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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Guys, it’s been a great night. I am SMUG. 👶 #smug #ID #babyface

Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I feel very smug. Actually had an order in my McDonald’s app and willed myself away. Ended up with this kind of tuna rice bowl thing with last night’s rice and a few tasty bits and pieces. #smug #lunchoftheday

Tuna, rice, avocado with mayo, chilli oil and onion.

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

Food is so expensive now!!! I get that this is Waitrose so not necessarily a balanced example but even so… reduced to these prices? #costofliving #foodprices

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Kickstarting a foodie weekend with lunch at QBao in #Cardiff. I had the beef ribs noodle soup and it was delicious. Made a slight tit of myself trying to drink the broth with the big wooden ladle but could you blame me? 🍜 😋 🍽️ 💫 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 #noodles #lunchgoals

A large bowl of beef rib noodle soup with coriander, spring onion and a rich broth.

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Meal planning - I used to do this every Sunday but there isn’t always time these days! #mealplan #mealprep #weekahead #mealplanning

A meal plan listing everything I plan to eat this week:

Monday
F- Pesto pasta
Us - puttenesca

Tuesday
Samgeopsal (Korean marinated pork belly)

Wednesday
Roast chicken thighs, new pots & salad

Thursday
Paella

Friday
Crispy soy ddeokbokki (Korean rice cakes)

Saturday
I’m out, so they can fend for themselves! 😂

Sunday
F- chicken korma (frozen from last week)
Us - sweetcorn mapo tofu

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Name a more elite snack than a cold new potato with rocksalt and kewpie mayo….

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Loving our garden, and thankful to the previous owners who clearly knew what they were doing. Unfortunately we don’t so this is the best it’s ever going to look! 😂 #garden #flowers #summer

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 27/06/2025

I’ve tried fizz and flour (and loved it!), infact we used them for our networking event at work last week 🙌 The rest is yet another excellent load of recommendations to add to my ever growing list! Thank you!

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

#ad Do you follow Dinner with Jon on TT or IG? He’s great, and has a new cookbook out, which I was kindly sent by Meze publishing. Here’s his rather yummy Marmite & Cheddar Welsh Rarebit! 🤤 #cookbook #cheese #marmite

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

If you like Zapiekanka (Polish open sandwiches), I tried and loved Big Mamma’s sandwich shop on Cowbridge Road East in Cardiff today! It was absolutely delicious and Big Mamma is a brilliant character! We loved her! 😊 🇵🇱 #CardiffFood #Zapiekanka

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

When your friend says she’s clearing out her instant noodle collection and do you want some for your blog / ongoing love for instant ramyeon…. 😂😳😃🤪😍 🍜 🍽️ #instantnoodles #kfood #instantramyeon #ramyeon

A huge selection of Korean instant ramyeon including buldak, shin ramyun and toppokki.

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

Astounding value for the two course set lunch menu at Asador 44 in #Cardiff. More over on my IG >> www.instagram.com/p/DK0Cc1vM5u...

Heritage tomato salad with steak and fries

A perfectly cooked and sliced rump steak

Pork rollers rilette with an apple and mustard dressing

Charred mackerel with crispy sage and a white sauce

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Tried this #japchae from Starty Mart - it’s super fast ti to and the flavour is good but the noodles mostly broke up on heating and texture was a bit gloopy. Good to try but probably won’t buy again. 5/10.

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

80 years after the rest of you, I finally got my hands on an M&S big daddy pistachio. And… underwhelm. Not pistachio-y enough and far too sweet for my unfortunately. 😢

A hand holding a bar of the Marks & Spencer’s big daddy pistachio chocolate bar

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

#Guiltypleasure - Lidl pizza from the bakery section. 🍕 You?

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

Do you have a #memorablemeal - one that you’ll never forget? For me, it was a rainy night in Seoul, 2018. We ate pork bbq under a canopy, surrounded by locals who’d just got off work. The food was stunning, the atmosphere amazing and I don’t think I’ve ever felt that happy.

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Tried Brownie God for the first time yesterday. Looks dry, is anything but. Absolutely delish but not cheap but a lovely treat! browniegod.com/products/bis...

A gooey chocolate brownie with a big bite taken out of it

Pink box with darker pink text that says brownie god

A tray of nine brownies with white chocolate Easter decorations and sprinkles

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Made a kinda lazy bouilliabasse tonight. Started by frying garlic & onions with fennel seeds, saffron and smoked paprika before adding stock & toms. After some bubbling away, I added cooked new potatoes, fish pie mix + prawns and topped with fresh basil until fish was cooked. 🍜 🍴 #recipes #food

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Was shocked to find this was solid peanut butter. Didn’t stop me woofing it down! #ReecesEgg

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Lovely sunshiny food at the Sundial Kitchen in Totterdown. Falafel bowl for me with halloumi, picked red cabbage and garlicky flat breads. The potato rosti with kale, eggs and feta also looked delicious! #BristolFood #Brunching

Falafel bowl with halloumi, pickled veg, hummus, rocket and flat breads

Potato rosti is with kale, fried eggs and feta topped either pico de gallo.

