Category Archives: Food

Allotment Adventures: As ready as we can be right now..

Posted on February 22, 2017 by nicdempsey

Last Saturday was a beautiful day and Ma and I were back at the allotment. This warmer (11C) and sunnier weather encourages seeds to flourish and while there may yet be frosts, our last frost dates are the end of … Continue reading →

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Other People’s Recipes – February 2017

Posted on February 21, 2017 by nicdempsey

I’ve been in a bit of a cooking slump recently, but these are things that have caught my eye since last time! Yogurt panna cotta This looks so good Yottam Ottolenghi’s winter soup recipes.  I generally give Ottolenghi’s recipes a … Continue reading →

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Cooking fail

Posted on February 9, 2017 by nicdempsey

I like to think I’m a pretty good cook but being competent doesn’t mean that I don’t have things go wrong. Any cook who tells you that everything they cook is a total success is a liar or doesn’t actually … Continue reading →

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Marmalade 2017

Posted on February 2, 2017 by nicdempsey

Although I put it down as a February goal, I’ve actually started the marmalade making already. On Saturday, I bought 3 kg of seville oranges. Which is three batches, which should last the year. The real issue is the amount … Continue reading →

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Chocolate Cookies in a Jar

Posted on January 26, 2017 by nicdempsey

One of Oli’s Christmas presents this year was a jar of ingredients for making cookies. I also made up a jar each for the Baxter’s because they both seem to enjoy cooking too and I figured that during the Christmas … Continue reading →

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Food Prep for lazy people

Posted on January 24, 2017 by nicdempsey

I had another (the fourth in 4 months!) cold last week, which left me I was tired and snotty this weekend. It’s also the last week of the month, payday is on Friday, and there’s a lot of food hanging … Continue reading →

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Other People’s Recipes – January 2017

Posted on January 10, 2017 by nicdempsey

A lot of cooking and creativity in the kitchen comes from reading recipes. I read about food a lot and I follow lots of cooking blogs. Sometimes, I cook a recipe as written, more often, I tweak a recipe to … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Review 2016

Posted on January 5, 2017 by nicdempsey

One of last year’s goals was about food and budget. I wanted to see if I could set a budget of £15 a week for my food. That’s roughly £2.14 a day. There were some things that budget didn’t include, … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 10/12 to 16/12/2016

Posted on December 20, 2016 by nicdempsey

This is the penultimate food and budget update for the year, I’m not going to monitor the last week of the year which includes Christmas because rules relax for Christmas! SHOPPING Shopping was mostly all done at Lidl with a … Continue reading →

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Food and Budget Update: 03/12 to 09/12/2016

Posted on December 13, 2016 by nicdempsey

So last week I was a bit rubbish and that’s reflected in my food for the week. SHOPPING Shopping came to £15.94 so over budget and I didn’t take a photo. Poor! I pretty much bought the usual things, eggs, … Continue reading →

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