Category Archives: Cooking

Keeping It Simple

Posted on November 17, 2015 by nicdempsey

Over the last three weeks, my food choices have been limited to other people cooking or by what I’ve been able to cook/prepare in the five minute chunks I’ve been able to stand before my foot basically tells me to get back … Continue reading →

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Rhubarb compote

Posted on September 24, 2015 by nicdempsey

Breakfast is my eternal struggle, I’m much better than I used to be. I actually eat breakfast now, my only requirements for my workday breakfasts are that they taste good and are portable, so breakfast in a jar is always … Continue reading →

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Braised lentils

Posted on September 23, 2015 by nicdempsey

One of the things I used to do, when things were really busy was to cook some lentils and some other grain, quinoa or pearl barley, so that even if I didn’t have a menu plan there was something I … Continue reading →

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Pepper Pesto

Posted on September 22, 2015 by nicdempsey

Dedicated introvert that I am, I enjoy living alone. There are advantages to living with other people, having someone else around to take the rubbish out or do the washing up but I’m pretty content with not having to share … Continue reading →

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Chickpea Stuffed Aubergines

Posted on September 17, 2015 by nicdempsey

My love for Nigel Slater’s cooking used to be intense. It started years ago with his column in the Evening Standard, one of my standard easy ‘company’ meals is sausages with red wine and it started with a recipe for … Continue reading →

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Black Bean and Corn Pastries

Posted on September 16, 2015 by nicdempsey

One of my mainstay meals is black bean and corn tacos. Like anything I cook a lot of I’ve adapted it from the orignal recipe to suit me better. Those changes are that I add more vegetables, I put red … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Birthday Cake

Posted on September 9, 2015 by nicdempsey

This is my new holy grail of chocolate birthday cake from Nigella Lawson. What I love best about it, is that it all gets done in the food processor, the frosting too…

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Stuff it in a pepper and call it done

Posted on August 19, 2015 by nicdempsey

Every week I make a shopping list and every week the first item is peppers. I love peppers, I eat them raw, I roast them, I stir fry them, peppers are basically my favourite, except for the green ones which … Continue reading →

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Cake

Posted on August 5, 2015 by nicdempsey

This week I will bake myself a cake. It won’t be all for me, there will be Ben, Laura, Oli, Josephine, Tabitha and Ma to help me eat it. There will not be candles, the last time I had a … Continue reading →

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What I Ate – July 2015

Posted on July 30, 2015 by nicdempsey

At the end of every month, my posts on what I’ve read, what I’ve been cheerful about and my goals for the month, have been really useful to me in tracking my moods and progress. So I’ve decided for this … Continue reading →

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