I originally made this with beef when we lived in the US.
Since we’ve lived on this side of the pond, after a few failed attempts, I started using veal.
Now that I’ve found a great butcher I might try beef again….
If you do … Continue reading.....
We love meatballs…. and paprika.
Mon mari like hot. spicy foods.
I like what one could call ‘flavorful’ foods.
With this dish we both get what we like…. The paprika adds enough spice flavors for me and mon mari gets to add his favorite sambal … Continue reading.....
This is slow cooking without the slow cooker.
We love veal and love that it can be simmered gently on the stove-top for an hour and be falling-apart, fork tender.
And, yes, I know I’ve said it before but in order to stave off the … Continue reading.....
Some thing we all strive for, or at least should strive for as we get older, is to know ourselves.
When I was younger I used to enjoy spending hours in the kitchen cooking. In the 2 or 3 or 4 hours leading up to … Continue reading.....
I have, occasionally, talked about things that are different here.
One that I don’t think I’ve mentioned is ground beef.
Standard packaging in the U.S. is (or, at least, used to be) 1lb, 16oz.
Even when I was a child and was sent to the … Continue reading.....
One of our teachers at French school grew up on a farm. Her father was a butcher. We were discussing the differences in beef between the U.S. and France. Mon mari explained the concept of ‘ageing beef’.
She was absolutely disgusted by the thought.
French … Continue reading.....
Do you like Ramen?
Or just noodles of any sort?
I love noodles and pasta of every size, shape or nationality (including Ramen)
This is also a re-post, the original having been done years ago (as usual) but, as we have been eating a lot … Continue reading.....
This is a re-do of a post I did years ago.
The photo I had was not very appetizing….
Beef in a red wine / brown sauce is hard to photo creatively. I even commented in the post about it at the time.
This one … Continue reading.....
I like putting spinach with ground beef – burgers, meat loaf and, now, meatballs.
It only takes an extra minute or two and I don’t have to bother with another vegetable.
Plus I can justify eating more meatballs and that’s always a good thing.
About … Continue reading.....
Whenever I ask mon mari if there is anything he would like for dinner in the near future his answer is always the same:
Meat Loaf if it’s winter; Barbecued Chicken if it’s summer
Really…. I have no idea why I ask him. Maybe I … Continue reading.....
