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Allotment Adventures: Soft Fruit Empire

Posted on June 8, 2022 by nicdempsey

Great Britain doesn’t have a lot of fruit options grown in the country, apples and pears are our mainstay, we do get other fruit in season, strawberries, raspberries, gooseberries, plums, rhubarb to name a few, there are others. When you … Continue reading →

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Hot Stew

Posted on November 5, 2020 by nicdempsey

This is actually called Squash and Sweet Potato Chipotle Stew with Cheese Dumplings but that is very long and it was very hot. Chilli hot not temperature hot, my wimpy English tastebuds, found it delicious but so very hot (and … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: The corn is as high as an elephant’s eye

Posted on August 28, 2019 by nicdempsey

The temperatures in London went stupidly hot last week and we had 30C and over for a couple of days so just as allotmenters started to prepare themselves for an early autumn, it was summer again. This is good as … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Expansion

Posted on August 21, 2019 by nicdempsey

I think I’ve talked a little bit about my allotment neighbour, Joe and how this year has not been a good one for him. We saw him this weekend and he told us that he’s going to give up the … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: It’s raining, it’s pouring

Posted on January 23, 2018 by nicdempsey

It rained for most of the weekend. So we went to the plot to check damage and re-up the bird feeders. Then we planned. We worked out want we want to grow and then went through all the seeds we … Continue reading →

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Allotment Adventures: Morning Visits

Posted on June 7, 2017 by nicdempsey

I’ve had the plot for over a year and I have a shed but I still don’t know what I’m doing really. What I do know, is that during the growing season, you have to be present. Which means that … Continue reading →

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Dinner (and lunch)

Posted on May 12, 2015 by nicdempsey

I’m having a stressy week. In fact, from here on in, the first two weeks of every month are going to be pretty high stress at work. Unfortunately, those two weeks are my migraine (PMT) weeks. So now you know … Continue reading →

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Freezer soup

Posted on February 11, 2014 by nicdempsey

I make something like this maybe twice a month in winter, it was inspired by Becca’s Black Bean Soup, but I’ve never really followed an exact recipe and always use what I have, which with the exception of the carrots and … Continue reading →

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Borlotti, pancetta and spring green soup

Posted on October 25, 2012 by nicdempsey

Another soup recipe. Another recipe from Bill Granger. Here I am trying to cook different things and two weeks in a row I’ve cooked soup. I blame the weather, it’s autumn and as it get cold and wet, I want … 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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