Category Archives: Food

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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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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Pasta Bake

Posted on July 9, 2015 by nicdempsey

Pasta Bake is the food beloved of students everywhere, easy to make, cheap, happy to sit around for a bit. It’s also got a reputation for not being very nice but it’s one of my favourite comfort foods. The leftovers … Continue reading →

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Seasonal Eating

Posted on July 7, 2015 by nicdempsey

I really admire people who truly eat seasonally, who won’t eat a tomato or peach in winter. I am personally far to wedded to my love of peppers to give them up in the winter but even I notice how … Continue reading →

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Not Kedgeree

Posted on June 16, 2015 by nicdempsey

Even when I cook alone, I never really cook in isolation. Everything that I cook has it’s roots in other food I’ve eaten, people that have cooked for me and people that I’ve cooked with. This came about because I … Continue reading →

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A Day in Food

Posted on June 11, 2015 by nicdempsey

I haven’t done one of these posts in ages but the godchildren are re-visiting their food project this summer and we were talking about it this week. So this is what I cooked, ate and did yesterday. I woke up … Continue reading →

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Flatbreads

Posted on June 3, 2015 by nicdempsey

I’m not a huge bread eater, I can demolish a baguette at warp speed, especially if there are also cheese and grapes, I love all sorts of bread and last summer had a whole weekly menu planned around a loaf … Continue reading →

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Mushroom Tart

Posted on May 28, 2015 by nicdempsey

Although I cook most things from scratch, puff pastry is not one of them. If life is too short to stuff a mushroom, then it’s way to short to make puff pastry. So I buy it. Most often because I’m … Continue reading →

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Perfect Poached Eggs

Posted on May 14, 2015 by nicdempsey

I’m not a perfect cook. My palate is not that refined, I love to cook but don’t like to spent hours in the kitchen, I try to hold an 80/20 rule about eating processed foods and I do pretty well … Continue reading →

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Dinner (and lunch)

Posted on May 12, 2015 by nicdempsey

I’m having a stressy week. In fact, from here on in, the first two weeks of every month are going to be pretty high stress at work. Unfortunately, those two weeks are my migraine (PMT) weeks. So now you know … Continue reading →

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