Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Salads are a traditional first course, especially in warm weather. We have lettuce, spinach, and vegetable salads.
Sedi, our little German Shepherd suffers from occasional (daily) incontinence. Well, actually, she doesn't suffer in the least. She could give a rat's ass if she pees all over the place. I'm the one who suffers. I'm the one who wipes up and mops the puddles if we (the royal 'we') forget to take her … Continue reading…
Spinach and Chickpea Salad with Toasted Goat Cheese For those who are interested I have decided to give a pictorial update on our house restoration progress once a week. For those who are not interested, and wish I would just shut up about the whole debacle, I have decided to only give a pictorial update … Continue reading…
Spinach and Red Pepper Salad Mon mari's been packing…. The kitchen. Need I say more? If you insist. It goes something like this: Him: Tell me what I can pack in this cupboard. Me (after rearranging): You can pack everything on these two shelves but leave everything on the bottom; I still need to use … Continue reading…
Avocado, Feta and Spinach Salad Whew, that’s a long title…. Lia, of Swirling Notions has done an amazing job of organizing an event to raise money for a worthy cause in memory of a worthy food blogging friend, Sher, of What Did You Eat. Clos du Bois has most generously agreed to match any contribution … Continue reading…
Beetroot and Chevre Salad First: A contest! Anyone know what this is? Any guesses? Yes, I know….. But I’m not telling…. I will tell you that it’s very old, very French and very, um, useful. Just to make it interesting, the first person that correctly identifies it wins …… A cookbook: Williams-Sonoma ‘Hors d’Oeuvre’ The … Continue reading…
Composed Salad Between driving to and from the hospital, mowing the lawn and walking the dogs my brain has had rather a lot of downtime lately. For those of you who don’t know, my mind has a disconcerting tendency to wander down little-trodden paths at the best of times. Here are a few of the … Continue reading…
Minor change to my menu post – might as well post the recipe to go with the photo, right? Spinach and White Bean Salad Fresh spinach, 6oz (180gr) 1 can white beans, cannellini 15oz 9450gr) 3 – 4 shallots 2 tsp olive oil 1 tbs white Balsamic vinegar1 tsp Dijon mustard1 tsp Herbes de Provence … Continue reading…