Category Archives: Food

Saturday – Eating this week

Posted on October 19, 2013 by nicdempsey

One of the disadvantages of living alone and on a budget is that my eating isn’t exactly exciting. I like how I eat but it’s very rarely spontaneous, I have a menu plan, I stick to the menu plan, which … Continue reading →

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Weekend Baking – Breads

Posted on October 15, 2013 by nicdempsey

This weekend I made all the bread! Fair enough it wasn’t quite all the bread but it was a couple of weeks worth! There is something very comforting about baking bread, it’s comforting to know that there’s enough, if you … Continue reading →

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Soup

Posted on October 3, 2013 by nicdempsey

I eat soup at least once a week and as the temperature drops and it gets darker, soup becomes the perfect food, easy, quick and comforting, so I eat it more! There are a couple of soup recipes on here. The … Continue reading →

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Breakfast

Posted on September 12, 2013 by nicdempsey

I’m not good in the mornings. Even on lovely light summer mornings, I struggle to surface into conciousness. Weekday working mornings are the worse, it’s too early and there’s too much to do to get myself washed, dressed and in … Continue reading →

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Cookies make everything better

Posted on September 11, 2013 by nicdempsey

  I know that I’ve mentioned that last week was not a good week about a million times but there were some silver linings to the bad cloud I seemed to be carrying around with me. One of them was … Continue reading →

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Food and cooking lately

Posted on August 22, 2013 by nicdempsey

Along with the quiet time I seem to be having recently, if you looked at this space recently, it’ll seem like I haven’t been doing much cooking. I do cook for myself everyday but I haven’t been cooking much new stuff, … Continue reading →

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Rhubarb, rhubarb

Posted on August 1, 2013 by nicdempsey

When we went to Chiswick House last week, we bought some rhubarb from the kitchen garden. Rhubarb isn’t pretty once you’ve cooked it but it is tasty, the perfect balance of tart and sweet. I didn’t take up Ma’s suggestion of … Continue reading →

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Fridge clearance dinner

Posted on July 30, 2013 by nicdempsey

It’s fair to say that my eating over the past couple of weeks has been erratic. I’m mostly blaming the weather with a side of ‘really can’t be bothered’ and ‘don’t feel very well’. Dinner on Saturday night was about … Continue reading →

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Current favourite lunch

Posted on July 25, 2013 by nicdempsey

This is what I’m eating for lunch most days. It’s not so much a recipe more a guide.. It consists of sprouted lentils, roasted tomatoes, pepper, feta, basil and mint. It’s easy packs a big flavour punch with the tomatoes, … Continue reading →

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Friday Links

Posted on July 19, 2013 by nicdempsey

Happy Friday, it’s still very hot and I’m not coping. Links this week.. 1) This. A thousand times this… It’s detailing that the human rights of living people shouldn’t be eroded by perceived rights of those yet to be born.  … Continue reading →

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