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Images of Dingle Peninsula II

Images of Dingle Pen...

Main St. in Dingle The town of Dingle itself is quite small but very charming! You can see how cute the buildings are. There are pubs within different businesses which is how it frequently was in the past. So, for example, there is a men’s hat store that...
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September 1st, 2010
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Images of Dingle Peninsula I

Images of Dingle Pen...

Conor Pass Waterfall After spending a couple of days in Dublin, we headed across Ireland to the Dingle Peninsula. Only about a third of the drive was on multi-lane highways so it was a leisurely trip through several smalls towns. We stopped in the town of Adare...
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August 29th, 2010
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Sightseeing in Dublin

Sightseeing in Dubli...

View from B & B - Howth, Ireland Howth is where we stayed our first two nights in Ireland. It is just outside of Dublin and we simply took the high speed train into City Centre where we bought tickets for the hop-on, hop-off bus that goes to all the interesting...
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August 27th, 2010
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Food In Ireland

Food In Ireland...

I have to tell you all about my trip to Ireland . . . it was fabulous!! I’m going to focus on the food in this post and will do another one on the Irish countryside and possibly a third on the towns we visited. But first the food! I had not really thought...
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August 25th, 2010
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Apple-Blue Cheese Salad w/Toasted Pecans

Apple-Blue Cheese Sa...

Apple - Blue Cheese Salad w/Toasted Pecans This is simply a great tasting salad that is good in both the summer and winter. I had a bought a big tub of blue cheese at Costco for another recipe and came up with this combination. The salad dressing really adds to...
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August 19th, 2010
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Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes...

Fried Green Tomatoes My dad grew up in the south and loved fried green tomatoes . . . actually he pretty much loved all things fried . . . chicken, potatoes, and okra among other things. Growing up my mom fried everything in bacon grease which I love to this day...
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August 16th, 2010
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Blueberry-Cream Cheese French Toast Casserole

Blueberry-Cream Chee...

Well, I did it again! I forgot to take a picture of this dish before it was all eaten. So many people have requested this, though, that I decided to post without a picture. You’ll just have to settle for a pic of blueberries instead! This is another great...
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August 3rd, 2010
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Cheese Ravioli Pesto Pasta Salad

Cheese Ravioli Pesto...

Cheese Ravioli Pesto Pasta Salad I love the bags of mini ravioli and mini tortellini you can get at Trader Joe’s! This recipe was inspired by the bag of mini cheese ravioli I had in my cupboard and the fact that I needed to make something for the cookout...
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July 29th, 2010
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Apple-Blueberry Pie

Apple-Blueberry Pie...

In keeping with the abundance of blueberries this time of year and the fact that I had apples I needed to use up, I came up with this pie. It turned out to be a fabulous combination! One of the guests to whom it was served exclaimed, “Wow, this is the best...
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July 20th, 2010
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Couscous with Peas & Onions

Couscous with Peas &...

Couscous with Peas & Onions I used to have a large sage plant in my garden which is what attracted me to this recipe. The sage plant has long since died and we, in fact, don’t even live in the same house anymore but I still make this dish. Even though...
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July 13th, 2010
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