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Every few months we take our little boy to Pizzarova for dinner after nursery. He loves it. Tonight he chose one of the pizza’s toppings (olives, ham and pesto) and told me it was the best pizza he’s ever had. And I think he’s right. Our 3 yr old has good taste. 🍕 😋 #BristolFood #Pizza #FamilyTime

A family with small toddler enjoying pizza

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

A sign of a well loved recipe - splattered pages. This #sweetcorn mapo tofu by Ching He Huang is a favourite in our house! 🍜 🍽️ #FoodSky #Cooking #MapoTofu #WokCooking #Sichuan #ChineseFood

Cookbook
Open on a recipe for sweetcorn mapo tofu with sauce splattered on the page

Sweet corn mapo tofu with white sticky rice and garnished with spring onion

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Dave’s out and work is full on atm so I thought I’d treat myself to a cheeky solo burger on Deliveroo. Over an hour later, this is what turned up. Feels like Holly C won tonight!!! 😭

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

It’s proper cold today and I skipped breakfast so Shin Ramyun for lunch to warm up! 🍜

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

When you’re clearing out the freezer and writing a meal plan for the week ahead 😂 🍜 🍽️

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

#AD I was invited for beer and food last night at Zero Degrees micro brewery & bar in #Bristol. They’re turning 25 this year which is an incredible achievement in such tough times for the hospitality industry. Their mango beer is a staple - I’ve been drinking it since I moved down in 2016!! 🍺 🥭

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

#ad Latest on my blog - trying 🇫🇷 cooking with a white bean & celery cassoulet! Lovely with roasted chicken thighs and buttered carrots and a great Sunday roast alternative. gingeybites.com/2025/01/cele... 🍽️ 🍜 #foodsky #foodlovers

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Have never seen DidiCars before but they had some at the kids party we went to today! Think I might need to get one for *ahem* my three year old son.

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

First food since Monday - awful tummy bug which finally seems to be disappearing. On the plus side my bikini body is well on the way! 😆 😭

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

On this day in 2017, living in Melbourne 🇦🇺 and trying to stop the parakeets eating all the nectarines! Oh how times have changed as I tell my 3 year old to stop throwing cars off the sofa for the ten thousandth time! 🙄 #AnotherLife #Throwback #Parakeets #SoundOn

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

We had the #SimplyCook Pad Kra Pao (pork mince and basil) tonight with extra fish sauce for us, less chilli for the toddler & a fried egg for all. 🇹🇭 Terrible winter photo but gives the idea! Get a free box here: www.simplycook.com/invite/AR9663 (affiliate link) 🍽️ 🍜 #FoodSky #FoodBlogger #Delicious

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Oh no Mrs Elswood, what have you done???

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Thank you, yes that’s my thinking too, it genuinely seems fine inside - but is proper old now! Probably six months plus since it was brought back from Portugal. This is what I’ve cut off so far

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Who knows about Jamon? I was given a big leg of jamon for my birthday in Nov (already few months old by then). It’s been outside in a big box and forgotten about. The exterior had some mould but the inside tastes / looks/ smells fine. Would you eat? I think yes? 🍽️ 🍜

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Had so many comments on IG that I thought I’d share last night’s dinner here 😂 😂 What random concoctions have you eaten when clearing out the fridge and freezer?? 🍽️ 🍜 #dinnersky #fridgeclearout

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Dinner was yum - fusilli with homegrown tomato and chill sauce (made and frozen in September - thank you former me!) with fennel and sausage meatballs. Parmesan to finish! Quick and tasty👌 🍽️ 🍜 #foodsky #foodfeed #pasta

Sausage and fennel pasta with homegrown tomato and chilli sauce

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 27/12/2024

Ugly, but delicious. Throw it all together leftover christmas dinner pie! 🍜 #foodsky #foodfeed #christmasdinner #leftovers

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Fortune cookies are legally binding right??

A fortune cookie message which says ‘your income will increase’

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

We’ve been madly eating everything out the freezer for the last few days to make room for the ‘big’ shop arriving tonight. Today’s lunch is unidentified brown. Could be spag bol, could be chilli? A partial defrost hasn’t given its secret away! #freezerraid #leftovers

Tupperware of brown food from the freezer

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

I love it when the cats fold their little hands under their bodies like an evil loaf of bread. 🥰 #catsofbluesky #catsky

Black and white cat with her paws folded under her in a comical way

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Now I love Nadiya Hussain as a rule but this ‘kimchi’ recipe should never have made it into the book. Shocking. 👀

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

Dave’s grandma is joining us for Christmas again this year. Last year to start we had smoked salmon blinis with capers, dill, sour creme & pickled cucumbers. She’s into m trying new things atm so I’d like to do something different but what!! Help! 🧐 #festivefood #menuplanning #foodsky #foodfeed 🍜

Smoked salmon blinis with dill, creme fraiche and pickled cucumbers

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

Anyone for a (checks can) ‘bitterol sprizz’? 😂

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

What is your #Nando’s order? Our little boy loves it. In the recent Soil Association report on the quality of restaurant kids meals in the uk it also ranked in the top 5. I like 1/4 chicken, (medium) with #periperi fries and slaw. Plus loads of garlic sauce. Today I had 1/2 though! 😋 #foodsky

Nando’s chicken with slaw and peri spice chips

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Hey food folks! 👋 Like probably most of you, I’m also on Instagram. Would love to follow you over there. If you enjoy seeing what other people have had for dinner, or love instant ramen, my account might just be for you. www/instagram.com/gingeybites 🍜 #foodsky #foodlover #instantramen

Screen shot of Gingey bites Instagram account

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Alex @gingeybites.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

After a pretty heavy week of eating - including pizza, pasties and chips, last night called for something lighter. Soy base udon noodles with prawns, broccoli and a couple of fish cakes thrown in. Topped with spring onion, crispy bits and chill oil for a delicious dinner! #noodles #udon #dinner

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