Author Archives: Olivier Dehon

Almonds Butter

Like peanut butter but with Almonds….

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Moelleux a la Chataigne

A very nice cake recipe we made when we were in the Auvergne at la Boudio with Manu’s family.  

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New Year’s Party

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Garage Led panel lights

Got a led panel light to put into the garage, I had one last area that I was not happy with the lighting. I decided to give a go with the LED panels. I used LedHut.co.uk and took a 1200X300 … Continue reading

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Happy New Year !

Well, I am very happy to see the back of 2016…not a great year professionally and the impact on personal life was just not right. As we travelled to France for the big Xmas family reunion, we had a bit … Continue reading

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Flex-box with Laser

I have been wanting to make a “live-hinge” for months, with the visit of Nicolas and Pascale, we used the opportunity to do a full project together from scratch. The girls went shopping whereas Nicolas and I played in the … Continue reading

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Beef Casserole

With the recent turn of the weather to a very Wintery style…and the office in full Glacial mode…I am finding the weekend a great place to try comfort food…this one is a great simple slow cook dish. I use my … Continue reading

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Cramique Belge

Got this recipe from the net… Another mucky Sunday and could do with moral lifting food… I used to eat this at my grand’ mother place.     Ingredients: 500g of flour dry yeast (enough for the flour quantity probably … Continue reading

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Lemon Meringue Tart

This is a bit of a complicated or more accurately lengthy recipe. It is not difficult but it just takes a few steps and as a consequence you end-up spending a fair amount of time in the kitchen…however the final … Continue reading

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Pastrami – First Try

I have been waiting to try a few recipes where you need to cure the meat before cooking it. Such as Ham or Pastrami or even Saucisson. I am trying today Pastrami…. [Update] The pastrami is very nice but a … Continue reading

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Plum Tarte Tatin

I made some Tarte Tatin today but with plums instead of apples. It is very nice !…Maybe the plums are giving too much juice and water as they cook, so there might be a way by which you could soak … Continue reading

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Weekend activities busy bee

Well weekend was full of varied activities of all sorts, including fireworks and trying to repair front door of the house ! Manu used the kenwood blender to make some very nice almond butter. Essentially take fresh almonds, roast them … Continue reading

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Bon Appetit !

I made a few things this weekend ! I made a copy of something I did a long time ago for my sister in law. It is a chopping board made out of bamboo.It is actually a “file” folder/tray from … Continue reading

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I love this place – Hakkasan

A great lunch  place after some shopping in london : Hakkasan. This is Dim Sum Platter (varied and very nice) Aubergines and Oat and Mushrooms (amazing but needs to be a side dish) Salt Pepper Squid (not particularly special but perfect) … Continue reading

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Trancheur – Trancheuse

I know what I want from Xmas… !

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Tray without Glue

I have been researching a few designs to make a small box or a tray with my laser cutter, but the challenge was to not use any glue for the assembly. Most of the tenon and mortice setup allow for … Continue reading

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Powerbank

Made a powerbank with some lithium batteries so that I can power a Raspberry Pi on a field trip…Currently testing how long it will last under battery power. It uses a 4200mah 4cells battery, delivering 14.8V to a UBEC 3A … Continue reading

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Vegetative or Flowering ?

For reference, the ideal time for the lights to be “on” during the day for vegetative growth is 18 hours of light for 6 hours of darkness. That is 5am to 10pm ! For flowering you want to move to … Continue reading

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I joined the revolution

I bought a Farmbot !…yes I am an early adopter of emerging technologies…this one has a lot of things that I like, it is open source hardware and software, it uses Raspberry Pi and Arduino, it is a Robot, it … Continue reading

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More laser with Bamboo

I recently bought some Bamboo sheets. Hobarts is the first one I think to be selling these sheets. They are quite expensive at the moment with circa £15 for a 600X400 sheet. That is approx 3X the price of acrylic sheets … Continue reading

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