Category Archives: Food

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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Pancakes

Posted on February 17, 2015 by nicdempsey

Growing up, my family didn’t really follow the food traditions of those around us. We did not do roast dinners every Sunday because it was ‘too much work’, we didn’t eat turkey at Christmas ’cause no one really liked it … 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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Food this week – the still not feeling very well edition

Posted on January 29, 2015 by nicdempsey

I’ve been back at work since Monday and although I am feeling much better than I did last week, I’m still not 100%. My daily routine consists of getting up, going to work, coming home, eating dinner and being in … 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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Weekend Tasklist

Posted on December 13, 2014 by nicdempsey

This weekend requires a to do list, so here it is. HouseI have one week left at work and anything that needs doing for Christmas, can be done then. So the priority housework is stuff that makes next week easier. … Continue reading →

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What I Ate

Posted on November 29, 2014 by nicdempsey

Last week was still about not spending money on food and using up what I had. I did spend some money, I bought the beef for tomorrow’s lunch because I had a voucher for money off that was only valid … Continue reading →

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What I Ate

Posted on November 22, 2014 by nicdempsey

Because of the festival of painting last weekend, I didn’t get around to doing anything vaguely house or shopping related. The house was pretty tidy and I was mostly up to date with laundry so it wasn’t a disaster and … Continue reading →

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