Category Archives: Cooking

Food and Budget Update: 06/02 to 12/02/2016

Posted on February 16, 2016 by nicdempsey

It that time of the week! Here’s this week’s recap on what I ate and spent on eating… SHOPPING  This was the list for this week, which was quite long I tend to split the list into shops, so Lidl … Continue reading →

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White Bread

Posted on February 11, 2016 by nicdempsey

My office is full of interesting people, one of them, who shall remain nameless is the food police. He (and it seems that it’s always a he) lost a lot of weight some years ago and now exercises strict discipline … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 31/01 to 05/02/2016

Posted on February 9, 2016 by nicdempsey

This week was potentially the week it all went wrong. I was out on Friday and Saturday and epically hungover/sick (I still maintain it wasn’t all ’cause of drinking because others were sick too!) on Sunday all of which meant … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 23/01 to 30/01/2016

Posted on February 2, 2016 by nicdempsey

You know how sometimes you have a really good week and sometimes even though there’s very little difference from other weeks, you just feel that you were less in control and therefore it felt like a rubbish week? That was … Continue reading →

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Marmalade

Posted on January 28, 2016 by nicdempsey

Two weeks ago my friend Sue posted a picture of her batch of just made marmalade, which reminded me if that I wanted to make some this year, I needed to get a move on. I didn’t make much jam … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget update: 16/01 to 22/01/2016

Posted on January 25, 2016 by nicdempsey

So this food week wasn’t overshadowed so entirely by the mice but I’m still gradually replacing things. The shopping list looked like this So there were some changes, I decided I wanted to try a new recipes so needed porridge … Continue reading →

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Cottage Pie

Posted on January 21, 2016 by nicdempsey

I made this over the Christmas break, using the leftover roast beef. I’ve never made a cottage or shepherds pie using the left over roast before and as roast dinners were never much on Ma’s repertoire of meals she cooked, … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget: 09/01 to 15/01/2016

Posted on January 19, 2016 by nicdempsey

I was so fed up this week, I’d thrown a ton of food and other stuff away, I’d felt like I’d been in kitchen all week, cleaning it and I knew there was more to go. I did have a … Continue reading →

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Soba Noodle Salad

Posted on January 14, 2016 by nicdempsey

This salad has been part of my lunch this week. The original version is from Cassie at Back to Her Roots and I’ve made it a couple of times and it’s great, I find it’s an amazing hangover food, it’s … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 02/01 to 08/01/2016

Posted on January 12, 2016 by nicdempsey

This was the first week I was back at work, so I needed to be a little bit more focused on what I was eating and getting it prepared. I had a menu plan and a craving for fruit so … Continue reading →

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