tall Iced Caramel Macchiato Please'
My favourite drink was a tall Iced Caramel Macchiato (I’m sure I still say that in my sleep sometimes) and I was in heaven until the very last slurp.
Friday 13 June 2014
Monday 2 June 2014
Sunny Days at Sea Lodge
So far this year we have visited Sea Lodge every bank holiday weekend, and we always bring good weather!
Friday 23 May 2014
Time for Rosé | Part One
Monday 28 April 2014
A Sweet Tradition
Friday 4 April 2014
A Cassoulet to Celebrate
This morning when I woke up, three innocent little faces were peering in at me. They were all silent, all wide awake, and I noticed that two of those innocent faces had a kaleidoscope of colours on their hands. A clue, that something involving colouring pens had happened while I was asleep. My first thought was uh oh! I knew Ross, the eldest at 7 was too grown up and sensible to colour on anything other than paper, but Callum, at almost 2… he can get very creative on floors and walls… Before I had time to think about where to look for those artistic creations around the house I was presented with two adorable homemade cards, today is Mother’s day! Not only that, David my husband as a mother’s day gift had designed an amazing logo for this blog, thank you David! There were a lot of creative things going on this morning while I was far away in the land of nod.
Thursday 20 March 2014
Soul Food at Sea Lodge
I love long bank holiday weekends. Who doesn’t?! And I particularly love the first long weekend of the year in March. The weather is starting to warm up, spring is in the air, and everything is waking up. My thoughts at this time of year turn to the anticipation of the summer ahead; longer evenings, trees and flowers blooming, and long lazy weekend meals outside. This weekend for me is a ‘New Year’s’ for the soul. And all my soul needed for the next few days was family, good food, and maybe a glass or two of wine!