Healthy Food . . . . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . . . . Easy Recipes . . . . . . & Musing from an Expat in France
Yes, to many of you that will be a redundant title. To some it will make perfect, logical sense: the shrimp are cooked on an outdoor grill (barbecue to some) with barbecue sauce. We make an exception for this dish and buy raw shrimp…. frozen. That’s the only way I can get raw shrimp here. … Continue reading…
This isn’t really a salad. It doesn’t have a vinaigrette…. although it does have vinegar. But it’s served at room temperature so, in my mind, it doesn’t really qualify as a pasta side dish. Besides, it’s my recipe and I can call it what I like. There’s avocado in it, so that helps qualify it … Continue reading…
If Shakespeare could invent over 1700 new words what is to stop the culinary world from trying their hand at it all?! They often just attempt to bast*rdize existing recipes by adding an adjective and changing an ingredient or two. My favorite example is taking the duck, duck fat, and sausage out of cassoulet (leaving … Continue reading…
We don’t eat a lot of burgers any longer. I still love them, and if given a chance I would happily devour a ‘Wisconsin bar burger’ – the kind with greasy fried onions, processed cheese, and lots of pickles. It’s a sandwich that take a minimum of 3 paper napkins to eat. But just one … Continue reading…
I don’t know. Mon mari is always a bit skeptical when I want to buy new toys, er, I mean essential cooking devices. To be fair I bought a pressure cooker about 5 years ago that I used 2 or 3 times before relegating it to the barn… It worked just like it was supposed … Continue reading…
I have no idea why, but, decades ago (a few) when we lived in Minneapolis, one could buy torsk, which was marketed as ‘poor man’s lobster’. That is a direct (remembered) quote and is not meant to be an opinion on gender / lifestyle equality or anything else. If I remember correctly, the idea was … Continue reading…
We love cold soups in hot summer weather and Gazpacho is always a favorite. It’s also one of those recipes that people like to play with – adding shrimp, leaving out the garlic or tomatoes, etc. I don’t. This is fairly close to a proper Gazpacho recipe given to me by a very proper Spanish … Continue reading…
