Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Side salads of pasta, rice or grains are great picnic food – or for easy dinners at home.
Aren’t these pretty? These are heirloom ‘climbing beans’ called Selma Zebra. I love green beans that aren’t green. They’re so much easier to find among all the green leaves. If someone could come up with bright red or orange beans it would be even nicer. I digress. Please don’t tell anyone…. but I like American Pole … Continue reading…
I haven’t done a chard post in a bit…. I’m guessing it’s been about 9 months since I picked the last of it. It’s been slow to start this yeas (as has everything else), but it’s finally getting big enough to pick. Could it be that summer is here? Warm Barley and Chard Salad Total … Continue reading…
While I’m waiting for my lettuce and spinach to get large enough to pick we have to be happy with other types of salad. Fortunately, we were more than happy with this one. One of the best finds since we’ve moved here is quick-cooking barley. It cooks in just 15 minutes and is just as … Continue reading…
The quest for delicious couscous recipes continues…. Fortunately, it’s a fun quest. Couscous is great for summer – it requires no cooking, just hot stock. Dress it up with anything that suits your fancy! Couscous Feta Pilaf Preparation and cooking time: 15 minutes Ingredients: 1/2 cup couscous 3/4 cup chicken broth 6 cherry tomatoes … Continue reading…
We're traveling in Italy: new recipe; old story. Sometimes, for us Expats, even English can be a foreign language. When we moved to Ireland we lived in one of the tall, skinny, attached houses that so typify the British Isles. On the ground floor we had a living room, a small dining room and a … Continue reading…
Mon mari made a mess of my organized unpacked boxes out in the barn. He saw that there was actually empty space up on the platform where they all are stored and started tossing stuff up there. Stuff like the tile cutter and plumbing parts and the new bathroom sinks and the drawers for the … Continue reading…
I was so excited about having the wallpaper up and a lamp over the bare light bulb….. I didn’t notice how horrid the green doors looked until I posted this photo. All things in time. Speaking of time…. What was I thinking, booking a flight prior to the crack of dawn! We have to get … Continue reading…