Get your sizzle on...

Now you all know how much I love my brunch at the weekend... I save up my weeklies and have even been known to give up a gin to have an extra sausage on a Sunday morning, that's what she said eh?!  Now as you can tell by the dates I've been collecting this info for a while now but it's all still accurate from the relevant websites... The SPs are for the sausages raw as they are in the packs, not cooked. Remember not all sausages are created equally so keep your eye on the weight per sausage *coughs* ...

Now that eggs are free at brunch time it's nice to enjoy a good old sausage!

What's your fav?
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Hodgins Low Fat Sausages

1 - 1SP

2 - 2SP

3 - 3SP

4 - 4SP

Great flavour from these ... 

Ballyfree Chicken Sausages

per 40g sausage - 3SP

2 sausages  - 6SP

3 sausages - 9SP 

I wasn't a fan and I was hoping the chicken ones would be better in SmartPoints... 

Ballyfree Turkey Sausages

per 40g sausage - 2SP

2 sausages  - 4SP

3 sausages - 6SP 

Ballyfree Chorizo Chicken Sausages

per 40g sausage - 2SP

2 sausages  - 5SP

3 sausages - 7SP 

I pop these in the freezer and use one of them on pizza wraps or in pasta for that chorizo taste!

Loughnane's Skinny Pork Sausages

per 67g sausage - 2SP

2 sausages  - 3SP

3 sausages - 5SP 

My fav! 

Loughnane's Chicken Sausages

per 35g sausage - 1SP

2 sausages  - 2SP

3 sausages - 4SP 

Loughnane's Guinness Sausages

per sausage - 8SP

2 sausages  - 16SP

3 sausages - 23SP 

Mallons Traditional Low Fat Sausages

per 40g sausage - 1SP

2 sausages  - 2SP

3 sausages - 2SP 

Mallons Turkey Low Fat Sausages

per 40g sausage - 1SP

2 sausages  - 2SP

3 sausages - 2SP 

Mallons Garlic & Herb Low Fat Sausages

per 40g sausage - 1SP

2 sausages  - 2SP

3 sausages - 3SP 

Great in pasta bakes and on pizza wraps!

M&S Reduced Fat Pork Sausages

per 67g sausage - 3SP

2 sausages  - 5SP

3 sausages - 8SP 

M&S Reduced Fat Skinny Pork Sausages

per 67g sausage - 2SP

2 sausages  - 3SP

3 sausages - 5SP 

Tesco Finest Reduced Fat Pork Sausages

per 67g sausage - 5SP

2 sausages  - 10SP

3 sausages - 14SP 

Tesco Healthy Living Low Fat Irish Pork Sausages

per 28g sausage - 1SP

2 sausages  - 1SP

3 sausages - 2SP 

wasn't a fan of these but to grill them, and add them to pizzas or pasta bakes they're nice. Not for brunch though! 

Whelan's Gourmet Foods - Slimmers Choice

per sausage - 1SP

2 sausages  - 1SP

3 sausages - 2SP 

Fab taste off these! Much nicer than the Tesco ones above.. 

Well worth having in the freezer if you get your paws on them! 

Google for a list of stockists! 

Sainsburys Be Good to Yourself 50% less fat 

Cumberland Sausages

per 57g sausage - 2SP

2 sausages  - 4SP

3 sausages - 6SP 

Asda Light & Lean Pork Sausages

per 67g sausage - 1SP

2 sausages  - 3SP

3 sausages - 4SP 

Cookstown Reduced fat Sausages

per 38g sausage - 2SP

2 sausages  - 4SP

3 sausages - 6SP 

Brannans Turkey Sausages - Aldi

per 40g sausage - 3SP

2 sausages  - 6SP

3 sausages - 9SP 

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Brunch club - Farmhill

Brunch Club is back! In my 'I've lost my mojo' phase I wasn't as sociable as I should've been, I'ma bit of a wallower, and you all know how much I love a poached egg so it was time to get back out there! Seriously I think it would be my death row dinner... I know...  So to kick start Brunch Club again we went to Farmhill in Goatstown... this is very close to where I live so I'm very spoilt! It's about 15 mins walk away from Dundrum Town Centre so if you're sick of the food court food, you can park here for free and really have something tasty and special! It's a stroll down to the UCD sport grounds too if you're thinking of walking it off first! A calorie deficit is always a good thing no?

There were three of us dining and it was a typical Irish summers day... wet and miserable...

There was a great choice, from the usual suspects as well as beer battered cod and a burger that I spotted whizzing past our table, which is on my list next time!

It's got a warm and cosy feel to it.. 

with loads of seating and you're not squashed up to your neighbours! 

If there's a gang of you, not a problem.. 

The glass all round the facade means there's a lovely light in the place 

and you can people watch or stare out at the rain from nearly every table!

You know when people are hungover and they just don't want to talk!  

Now, the food... 

Adapting the 'bacon and sausage' to become 'bacon and chicken' wasn't problem at all, 

complete with an egg & chips... Perfect hangover food!

The 'Farmhill breakfast' aka the full Irish looks like so... 

apparently the sausages were 'savage'...

lovely toasted brown bread too! 

and I, of course, went for my 'usual' ... poached eggs with bacon on sourdough...

perfection... 

Did it pass the 'is-it-runny-enough-Skinny-Doll-test'? Absolutely! I mean look at it!

It's a lovely spot in a lovely part of the city and well worth a look! 

You can find out more >>> www.farmhill.ie 

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