Category Archives: Food

Cauliflower Cottage Pie

Posted on January 23, 2013 by nicdempsey

As I pointed out last week, it’s hard to be enthusiastic about food when you’re tired and it’s cold. One of the reasons that menu planning works for me, is that it means I do a lot of prep work … Continue reading →

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The Day in Food: Monday

Posted on January 17, 2013 by nicdempsey

The PMT edition, I just wanted to cover all food in chocolate and eat all of it, which was quite intimidating as I knew that everything that I ate would be posted here, it made me pause before I ate … Continue reading →

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January…

Posted on January 16, 2013 by nicdempsey

Is anyone else finding this week difficult? On a scale of 1 to 10, I’m feeling a very sub par 4 to 5, I’m doing all the stuff I need to do but with less enthusiasm than I managed last … Continue reading →

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Cooking Basics: The Meat Sauce

Posted on January 9, 2013 by nicdempsey

I’ve been thinking a bit about the basic food that I turn into lots of different meals and this is right up there. I used to call it bolognese but it’s not really it’s a meat sauce and I learnt … Continue reading →

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The Day in Food: Back to Reality

Posted on January 3, 2013 by nicdempsey

Life resumed it’s normal pace yesterday. After the joy of Christmas, it’s time to knuckle down and grind through the last months of winter. On Tuesday night, I set myself for success, I shut all screens down at 9pm and … Continue reading →

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Mince Pies and Mincemeat

Posted on January 2, 2013 by nicdempsey

I know that it’s January and that a post on mince pies is maybe not encouraging for people who’ve embarked on a ‘New Year, New Me’ health kick. However, these are good and I am proud of them so here … Continue reading →

Posted in Christmas, Cooking, Food, Home, How I Live | Tagged making things from stratch, mince pies, mincemeat | 15 Comments

2012 – Some of the year in pictures

Posted on December 31, 2012 by nicdempsey

I was thinking about writing a review of the year but in the end decided to let pictures sum it up. January February March April May June July August September October November December

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Banana Bread

Posted on December 13, 2012 by nicdempsey

It’s Thursday and I’m ready for this week to be done. I’ve been out every night this week and the days were I could do that and get up happy and cheerful in the morning are long gone! So I … Continue reading →

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Tuesday Food

Posted on December 12, 2012 by nicdempsey

As promised yesterday, I kept a track of what I ate and I’m pretty proud of staying on track and eating things that won’t make me more tired and exhausted. Breakfast The magic smoothie (half a cup each of 0% … Continue reading →

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Gingerbread

Posted on December 5, 2012 by nicdempsey

Gingerbread is one of my favourite things to make. Which is a good thing because I make it quite a lot. It’s really simple, mostly make it in loaf form and it’s best if you leave it a couple of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food, Things I Like | Tagged cake, ginger, gingerbread | 11 Comments