Trip to Saint-Vaast-la-Hougue, Normandy, France

It is not bad at all, and if you are there during the market day, you can buy great stuff, such as the decorative wood flowers or some great apple donuts.

Chicken piccata with Kalamata olives - recipe with step-by-step photos

Ingredients:

• 1 chicken breast
• 250 milliliters of water (even better chicken broth, if you have some)
• 100 milliliters of fresh cream
• 50 milliliters of white wine
• 50 grams of wheat flour
• 30 grams of dried tomatoes
• 30 grams of olives
• 20 grams of butter
• 3 garlic cloves
• 2 spoons of olive oil
• 1 lemon
• pepper
• parsley
• salt

Cut the chicken breast in 4 pieces and beat each piece for a few seconds just to be more tender when cooked.

Pass through the flour every piece of chicken and put it aside.

Meanwhile, put the olive oil and the butter in a frying pan until hot.

When hot, add the chicken and let it cook at medium fire until it has a nice color.

Take out the chicken and in the same pan, if needed, add a bit more of butter and the crushed garlic.

Add the water (or the chicken broth), the juice from half of a lemon, the wine and the chopped dried tomatoes and let it simmer for 5 minutes.

Add the chicken, cover the pot and let everything cook at medium fire for 30-40 minutes or until the chicken is done.

When the chicken is tender and almost ready, add the fresh cream, the olives, salt and pepper and let it cook at slow fire 5 to 10 more minutes.

When ready, add chopped parsley and lemon slices and serve hot.
Enjoy!

The recipe is adapted from here .

Eating out - The New Yorker Bar & Bistro at the Cork International Hotel, Ireland

The food is just edible, but it saves the effort of taking the car or a taxi and going someplace else.

The desserts are the biggest weakness.

Hotel review - Blarney Woolen Mills Hotel , Ireland

The hotel building is rather old, and so is everything in it. Very expensive for the modest quality.

The breakfast was good. You can have fried eggs, ham, toast and a good local yogurt and butter.

Trip to Cork, Ireland

Nice for a walk and, if you fancy, you can also do some shopping.

Beetroot hummus - recipe

Ingredients:

• 300 grams of canned chickpeas
• 2 spoons of tahini
• 2 beetroots
• 2 spoons olive oil
• 1 clove of garlic
• juice from half of a small lemon
• 1 tbs ground cumin
• a bit of salt

Clean and cut in small pieces the beetroot and let it boil at slow fire.

Meanwhile, rinse and drain the chickpeas.

Once the beetroot boiled, add it in the food processor together with the chickpeas and all the other ingredients from the list, and mash everything until smooth.

Put the hummus in a bowl, add some olive oil on top and some fresh parsley and serve it to your friends and family.

Enjoy!

Trip to Hyeres, France

It was a really nice discovery and we loved it.