Neantog Food News

01/09/2024

Our first port of call when visiting Sligo Farmers Market each Saturday morning is the cheese stall from Leitrim Hill Creamery. We love their fresh goats cheese and it brings back memories of our time being cheesemakers. Meeting Lisa Gifford first in 2016, while working at The Organic Centre, we could sense a certain energy and determination and so the emergence of Leitrim Hill Creamery in 2021 comes to no surprise to us. Lisa, her daughter Gypsy and wife Richelle are producing wonderful, award winning artisan cheeses in the hills of Leitrim and to uncover them is long overdue.

We have Leitrim Hill Creamery Uncovered in our latest blog.
For full article click link.

Our first port of call when visiting Sligo Farmers Market each Saturday morning is the cheese stall from Leitrim Hill Creamery. We love their fresh goats cheese and it brings back memories of our time being cheesemakers. In traditional cheesemaking there is a certain simplicity of turning fresh mil

24/08/2024

Feedback from our Polytunnel course. Makes it all worthwhile!

17/08/2024

Thanks Fallon for giving our Polytunnel course a mention in The Irish Times Magazine today.
The course is now fully booked. To go on the waiting list please email us at [email protected] You can also subscribe to our monthly newsletter at neantog.com for updates on more courses.

16/08/2024

Our September newsletter will feature the results of our tomato trials 2024

12/08/2024

Two places have become available on our highly sought after course Growing in Polytunnels and Glasshouses, Saturday 24th August, book at Neantog.com/shop

12/08/2024

Hot fill in waltz!

11/08/2024

What a fabulous day for our foraging experience with a fabulous group of people from Switzerland, Lichtenstein and Ireland.

02/08/2024

A selection of this year’s tomatoes!

01/08/2024

Our latest blog features seaweed expert Dr.Prannie Rhatigan. Read “Prannie uncovered” at Neantog.com/news/neantogfoodnews

01/08/2024

If you are into seaweed you will like Prannie’s story, if not yet you will get inspired.

Seaweed has always played an important role in the cultural, culinary and spiritual life of the Irish people. For thousands of years, they have farmed, bathed and cooked with seaweed. Prannie Rhatigan is leading the revival of seaweed as a superfood. When we arrived in Cliffony nearly 40 years ago

30/07/2024

Great harvest!

23/07/2024

The fig tree in our Polytunnel is super productive this year. Remember figs have to be eaten ideally at 22C so pick and enjoy!

20/07/2024

Baked cheesecake with real quark!

18/07/2024

Horseradish quark is one of those foods that is not only very healthy its flavour is simply divine.
Made with fresh raw milk from Kerry cows and grated horseradish from the garden and seasoned with sea salt, paprika and pepper.

13/07/2024

A great day with wonderful people foraging and cooking together!

09/07/2024

We have one place available on this highly sought after course next Saturday 13th July. Info and booking in link below!

https://www.neantog.com/shop/saturday-13th-july-2024-foraging-summer-workshop-with-gaby

07/07/2024

Roses in our garden!

26/06/2024

Due to a cancellation a place has become available on our Home Preserving course next Saturday 29th June from 10am to 4pm.
Booking and info here

https://www.neantog.com/shop/saturday-29th-june-2024-home-preserving-all-methods

22/06/2024

Great to see it changing. The last one was delicious!

New "chefs board" flip

Competition heating up with Darren and Aaron on this week's.

* Wards crab & Brandy doughnut
* Ndjua onigiri , ketjap Manis
* Chicken and mushroom ragu , celeriac foam , chicken skin granola
* sriracha salmon rice cracker

21/06/2024

Diarmaid Ferriter in the IT today.

17/06/2024

Our Polytunnel Summer course on August 24th has still a few places available.
Info and booking here:
https://www.neantog.com/shop/saturday-24th-august-2024-growing-in-polytunnels

13/06/2024

Celebrate Yeats Day Pink Clover!

Opening with an intent Pink Clover opened its doors in September 2022  in the most fantastic location, just beside Drumcliffe Church and the grave of the famous poet William Butler Yeats. Naming the former Drumcliff Tea House after the poets favourite cocktail was a somewhat bold move s

12/06/2024

Our Basil this year:
Rotes Basil, Red Leaved Basil, Lemon and Zitronen Basil, Cinnamon Basil, Genovese Basil, Großblättriges Basil, Bushbasil, Sacred Basil, Siam Queen Basil.Piccolini Basil

09/06/2024

Come rain come shine, we have you covered for our Free Herb Walk as part of Global Wellness Day Ireland

09/06/2024

Come rain come shine, we have you covered.
Free herb walk 2-3pm

08/06/2024

08/06/2024

The calm before the storm!
Herbs for Life!

07/06/2024

Delighted to hear talking about lettuce VARIETIES on Claire Byrne’s radio show.
The gardener at his restaurant grows 25 different varieties!!!!

05/06/2024

Free Herb Walk as part of on Sunday 9th June from 2-3pm “Herbs that grow around you are the ones you need most” says Gaby Wieland, Naturopath and Herbalist.

She will explore with you the herbs growing around her Home and Garden and will explain medicinal and culinary uses. At the you will get a little taste of a wild herb lemonade. This is also an opportunity to check out Neantóg Kitchen Garden School, where Gaby and Hans offer a range of courses and workshops.

Location: At Neantóg, Ballincastle, Cliffoney, Co.Sligo, F91 HW82

Booking Neantog.com/shop