Testing out the bunny moulds 🐣🐰
Easter baking products marked down in Dunnes Stores. Still time enough to treat the family #HomeEconomics #Dessert🐥
Category Archives: Donegal
Sunday mornings 🍋🌸🍰
Doesn’t always have to be about chocolate #SundayMorning #fun #fresh #HomeEconomics 🍋drizzle #scones #cupcake🍰🌸 #easter
A baking classic, perfect for any birthday or occasion. It certainly had the “Yum” factor
Ingredients 225g butter 225g caster sugar 4 large free range eggs 1tsp vanilla extract 225g self raising flour About 3 tbsp of milk to loosen batter (if necessary) 1 jar of good quality strawberry jam 250ml double cream. Method Preheat the oven to 170°C/340°F/Gas … Continue reading
TY students investigate gluten free alternatives
Gluten free carrot cake Jamie Oliver’s gluten free carrot cake is a must. Ingredients 225 g gluten-free self-raising flour , plus extra for dusting 2 large free-range eggs 125 g soft brown sugar 125 ml sunflower oil 1½ teaspoons ground ginger 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1 eating apple 200 g carrots 1 … Continue reading
Semi-final of the Loreto Bake Off
On your marks get set bake! Today we had our semi-final of the bake off. The students were required to take part in a technical challenge. The technical challenge tested the bakers’ technical ability but also their patience in a two hour battle to create a scrumptious shortcrust pastry dish. Two senior students and three … Continue reading
Oh what a night!
I would like to say a huge thank you and well done to all the students who were involved in the open night lastnight. Maith sibh, you all showed great teamwork and commitment to the subject #teamhomeeconomics
Valuable treasures
Rooting out the attic and found some of my grandmother’s things! She held onto this fashion piece from the paper in 1940’s and the pound note.. when people strived to be “smartly turned out” #irishindependent #1940s #fashion #HomeEconomics #textiles
Healthy affordable balanced meals
Picked up Week 1 recipes in @dunnesstores @OpTranRTE cleverly placed at checkouts #healthyhabits #HomeEconomics
It’s Christmas time 🌟
‘Tis the season of self-indulgence! A Yule log is a perfect Christmas treat, easy to make and suitable for any xmas party. The transition year students did great work today.
Simple but effective
The senior cycle Home Economics class got a chance to put their theory into practice yesterday evening. We examined the properties of protein- foam formation, denaturation caused by heat, acids and agitaton, gel formation, elasticity and maillard reaction. The meringues that group 2 produced were superb. There is nothing like an fun filled Friday class … Continue reading
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