Serves: Makes ~24 cakes Cost: ~€3.50 Preparation time: ~40 minutes Calories: ~170 calories per cake Greeting everyone! I hope you’ve all had a good weekend. As promised, it’s time to start a few British-inspired recipes. Now, I’m not entirely sure how many I’m going to post – there are many, many...
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Serves: Makes ~20 meatballs Approx cost: €3.00 Approx calories (per serving): Approx preparation and cooking time: 40 minutes Hi again everyone and welcome back to my little “Christmas run-down” – a dish a day from the 19th until Christmas. Today I’ll be cooking up some meatballs – a common sight on...
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Serves: Makes roughly 100 shallow Mince Pies Approx cost: €4.40 Approx calories (per tsp): ~20 Approx preparation and cooking time: 3 hours Adapted from a recipe at Delia Online – Home-made Christmas Mincemeat If you’re English, you’ll know all about the joys of mincemeat – well, a lot of people seem to...
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Serves: n/a Approx cost: n/a Approx calories (per serving): n/a Approx preparation and cooking time: ~1 week preparation, ~3 hours cooking time Adapted from a recipe at Delia Online – The Classic Christmas Cake Ho ho ho, I hope you’re all getting into the Christmas spirit. Well, of course not everyone celebrates...
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Serves: Makes 8-12 slices Approx cost: €2 Approx calories (per serving if cut into 12 slices): ~395 Approx preparation and cooking time: 40 mins W ith Autumn fast getting into full swing, as I noticed in my previous post, as well as the rather chilly, rainy, grey weather we’ve been having of late I thought, what better time...
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Hi everyone, slightly different format for today’s post. The usual recipe is just below, but I was recently invited to take part in the “Seven Link Challenge” by Kay from PureComplex.com. I’ve been reading quite a few posts from various blogs on this subject recently and was hoping someone might invite me to...
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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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