Category Archives: Food

Food Preparation to help with re-entry into real life

Posted on January 4, 2018 by nicdempsey

This week is tough, Christmas is done and work is hard. On New Years Day, in line with my aims for the year in general and this month in particular, I did some food prep. I don’t know about everyone … Continue reading →

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Handmade Christmas: Fudge

Posted on December 13, 2017 by nicdempsey

We are 11 days away from Christmas and I find myself in my usual just before Christmas mood, recovering from my December cold, half sorted and with a seemingly huge to do list. This year has been much easier, I … Continue reading →

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Roly poly sausage

Posted on December 7, 2017 by nicdempsey

It’s no secret that my mother doesn’t like cooking. She can cook, but years of having to do it and having to cater to my father’s odd tastes (he used to insist on putting hard boiled eggs in a steak … Continue reading →

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Boiled Chicken

Posted on November 2, 2017 by nicdempsey

I talk a lot about how my childhood shaped the way I cook, but apart from Grandad’s Bread Pudding, I don’t have a lot of recipes from my childhood. I don’t remember Ma following them or having many cookbooks around … Continue reading →

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Quick and Dirty Guacamole

Posted on September 21, 2017 by nicdempsey

I’m not a huge fan of avocado. It’s not the taste, it’s the texture, never say never but I can’t see me ever being a huge fan of avocado toast. The only form I eat avocados in is guacamole which … Continue reading →

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Cooking from the Allotment: Preserving Tomatoes

Posted on September 7, 2017 by nicdempsey

Although I’ve found managing the produce that comes off the plot this year much more manageable. I’ve eaten a lot more veg as it comes off the plot, I love the idea of putting up food that I’ve grown. Probably … Continue reading →

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Cooking lately

Posted on August 24, 2017 by nicdempsey

One of the things about August is that my eating and cooking become unplanned. Last year, I was logging this every week and August is full of weeks that start, “I couldn’t be bothered to cook” or “I was tired” … Continue reading →

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Cooking from the Plot: Caramelised Courgettes

Posted on August 17, 2017 by nicdempsey

We’re back to 101 ways of using up courgettes. This recipe. I use basil. It’s amazing. That it all.

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Pulled Pork

Posted on August 3, 2017 by nicdempsey

There are lots of recipes for what to do with a pork shoulder. If you were looking, you can’t go wrong with this one from Dinner: A Love Story, which is what I planned to do last week. Then I caught … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Cut your losses

Posted on July 26, 2017 by nicdempsey

This was the week I decided that it was ok to stop doing something if it wasn’t doing well. That thing was the boston squash. I had put what I thought was 2 baby blue hubbards in the box to … Continue reading →

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