Category Archives: Cooking

Food and Budget Update: 30/04 to 06/05/2016

Posted on May 10, 2016 by nicdempsey

SHOPPING  Straight away, I should confess to some ‘cheating’, I used some of my holiday money to buy a couple of pies and some sausages from The Amble Butcher. The rest of my shopping was done in Lidl and Morrisons in Morpeth … Continue reading →

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Food: 23/04 to 30/04/2016

Posted on May 3, 2016 by nicdempsey

So last week I was on holiday and there was no food budget but I thought I’d show you some of what we ate while we were away! We’d brought wine, a bottle of gin, tonic, limes, butter, homemade bread, … Continue reading →

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Flapjacks

Posted on April 28, 2016 by nicdempsey

Granola bars, flapjacks, call them what you want but I’ve become a tiny bit obsessed with them. This is a problem for two reasons, budget, those suckers are expensive and health, they all have a lot of added sugar. My … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 16/04 to 22/04/2016

Posted on April 26, 2016 by nicdempsey

I wanted to have an less spendy week, which I sort of did. the theme of this week was chickpeas. That wasn’t entirely planned but I had a bag of dried chickpeas which I wanted to cook this weekend and … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 09/04 to 15/04/2016

Posted on April 19, 2016 by nicdempsey

SHOPPING  So I blew through the £15 budget limit this week with the shopping coming to a grand total of £18.24. Not good. Here’s what that bought:   COOKING AND EATING  Saturday night dinner was amazing.  We had an aubergine … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 02/04 to 08/04/2016

Posted on April 12, 2016 by nicdempsey

This was a pretty normal week, except that I had Monday off and came down with a cold mid week, it’s been going around the office, so not unexpected SHOPPING  This is what I bought. It was a grand total … Continue reading →

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Shallot Tart

Posted on April 7, 2016 by nicdempsey

Ages ago I used to make an onion tart. It was a pretty good tart, simple to make (because I don’t do faff) and tasty. Where I got the recipe, I have no idea but I did write it down … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 26/03 to 01/04/2016

Posted on April 5, 2016 by nicdempsey

This was Easter weekend which budget wise feels a bit wonky. SHOPPING  I shopped on Good Friday because that seemed like it might be easier, I had a feeling that on Saturday everyone was going to remember that the shops were … Continue reading →

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Anchovy and shallot flatbread

Posted on March 31, 2016 by nicdempsey

I like anchovies. There I’ve said it, I like them on pizza, I like them in tarts, I like the salty slap in the tastebuds they can give you. I come by it honestly, Ma is also fairly obsessed with … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 19/03 to 25/03/2016

Posted on March 30, 2016 by nicdempsey

SHOPPING  Here are the lists: Here are the receipts: And here’s what that bought: The eagle eyed amongst you will notice that there are two bags of sweeties (jelly bunnies and mini eggs) in the shopping. I had told Ma … Continue reading →

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