Garrett’s Christmas Dinner Menu

Posted byFiona Madigan

It’s our favourite time of year again, Christmastime at Garrett’s! Let us take the headache out of meal preparation by ordering from our full Christmas Dinner Menu. From succulent turkeys, hams and game to tasty stuffings, veggies and sides, we have got your festive dinner covered this year. To place your Christmas Dinner order CLICK HERE […]

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Fitness Friday

Posted byFiona Madigan

Garrett and I have been training with the Limerick Kettlebell Club in Delta Sports Dome for about the last year. We both have always been into fitness however with work and children we haven’t been able to focus much attention on our fitness regime over the last few years.  However, with the boys getting a […]

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Urban Food Fest

Posted byFiona Madigan

We were just blown away by the crowds at Limerick’s Urban Food Fest in the Limerick Milk Market on the evening of 16th June. Were you there to taste all the wonderful food that Limerick has to offer?   The organisers of the event were also ecstatic by the support of the public in Limerick […]

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Plans Are Afoot

Posted byFiona Madigan

We are continuously innovating and progressing here at Garrett’s. As the saying goes ‘variety is the spice of life’ and we like to keep ourselves on our toes and mix things up a little!! We have lots of plans afoot for the coming few years and, fingers crossed, they will come to fruition. There are […]

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Garrett’s Gobblers

Posted byFiona Madigan

We recently launched our range especially created for your little ones called Garrett’s Gobblers with the mighty Munster captain, CJ Stander. We have been working on this range for almost 3 years and we were just delighted to see it being finally launched. Having CJ help us out with this was just amazing. Check out all the […]

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Healthy Eating

Posted byFiona Madigan

We all would like to think that we eat healthy. However, in reality, do we? There is a huge drive lately to be fit, healthy and strong. Recent articles in the weekend edition of the Irish Independent tell us that ‘strong is the new skinny’. Everyone seems to be running, jogging, cycling, weight training or walking. Also, lots of […]

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New York City

Posted byFiona Madigan

Garrett and I, with our two boys, recently visited New York to meet with my first cousin who is a cop in Brooklyn (it’s oh so Irish!!) And of course, on every trip we go on, we make mandatory visits to butcher stores. Our two boys are not always so keen on this. However, when we […]

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Female Butchers

Posted byFiona Madigan

There aren’t that many of us in Ireland.  We are a rarity unlike our male companions. My grandfather and father were butchers, so I was raised with butchering being a part of our daily lives. And this is how, it seems, most female butchers in Ireland have gotten into this trade, which is very male dominated. […]

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What Are You Eating?

Posted byFiona Madigan

This is a good question and one that has been asked numerous times on the RTÉ television series that is currently in its first season. Click here for more on the series. Food is our fuel. And, to ensure we are “running” well like an engine, we need to ensure this food is of good quality. Sausages, […]

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Garrett’s How to… Cut Chicken Strips

Posted byFiona Madigan

Another very popular request from customers in our stores is: “How do I cut a chicken fillet into strips to use in my stir-fry?” Here’s Garrett showing you a very quick and easy way to do it. Another Garrett’s How to… First you butterfly the chicken fillet and then halve it. You then place one […]

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Garrett’s How to… Dice a Chicken Fillet

Posted byFiona Madigan

In the first of our new series of Garrett’s How to… videos, Garrett shows you how to easily dice or cube a chicken fillet at home. This is one of the most popular requests we get from customers in our stores.

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Click & Collect – How It Works

Posted byFiona Madigan

We’ve been getting really positive feedback from our customers since the launch in February of our Click & Collect shopping experience here on the site. We’ve put together a short help video on how it works.

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McKenna Award Recognition Again

Posted byFiona Madigan

We were delighted to receive the wonderful new review here from John and Sally McKenna recently on their McKennas’ Guides website. This marked our 2016 Award in the ‘Best in Ireland’ awards. John and Sally’s website illustrates all the very best in Irish Food. We particularly like this quote: And the result of all these appreciations is a […]

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Black Pudding the New Superfood

Posted byFiona Madigan

Recent articles have declared that Black Pudding is the new superfood for 2016 such as this one here from January in The Guardian and this one here from The Irish Independent. Both quote that Black Pudding is high in iron and zinc, two minerals frequently missing from the modern diet. Our Black Pudding and White Pudding cakes […]

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St. Patrick’s Day Stew

Posted byFiona Madigan

In celebration of St. Patrick this month, I am passing on a St. Patrick’s Day recipe from our newsletter a few years ago. Just what you want on St. Patrick’s Day, it’s Irish Stew! St. Patrick’s Day stew to be precise. Ingredients 1kg scrag-end or neck of lamb on the bone 2 carrots 1 large onion -roughly […]

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