Nicola Keegan

Found a recipe for Chicken Jalfrezi the other day which was really good, and also fairly quick and easy to make!

I promised to email Michelle the recipe, but forgot, so will post it here instead!!

Serves 2-3

Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts, 1 tsp cumin seeds, 1 onion sliced, 2 chopped bell peppers, 2 crushed garlic cloves, 1 tsp chopped ginger, curry paste (didnt know what exactly they meant, so I made a paste from 2tsp tikka spices, 1 tsp curry powder, 1/2 tsp garam masala and a few drops of olive oil – I’d say you can use something similar!), 1 tsp chopped chilli, 1 tsp ground coriander, 1 tsp ground cumin, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 can chopped tomatos, chopped coriander leaves.

Method: Cube the chicken.  Heat some oil and fry the cumin seeds until they splutter.  Add onions, peppers, garlic and ginger – fry for 6-8 minutes.  Add the “paste” and fry.  Stir in the chilli, coriander, cumin, salt and a few tablespoons of water to stop it sticking.  Fry for 2 mins more.  Add the chicken and fry for approx 5 mins.  Add the chopped tomatos and coriander leaves.  Cover and cook for 15 mins.

We are finally ready to start accepting sponsorship for Donal and his race from one country to another!! The 21km race is going to be held on June 12th, and we will be trying to raise funds for the Jack & Jill Foundation because they have helped the Crabb family so much!

Click here if you would like to donate…

Vivibijoux is holding a jewelry party on the 28th of February.

Come along and enjoy the artistic creations of jewelry designer Virginie Joste.  She has created a unique collection of handmade designer earrings, bracelets and necklaces.  Virginie uses high quality sterling silver, lampwork beads and Swarovski crystals for her one of a kind jewelry.  She can even make jewelry to order – a treat for yourself, or a gift for someone special!

Have a look at her Etsy boutique for a taster of her products, and click here to contact me for more information if you would like to attend the jewelry party!

I was having  look at my stats for my website, and after the search “Nicola Keegan” can you guess which search terms have directed the most traffic to my site?? Photography? Ireland?

No, you are all wrong! The answer is .. “homemade chicken goujons”!! So I can deduce that a whole lot of people want to know how to make chicken goujons at home!!

So.. the original post is here.  But I wanted to add one or two things now that I have made it loads of times! I have tried a few different variations that taste really good too.

Sometimes I crush some garlic into the butter while I melt it. This is especially tasty if you add some grated Parmesan cheese to the breadcrumbs!

I nearly always add a little bit of grated cheddar, and some chili flakes to the breadcrumb mix for a delicious cheesy flavour.

One time when I was making this recipe, I didn’t have any breadcrumbs, or suitable bread for making any, so I crushed some old “Tuc”/”Ritz” type biscuits, and that was very tasty too!

So happy goujon making!!

I have been working on a website for Millie Harbour to promote and advertise her paintings. Have a look here…

For some reason, on some computers, and some browsers, the thumbnails appear squashed.. if its the case when you have a look, would you comment below with info about which browser and version you are using? Thanks

On June 12th this year, Donal will be participating in a half marathon stretching from Copenhagen to Malmö.

He has run a the “Streets of Galway” a number of times, and is in training for the big event!  Unfortunately this icy weather has suspended training for a while.. but he will be back in business as soon as it clears!

We are hoping to try to raise some money for the Jack and Jill foundation that has been so good to the Crabb family. I will post a link to our fundraising page once it is up and running!

Any training tips? Encouragement? Suggestions? Please comment!!!

Photos from the football match on Saturday 19th December here!

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This is Hannah. She has Lears disease, and was only given weeks to live when she was born.  She is now 4 years old!

The Jack and Jill Foundation have been an enormous support to her family, and need some help in raising funds for some equipment that Hannah needs.

Zac is running 10k to help raise funds to help Hannah. Please support if you can – CLICK HERE TO DONATE

Here are some links to some of the places we went..

Cumberland Island: This is where we went camping (yes, to anyone that really knows me well, I WENT CAMPING.. and survived!). Its a beautiful island where the number of visitors is limited so that it is never overcrowded. There are 18 miles of beaches, and when we were on the beach, we hardly saw any other people!

The highlight of Cumberland Island for us was the wildlife! We saw armadillos, dung beetles, wild horses, fireflies and wild turkeys! The only animals I really didn’t appreciate were the nasty vicious mosquitoes!

Okefenokee Swamp: On our way to Cumberland Island, we visited Okefenokee Swamp.

We went on a boat trip down the river, saw alligators up close and personal, and everyone but me went to the animal show! I couldn’t go because I have a very bad snake phobia!

Moon River: We made a return visit on our way back to Macon to a lovely little microbrewery in Savannah  that we had visited last time we were in USA. They have very tasty beer, and great food! I ordered a started of Nachos, and the plate was big enough for all of us to share and not even finish!

Georgia State Fair: One of the cool things about us usually visiting in October is that we get to visit the Fair.  This time, and the last time, the weather was absolutely scorching! I loved every minute of it!

The kids got to go on some rides and eat candy floss and toffee apples. We got to eat Barbecue!

We also saw lots of cattle – the cleanest cows I have ever seen – wee bunny rabbits, and animals of all shapes and sizes!

Survivor Party: We were very glad to be invited to a Survivor Party in Warner Robins by heath & Kelly.  This was one of the highlights of our holiday!  Anyone who has seen the TV show will know what the idea is. Teams, and then individuals compete to be the last surviving survivor! You have to partake in challenges, try to win immunity, forge alliances, and vote your other tribe members off one by one till there is only one left! Michelle managed to make a comeback (thanks to Tim!), and ended up coming in second place.  Donal and I managed a modest 7th & 8th place!

Its hard to describe it all, but it was just great fun! So thanks Heath & Kelly for doing such a wonderful job of organizing it!!

We were in Georgia in October for just over 2 weeks.  It had been 3 years since we were last there, so it was high time for a visit!!

We had an absolute blast – hanging out with Michelle & Tim, enjoying Tim’s homemade beer, playing with the kids, singing with Lily, playing on the Wii with Max, Camping, going in the ministry, shopping, going to a Survivor Party, to the Georgia State Fair, and much much more!! Including taking lots of photos

So here are some of the photos from our trip (I think the Slideshow option is working best at the moment).

Michelle has written a little account of our camping trip, so here is the link if you want to read about it!

Thats all for now about our holiday.. there may be more to come!