Blanquette de Veau (French Veal Ragout)

Serves: 4-6 Cost: ~€8-14 Preparation and cooking time: ~2 hours Calories: - I should mention before I begin that I’m not really a fan of unethical food. I try to buy free-range meat, I always buy organic, free-range eggs (and am thankful that I live in a part of the world where those terms and their usage is actually...

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Ode to a Cupcake

Serves: Makes about 50 mini cupcakes Cost: ~€8 Preparation and cooking time: ~50 minutes Calories: ~110 per cupcake I heard recently that, apparently, cupcakes are “out”. Macarons are the new big thing apparently, unless I missed the memo and those fickle cake eaters of the world have since moved on to something...

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Baked Eggs ‘n’ Gravy

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...

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Typically British: The Victoria Sponge

Serves: Makes ~8-10 slices Cost: ~€1.80 Preparation and cooking time: ~30 minutes Calories: ~282 per slice Hi again everyone, I’ve been busy in my parents’ kitchen and I wanted to make something typically British to commemorate my vacation here. This is a bit of a continuation from my Swedish sockerkaka recipe. I...

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Orange Curd

Serves: Makes ~2 jars Cost: ~€1.90 Preparation and cooking time: ~40 minutes Calories: ~54 per 1tbsp Howdy folks, I was actually going to post something else completely different today but then I made this recently and I got all excited about it so I figured why not post this today instead. This is a continuation from my lemon...

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Nut Roast and a Tale of Three Bunnies

Serves: 8 – 12 Cost: ~€4 – 7, depending on the cost of nuts Preparation and cooking time: ~80 minutes Calories: ~340 per serving, if divided between 8 people Happy Sunday everyone – I hope you’re all getting into the festive spirit, if you celebrate Christmas, or just enjoying December if you don’t....

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