Serves: Makes ~12 cookies Cost: ~€0.80 Preparation and cooking time: 30 minutes Calories: ~114 per cookie I’m taking a brief break from my series of posts on increasing website performance today. I didn’t want anyone to think I’d abandoned cooking entirely during that time and so I decided to post these which...
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Serves: Makes about 18-22 cookies Cost: ~€0.90 Preparation and cooking time: 35 minutes Calories: ~115 per cookie Why are these so awesome? Well mainly because as an amateur cooking and baking enthusiast, cookies are not, or I should say, were not my forte – at all. Sure, I have a few “sort-of-successes” here and...
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Serves: 4 Cost: ~€0.30 Preparation and cooking time: ~10 mins Calories: ~75 per serving Hi everyone, how’s your weekend been? Not just the weekend, the whole week? May is always an enjoyable month in France. We’re blessed with not one, not two, but three public holidays in very quick succession. The first was May the...
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Serves: 2 Cost: ~€2.50-€6.50 (depending on type of eggs used) Preparation and cooking time: ~20 minutes Calories: ~310 My wife belongs to an expat mothers’ group in Paris (called Message, in case anyone ever ends up having a baby in the Paris area. They’re very good – they offer all sorts of resources and you get...
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Serves: 2 Cost: ~€5 Preparation and cooking time: ~10 minutes (not including the fries/chips) Calories: ~300 (mussels and sauce only) I always have a love-hate relationship with mussels. I have the utmost respect for these little shelled creatures after being violently ill no fewer than three times after eating them (in...
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Serves: Makes ~10 scones Cost: ~€1.30 Preparation and cooking time: ~20 minutes Calories: ~160 per scone Hey there folks, I’m back to my regular programming, after my baby-food in my last post! Up today are the scones I served with my “Waste-not-want-not” Soup. As the soup is so deliciously light, if you were on...
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British guy, living in France since 2005, exploring my way through the culinary world - always eager to learn and try new things! Come along with me for the ride - check out my recipes 
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