Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Slow Cooker favorites from 2 pork chops in the small slow cooker to complete chicken dinners in the larger cooker. Makes dinnertime so easy!
Ah, spring ! The daffodils are done, the tulips are just starting, the lilacs have new leaves and flower buds…. It’s time to sort out the vinegar. I bought decorative bottles from the Willimas Sonoma catalog back before their stores were everywhere, Are their stores still everywhere? I digress…. I have 6 of the bottles … Continue reading…
I needed lemons a few weeks ago. I don’t remember why nor do I remember why I didn’t use them… But I’ve had 3 lemons in my fridge ever since. I really hate to waste food – especially food that I paid money for. I’m not so fussy about excess summer squashes in July, The … Continue reading…
I found a great new source for good beef here: the vegetable store. There is a chain of supermarkets here in France, called Grand Frais (big fresh). When I first started going there it was 90% fruits and vegetables, with a side aisle of international packaged foods – dried mushrooms, specialty rices, Italian canned tomatoes, … Continue reading…
When we had friends over before Christmas (Cranberry Crisp) I had my oven busy with roasting lamb. Usually I try to have most of the food for dinner parties done in the oven so I don’t have to spend a lot of time in the kitchen. I want to have fun, too….. As my oven … Continue reading…
I do have a proper recipe for Slow Cooker Coq au Vin but this is an easy version. I am seriously getting into easy cooking lately. I actually bought ready-made puff pastry nibbles for our first course last weekend. I was in the frozen food store picking up scallops for our New Year’s Eve dinner … Continue reading…
We all know I love my slow cookers. I’ve even tried my hand at barbecued chicken in one. It was a nice treat to have in the middle of winter. I haven’t experimented a lot with barbecue recipes, mainly because, other than chicken, we don’t eat a lot of what would be traditional barbecue meats … Continue reading…
We have had a very cold, wet, rainy fall. The farm ponds are all full to overflowing which is supposed to happen by the end of March, not the end of November. I have no idea where the winter rains will go but I’m grateful to be on a hill. We’ve been lighting fires earlier … Continue reading…