First one sees a few flowers on the tomato plants.
Then the cherry tomato starts with a few tiny green orbs.
A week or 2 later there are the first cherry tomatoes but the big, full-size tomatoes seem such a long way off.
A week … Continue reading.....
I’ve posted this before, but it’s worth repeating for two reasons:
First – it really is the ‘Very Best Mustard Sauce’. It’s made be almost everyone in my large, extended family and, for some, it’s the only reason to have ham. I actually make it … Continue reading.....
Okay, not really…. but my pretty Christmas tree napkins were noticed on my Christmas table:
And a request was made for instructions.
As a picture speaks more than a thousand words…..
1. Start with a square napkin folded in half, then in half again.
Another Christmas tradition is this easy cranberry sauce.
Naturally, the recipe is lost somewhere in the mists of time…. which seems to be happening a lot lately.
It’s easy, keeps well and the ginger adds a bit of spicy interest to the cranberries.
If you … Continue reading.....
I rarely see fresh beets (beetroot) here.
It’s not a vegetable I really liked when I was younger, but I have always loved pickled beets.
What I remember most clearly about the first time I made pickled beets is the mess.
Red beets, the most … Continue reading.....
I have a confession to make….
All the times I have raved about Pesto Rosso, and we love Pesto Rosso, it’s been a store-bought Pesto Rosso.
Barilla to be exact.
When I did the Pesto Rosso Pizza one of my readers asked if I could … Continue reading.....
Almost Traditional Home-Made Pesto….
Traditionally, pesto would be made with a mortar and pestle.
I used a blender.
But the ingredients are traditional and in the traditional proportions.
I didn’t use spinach or walnuts or canola oil or chard or cilantro or any of the … Continue reading.....
Remember when I told you about my quince?
I sniffed them for a month trying to figure out when they were ripe.
Finally, one fell off…. I decided it was time.
Then I had to figure out what to do with them… taking heed … Continue reading.....
Summer means pickling and canning.
Or it used to for me.
When I lived in the US I made 3 or 4 different kinds of pickles, tomato juice, brandied peaches and cherries and canned lots and lots of tomatoes.
When I lived in the Vendée, … Continue reading.....
Why does lunch at McDonald's make me so hungry?
We don't do it often, but mon mari loves it so we indulge (?) occasionally.
My problem with it is, regardless of what I eat, after lunch I'm tired, I have an intense craving for sweets … Continue reading.....
