Deconstructed, Reconstructed Hummus

Serves: 4 Cost: ~€2.30 Preparation time: ~25 minutes Calories: ~340 per serving This post could have run under many names – “chickpea salad” being perhaps the most boring of them. I’ve never made a deconstructed anything in my life… I’m not even quite sure what the term means in the culinary...

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Three Bean Salad and a picnic by the lake

Serves: 6-8+ Cost: ~€2.90 Preparation time: ~15 minutes Calories: ~575, if divided between 8, depending on the type of beans used Hi folks. A fairly quick post today and I almost feel guilty for posting this because it’s barely a recipe. It changes every time I make it but when I started my blog I wanted to have an archive of...

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Papaya, Chickpea and Feta Salad

Serves: 4 Cost: ~€4.30 Preparation time: ~25 minutes Calories: ~550 per serving Greetings folks – it’s Sunday, and while for many of us that does mean it’s just one day of blissful weekend left before returning to work on Monday, I’m not going to think about that right now. Oh no, for it’s a brand new...

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Garlic and Cumin Roasted Chickpeas

Serves: n/a Cost: ~€0.80 Preparation time: ~1 hour 5 minutes Calories: ~50 calories per 1 tbsp serving Greetings folks. I hope you’ve all been having a good week thus far. I returned to work yesterday after an extended weekend involving a couple of vacation days and a bank holiday. It’s weird thinking it...

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Chorba

Serves: 6-8 Approx cost: €6.50 Approx calories: ~250 Approx preparation and cooking time: 100 minutes S o, officially, a chorba is defined as follows: “one of various kinds of soup or stew found in national cuisines across Eurasia”. That said, you can commonly find a certain kind in particular being sold in France in...

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Hummus

Approx cost: €1 Approx calories (per 100g): 180 Approx preparation and cooking time: 5 mins Unbelievably fast to make, can be stored in the refrigerator for around a week after making and served as a dip or accompaniment to many types of dishes, as well as making a fast snack when served with some fresh vegetables and/or bread....

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