Candied Pecans

I have been making these pecans for about 2 years now (this year will be the 3rd year I've made them). I was first introduced to them by a roommate of mine from college who was making them as Christmas gifts and I thought this was a genius idea as it's something completely different. The first couple of times I made them I used real white sugar (Shock! Horror!). I have now adapted the recipe so that it is clean and even Paleo friendly. 

Chocolate Sea Salt Caramels

Chocolate, sea salt and caramel are one of my absolute favourite flavour combinations. I have a severe weakness in shops when I see anything with salted caramel on the label! I have come up with these absolutely sinful (not really) chocolate covered salted caramels that would make a great after dinner treat, or even a great Christmas present for someone special. Keep an eye out for an upcoming post I have on Edible Homemade Christmas Gifts. 

Pecan and Raisin Christmas Cake

I have to admit I'm not the biggest fan of Christmas cake, as I find it too dense and I'm not a fan of food with alcohol in it. But I do love the idea of a cake at Christmas, so I thought I would make a clean version that would suit my taste, but still have all the flavours of Christmas with the spices, nuts and dried fruit.

Cooks Academy Celebrates 10 years with Pixels and Palates event

I was invited to the Cooks Academy 10th Birthday celebrations in their school on South William Street in Dublin last night. It was a great event with presentations from Socialmedia.ie on how to grow your followers and Rachel and Brian from Nobó, an Irish dairy free ice cream, spoke about how they have developed from a very small start-up, and from tomorrow, will be available in every SuperValu across Ireland. Allan Dixon who won the competition for the best job in the world for Tourism Australia gave a presentation about Instagram and how to engage users through photos.