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With many hoping to lose a few pounds this January after filing up on festive treats over Christmas, here are some delicious recipes from www.bordbia.ie

Bacon and black pudding salad

Twenty five per cent more Tesco Ireland customers choose to buy milk, flour, and eggs to make their own pancakes rather than buy convenience pancake products, a survey by the supermarket chain has revealed.

Shrove Tuesday is just around the corner on February 24, so it’s time to hunt out that pancake pan and check out your stocks of eggs and flour. It’s easily forgotten these days, but that’s what it was all about at one time – using up fresh ingredients which would otherwise be wasted during the Lenten fast. And having a bit of a last fling, of course – literally, in fact, as tossing the pancakes soon became part of the ritual.

This is a great option for anyone who loves macaroni cheese without all of the hassle of making a béchamel sauce. The addition of the cherry tomatoes and ham make it more of a meal that all of the family should enjoy.

I called to Oscar’s Bistro very early on a Saturday evening, at 6.15pm, and was surprised to find several diners there already. They open at 6pm. By 6.30pm the restaurant was filling up nicely and there was a good atmosphere. One of the most striking differences since my last visit was the new pictures on the walls. There are very large stunning images, and upon further enquiry I discovered that they were all taken by the owner/chef, Michael O’Meara. In fact on the reverse of Oscar’s business card are the details of Michael’s other passion, www.foodandwinephotography.com. I recommend that you have a look as some of the images are stunning.

There are few better ways to enjoy fresh seafood than a well made fish pie. A creamy wine sauce flavoured with leek and parsley mixed with whatever fish is available and best. Rich mashed potato finished with real butter and cream and topped with local Galway cheese baked till golden fish pie is really one of the great Irish foods.

You want to cook the finest, juiciest, and best tasting steak of all time. Steak being so simple to cook in a funny way leads it to a great steak being difficult to perfect. The English and French approach the seasoning of the meat in completely different ways. In France the meat is seasoned when raw; this allows a better penetration of the salt into the meat, which will increase flavour. The English argue that the meat should be seared and then seasoned as not to draw out any excess moisture, leaving the meat more on the juicy side and with a better caramelised surface. I follow both rules, seasoning one side when raw and the other (the side I will be presenting the meat) seared.

Now that those long summer evenings have arrived with family and friends dropping around for visits, we have numerous reasons to take out that barbeque.

Remember the good old days when you could wander into a chipper without a care in the world or worries about high cholesterol, obesity, or high blood pressure and order one, or maybe even two batterburgers or spiceburgers and a large bag of chips?