Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Main Course Pastas: spaghetti, lasagne, short, long, baked, boiled, fast & easy, slow and easy…. and make enough for a few meals.
Kate? Kate!!!! That makes 3 times. Still no handle on the bathroom door…. But, who’s counting? Remember the cute little backhoe mon mari got to play with? This is the one our neighbor got to play with… I think mon mari is suffering from backhoe envy… What do you think? I’m picking on mon mari … Continue reading…
Pork Lo Mein with Peanut Sauce 8oz (250 gr) pork tenderloin, boneless chops, leftover pork 1 onion2 cloves garlic1 tsp minced ginger1/2 bell pepper, green or red 1/2 head broccoli, 6oz (180gr) 1 carrot4oz (250gr) mushrooms 4oz (250gr) spaghetti 1 tbs sesame oil1 tbs olive oil1 cup (8oz, 250ml) beef stock 2 tbs peanut butter2 tbs soy … Continue reading…
If I, Wonder Woman, can get 10 hours worth of tasks done in the hour before we leave for a trip, it’s only reasonable to believe that I will be able to pack our entire house in under a week…. With one hand tied behind my back, to make it challenging. Mon mari is not … Continue reading…
Spring Pasta with Chicken I belong to a very loosely organized, sporadic book group here in the Vendée. We tend to meet when the majority are here (rather than Ireland, England, Sweden, or other 'home' country) and don't have guests… Which means not very often. I'm the only American. (Quelle surprise!) When we moved 'abroad' … Continue reading…
Sausage and Spinach Lasagne Happy Monday! Just a few spring flowers…. Our week always gets off to an early start. The trash collector comes by around 5:30 am. In this quiet hamlet in the middle of nowhere we can hear him coming for about 3 kilometres. Yes, unbelievable as it may seem to some of … Continue reading…
Pasta with Prosciutto and Chevre Remember my epiphany about my blog and website looking vastly different on different monitors? I decided it might not be prudent for me to recalibrate all the monitors I came in contact with. It would certainly be prudent to recalibrate my own. After spending the morning tweaking controls, changing percentages … Continue reading…
Smoked Salmon Pasta There was a time when I decided what to put in my suitcase, put it in my suitcase and left for the airport. While I was traveling, I shopped at will, and added that to my suitcase. No problems. Everyone was happy. Wasn't life simple then? Before I left France I carefully … Continue reading…