Category Archives: Food

French Onion Soup

Posted on October 18, 2012 by nicdempsey

  This week’s new recipe was French Onion Soup. If I haven’t already said it already the best onion soup is made by Christelle’s dad. Way back when Christelle and I shared a flat, she would come back from France … Continue reading →

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Biscuits

Posted on October 16, 2012 by nicdempsey

On Friday night Oli, Ma and I made biscuits. Oli was responsible for rolling and cutting out the shapes! He was very keen on the bell and the moon shapes and squashing the dough together!   I love cooking with … Continue reading →

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The Weekend

Posted on October 15, 2012 by nicdempsey

The weekend started on Friday afternoon. Ben and Laura went out to celebrate Ben’s birthday by seeing Level 42 and Ma and I got to babysit Oli. Ol is at the stage where Mummy and Daddy going out is deeply … Continue reading →

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Lamb Shanks with Tomatoes and Beans…

Posted on October 9, 2012 by nicdempsey

I’m never going to be a perfect food blogger. I really admire the bloggers who post perfect recipes and photos but that’s never going to be me. The food posts on this blog are about the things that I’ve cooked … Continue reading →

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The Weekend.

Posted on October 8, 2012 by nicdempsey

The start of the weekend was also the end of my holiday, Ma dropped me off on Friday afternoon and it was time to tackle the unpacking. As I get older, I become more like my mother and need to … Continue reading →

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Cocktail Cherries

Posted on September 19, 2012 by nicdempsey

I made some maraschino cherries for the birthday edition of Friday Night Cocktail and they were so good, I’ve been meaning to write about them here for ages. They feature in this week’s Friday Night Cocktail, so now would be … Continue reading →

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Vegan Bean Beer Stew

Posted on September 18, 2012 by nicdempsey

This week’s vegetarian recipe comes from Back to Her Roots and is Vegan Beer Chilli, but I’ve slightly adjusted the recipe so for here I’m changing the name. At the beginning of September, Ma hired a car and we did … Continue reading →

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Courgette Fritters

Posted on September 12, 2012 by nicdempsey

This week’s new vegetarian recipe. It came from The Faerietale Foodie and is the perfect dinner for nights I don’t have too much of a brain (yeah I know you could argue that’s most nights!) nights where I’m tempted to … Continue reading →

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Current favourite dinner

Posted on September 4, 2012 by nicdempsey

Spinach, Chickpeas and Poached Eggs This is becoming a regular dinner around here. It’s vegetarian, has loads of protein and is tasty. It’s not very pretty but sometimes I want quick and easy and this works. It’s not blow your … Continue reading →

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Foodie Penpals

Posted on August 31, 2012 by nicdempsey

So today would be the day that I told you about the amazing parcel that Nicole sent me. However, it seems that the postman could smell the baked goods in it and ate it! Ah well, such is life. My … Continue reading →

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