Category Archives: Cooking

Spring time lunches…

Posted on April 14, 2015 by nicdempsey

One of the things I’m really good at is always bringing my lunch to work. This is partly budget, partly health and all greed. What I have for lunch really varies depending on the season, during winter I tend to … Continue reading →

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Lemon Curd

Posted on April 2, 2015 by nicdempsey

Making jam can be hard work, usually when the fruit I want to turn into jam is ripe, it’s hot, then there’s the boiling sugar and the sterilizing jars and cutting up circles of greaseproof paper. I am so glad I … Continue reading →

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Turkey, Chickpea and Spinach Meatballs

Posted on March 19, 2015 by nicdempsey

Who doesn’t like pasta and meatballs? For years I’ve been using Nigella Lawson’s recipe from How to Eat and they’re pretty good. I had people coming for dinner and minced turkey in the fridge but not enough to make enough meatballs … Continue reading →

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Oven Chips

Posted on March 5, 2015 by nicdempsey

There is not a lot to dislike about chips, done right they are perfect potatoey goodness, I don’t actually eat them as much as I’d like to because the best chips are the ones my mum makes (chips my mum makes … 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I originally made this to go with roasted pork belly, where it was a great foil to the fatty pork, but there was quite a bit left over and I do hate waste!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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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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Food this week

Posted on February 5, 2015 by nicdempsey

My cooking has not been imaginative this week, mostly it’s been easy food that doesn’t require too much effort. Having said that, it’s still been pretty healthy.. What I mean by healthy, is unprocessed food. My diet doesn’t have much … Continue reading →

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Potato Bread

Posted on January 15, 2015 by nicdempsey

As part of my use all the vegetables in the house cooking festival on Sunday, I made potato bread. The potatoes had been hanging around since before Christmas but were in surprisingly good nick. I had originally planned to mash … Continue reading →

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The Day in Food

Posted on January 8, 2015 by nicdempsey

I haven’t done a day in food post for ages and never a bad idea to take a step back and log what I eat now and again. So this is what yesterday looked like… Morning Black coffee / berocca. I … Continue reading →

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