Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Everyone loves green salads (I think). Pasta salads are popular. Potato salads are usually relegated to a side dish at the family picnic. In my opinion, that is rather said. Potatoes make a great base for salads of all sorts. … Continue reading…
My potager is giving us food. I pulled the shallots and some of the onions last week. The rest of the onions will come out in the next few days. We’ve been eating summer squash and I picked the first … Continue reading…
We have 2 kinds of slugs here – that I know of. The brown slugs are big. They can be 5 or 6 inches long when stretched out. Luckily, for my potager, they are carnivorous. The gray slugs are tiny. … Continue reading…
I love pasta. Mon mari loves rice. I’m trying to make more interesting things with rice. While the internet is stuffed full of pasta salads, there are far fewer rice salads…. And even fewer that interest me. I had frozen … Continue reading…
The theme for Monday Posts in July is Salads. All types of salads – although there are only 4 Mondays I shall try for variety. Last month I did ‘side’ salads; this month they will be main course salads. We … Continue reading…
Our lettuce is finished. I always plant Romaine last as it’s slow to bolt and usually lasts us well into July. What I didn’t realize is that extreme heat causes it (and everything else in the potager) to stop. I … Continue reading…
Are Taco Salads still popular in the U.S.? It’s been awhile since I’ve crossed the pond so I’m a bit out of touch with food trends. To be honest, although I liked the salads I never really liked the ‘taco … Continue reading…
