Onion, Garlic and Basil Dip

Serves: n/a Cost: ~€1.80 Preparation time: ~10 minutes Calories: ~820 for the whole bowl Greetings everyone, I hope you’re all well. I’d love to say that everything is calm and normal but – well… that’s a little difficult when you have a young child. This is actually the first recipe post I’ve...

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Roasted Beetroot Dip

Serves: n/a Cost: ~€0.70 Preparation time: ~50 minutes Calories: ~30 per 1 tbsp Joy of joys, this post’s all about beets! Can you remember my post some months ago where I wrote about some seeds I’d planted? Well, I’m pleased to report that they’ve been growing well and I picked my first harvest of beetroots...

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Baba Ghanoush, Redux

Serves: n/a Approx cost: €0.90 – €1.50 Approx calories (per 1 tbsp): ~20 Approx preparation time:  30 minutes + ~1 hour cooling Perhaps not many of you remember my first post on Baba Ghanoush, here – Late December, 2010 – I didn’t have a whole lot of visitors to my site back then Anyway, I cobbled...

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Grilled Red Pepper and Feta Dip

Serves: n/a Approx cost: €2 Approx calories: ~400 (for the whole lot) Approx preparation and cooking time: 45 minutes I do believe this has a different name but I can’t seem to find it alas… but I digress. Did I talk before about how I love dips? What’s not to love? So many different types, colours, flavours...

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Harissa

Serves: n/a Approx cost: €2 Approx calories (per tsp): ~15 Approx preparation and cooking time: 20 mins If you love a bit of kick in your food you’re going to love harissa. I find the ready-made harissa you can buy in cans good, but they use the traditional type of chillies, which I find results in a dish which is...

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Baba Ghanoush

Approx cost: €3 Approx calories (per 100g): ~80 Approx preparation time: 30 minutes I love this stuff – seriously – give me a bowl of hummus and a bowl of this and a loaf of bread and I’m in heaven. This is actually really healthy and makes a fantastic dip or accompaniment with meat such as lamb. If you’re...

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