Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
We love pasta. We love pasta side dishes as much as we love it for a main course.
Orzo with Prosciutto They say confession is good for the soul…. In my opinion, whoever is spouting that glib phrase at me is just trying to get me to give up the dirt. Mothers say that to errant children, trying to find out who ate the entire chocolate cake intended for a company dinner. Schoolteachers … Continue reading…
Warm Bean Bean and Chevre Pasta ‘Just a huggin’ and a kissin’ with my baby in the very last row….’ Does anyone neck in the last row in the movies anymore? Does anyone know what necking is? Do kids still do it or do they just skip over that part and get right to the … Continue reading…
Pasta Tonnato We think mon mari is fixed. We hope mon mari is fixed He has one more test to pass next week. I’m making him study. He hasn’t been in hospital all this time, but a bit of back and forth, in and out, tests and procedures, punctuated by a few trips to find … Continue reading…
Pasta with Fresh Avocado Sauce We need to adjust our marriage. If your intent is to leave all your worldly goods to your cat, or even your grandchild or favorite nephew, don't move to France… Or Spain… Or any other country that ascribes to the Napoleonic Code. For that matter, don't try bequeathing your possessions … Continue reading…
Pasta with Peanut Sauce These past few weeks have been full of new experiences for me: Hitting a curb, blowing out 2 tires and discovering we didn't have a 'real' spare, only an inflatable thing-y… That had to be inflated. Learning how to use a power lawn mower (I'd only ever used the old, hand, … Continue reading…
Mon mari has never been a big fan of couscous…. No substance; no flavor; he claims. This may have converted him…. Couscous Feta Pilaf serves 2 1/2 cup couscous3/4 cup chicken broth 6 cherry tomatoes6 olives1 ounce (30gr) feta 1 tbs snipped chives1 tbs snipped basil 2 tsp olive oil – the good stuff Heat … Continue reading…
Pasta with goat Cheese Sauce Last week it was lovely: warm, sunny, calm; balmy, even. Perfect late spring weather. I gently suggested to mon mari that, perhaps, just maybe, he should check the level of the heating fuel. He, in his infinite wisdom and dramatically superior knowledge of all things, said: "Non". Of course it … Continue reading…