Monthly Archives: February 2015

Friday Links

Posted on February 20, 2015 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday! It’s always good to get to the end of the week and onto the weekend! Tonight I have friends coming for dinner and other fun stuff planned for the rest of the weekend. This week’s links… 1) Tax … Continue reading →

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Green Sauce

Posted on February 19, 2015 by nicdempsey

I originally made this to go with roasted pork belly, where it was a great foil to the fatty pork, but there was quite a bit left over and I do hate waste! So, I’ve put it in a cheese sandwich, … Continue reading →

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Simple Chocolate Cupcakes

Posted on February 18, 2015 by nicdempsey

Sometimes you need a cake. Last weekend on Saturday, I needed cake. I made my go-to chocolate cupcakes because I almost always have the ingredients in the house, then I took some of them to Kathy and Adam’s and some … Continue reading →

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Pancakes

Posted on February 17, 2015 by nicdempsey

Growing up, my family didn’t really follow the food traditions of those around us. We did not do roast dinners every Sunday because it was ‘too much work’, we didn’t eat turkey at Christmas ’cause no one really liked it … Continue reading →

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Life Happened – Work meetings from Hell

Posted on February 16, 2015 by nicdempsey

So last week was all about still not feeling well and trying to get through work. Thursday was the hardest day of work ’cause I minuted a six hour meeting. Ugh.. On Friday I had a migraine, which was not … Continue reading →

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Friday Links on Saturday night

Posted on February 13, 2015 by nicdempsey

Friday was cancelled because of a migraine and Saturday has been quite busy. So this is a bit late! 1) Giles Fraser on Thomas More and the human capacity for love and cruelty. 2) Dresden, bombing and the rise of … Continue reading →

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Penne Rosa

Posted on February 12, 2015 by nicdempsey

One Saturday I made dinner and it was amazing, one of those dinners that is so much more than the sum of it’s parts.   It was from Back to Her Roots although of course I made some changes. I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Coping with the cold that will not die

Posted on February 11, 2015 by nicdempsey

Anybody reading this that doesn’t know I’ve had a cold (and a cough and sore throat) for what feels like forever but has actually only about 4 weeks….but 4 weeks is long enough to be really, really fed up. I’m … Continue reading →

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The Kitchen Chair Issue

Posted on February 10, 2015 by nicdempsey

In June, I’ll have been living in my flat for 6 years! Which is be the longest time I’ve spent in one place since I was a kid. We were in North End Road for nearly 17 years, I think, before … Continue reading →

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Life Happened – this is getting silly

Posted on February 9, 2015 by nicdempsey

I’m still not very well and really, really grumpy about it. My head is full of things that it shouldn’t be, my ears hurt, my sinuses make draining noises when I’m lying down and I’m wheezing. I can’t do yoga either, … Continue reading →

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