Duchess VonPie

In my kitchen Steak is usually served with chips, often mushrooms and peas too but always home made chunky chips! I decided yesterday was going to be a Steak day, mainly because of the crappy day that I had just incurred, if standing in dog shit, burning my hand on the iron, and spilling my lunch down my eBay bargain Ralph Lauren shirt doesn't warrant a Steak dinner than I don't know what will. So dinner was decided upon around 1 pm, shortly after I finish my lunch; around half an hour after finishing one meal is usually when I begin thinking about the next. Throughout the afternoon I continue to think about my Steak dinner and somewhere along the way, I begin to feel inspired. Chips and peas just don't make the cut, I crave spice and zest and flavor. Coriander is my favorite fresh herb and pickled jalapeños can always be found in my cupboard, not least because they make a mean topper for late night chicken kebabs. Jamie Oliver has a recipe for a Salsa Verde t...

Some days I am  'Healthy Zen VonPie' and I want to fuel my body with foods that will nourish, I can see the benefits of foods like Nuts & Avocado which are high in fats and calorie dense but full of essential nutrients and vitamins in order for my body to flourish and feel its best, I avoid processed foods or foods with added sugars. Some days I am 'Piggy VonPie', these days I refuse to feel guilty about anything I choose to ram down my cake hole, I eat an array of breakfasts which throughout the morning slowly merge into lunch, I buy cakes for the office because we deserve cakes some times chocolates too. Come dinner time I get my chef on and cook something beautifully indulgent, usually cheesy, but always carb loaded and serve it with crusty bread and real butter. Other days I am 'Calorie Count VonPie' I restrict my calories, usually to somewhere between 500-700. On these days the mere thought of eating an egg without first removing the yolk is beyond...

WARNING: The following recipe is not diet friendly, it does not contain Quinoa, Kale, Avacado, Aduki Beans or any other superfoods. This is stodgy, feel good recipe suitable your once a month ride on the cotton pony or to be used as a starchy buttery adhesive to mend a broken heart, or just because you have had to endure a whole Monday at work and you have done nothing at all to deserve that kind of torture. If you are on a diet and choose to read on I will take no responsibility for your failure . The recipe I want to share with you is my favorite comforting food, I have always had a knack for throwing things together in the kitchen. I like to think of myself as a culinary cocktail genius but this one is very much inspired by my partners Mum. She is Irish and as a result of growing up in Ireland, she often cooks with potatoes and thus she makes a mean Bubble & Squeak. My version is slightly altered but I think I do it justice. Ingredients  - Gammon or Bacon ...

I have decided I would start a diet blog, after all, it is probable that there isn't a diet in this whole entire universe that I have not tried; excluding 'the tapeworm diet', although it speaks volumes that I have read up on the effectiveness of it.  Truth be told not one of them has really worked for me, I mean sure I have lost weight, be it through weekly 'fat club' meetings or by restricting my calorie or by replacing meals with shakes or some other diet which completely consumed me... but do I have the body I desire, A body just like effortlessly slim and gorgeous girls on Instagram posing in their teeny tiny bikinis... nope. Have I just ate my packed lunch despite it only being 11 am with the intention of buying a second lunch come 1 pm ... abso-freaking-lutely.  I have started this blog with the intention of sharing all my foodie experiences; be it my overindulgent cheese pie recipe or my yo-yo diet experiences. There is also a part of me that secretly...