I only use fresh, home-made ingredients…..
Except when I don’t.
The quality and availability of fresh, filled pasta of all shapes in our area is amazing.
While I am still happy to occasionally make ravioli, I never mastered the art of making tortellini or tortelloni … Continue reading.....
Having a vegetable garden (potager) is one of the most rewarding endeavors one can undertake.
It’s a lot of work for six or seven months, depending on your growing season, but being able to grow and eat your own vegetables all summer, fresh from the … Continue reading.....
A few months (or more) ago, mon beau-frère, who lives in Hawaii, sent me a simple recipe for Pasta with Sage and Carrots.
He knows how much mon mari (his brother) loves sage. Must be a family thing,,,,
Anyway….. I read it, liked it, … Continue reading.....
We went from summer to fall in a day.
The weather is cool, the morning are wet and foggy and mon mari is contemplating lighting a fire in the evening.
So that means I have only a short time to make all the summer foods … Continue reading.....
This is such a simple recipe it really should not require any explanation….
But when I looked at the photo I decided perhaps I should say a few words.
First – the goat cheese I use is the kind that comes in a little square … Continue reading.....
This is another dish that we have been making since the beginning of time. I say ‘we’ because there are discussions as to which one of us makes the better version.
It’s mon mari’s favorite pasta dish.
Before he became a T1 diabetic and … Continue reading.....
I have always had mint in my herb garden.
Well, after having mint in my actual herb garden I now grow it along the fence where it can be controlled by the lawn mower. It does have a tendency to spread rapidly and take over … Continue reading.....
As a change of pace I decided to make something with asparagus and green garlic…. It being spring and all.
If you don’t have access to green garlic, you can substitute 1 clove of garlic, minced or 2 tbs garlic chives and 2 green onions, … Continue reading.....
I haven’t been cooking lately.
It’s been hot and I haven’t been in the mood.
Normally this is the time of year that I start getting excited about being in the kitchen again after a lazy summer of mon mari cooking on the grill.
Another recipe that I’ve been making forever.
When we lived in MN I used to do the prep work on Sat. or Sun. afternoon, including cooking the pasta (but kept separately). Then we’d hit the links and play 18 holes of golf. When we got … Continue reading.....
