Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Hearty soups that make a meal and warming stews for cool winter nights. Make enough for leftovers and / or the freezer
Mon mari and I agree on most foods. We disagree on soup. He likes a puréed soup either as a first course or as an accompaniment to his sandwich for lunch. I like a puréed soup as a first course but for lunch, I want a big bowl of chunky soup with nothing else. If … Continue reading…
This is what happens when one does the shopping the day before one gets sick…. One ends up with a refrigerator full of food that needs to be used up as all of the planned cooking was replaced by chicken soup. Meat can be frozen for later…. Veggies become soup. But, one can never have … Continue reading…
Everyone should have a good recipe for wild boar…. Shouldn’t they? It’s hunting season in the mountains (and everywhere else). Our friend doesn’t hunt but the locals in the village regularly bring him a leg of boar or haunch of venison. I bring him the celeriac whenever we visit…. For some reason, he can’t get … Continue reading…
I’ve said all this before. As I feel rather strongly about the subject, it’s likely I’ll say it all again. Obesity is a rapdily growing problem. Diets, diet gurus and diet books are a rapidly growing industry. The latter does not seem to be adequately solving the problem of the former. With the coming of … Continue reading…
It’s soup season I love soup season. There’s just something about a kettle of soup simmering slowly, perfuming the kitchen, that warms the cockles of my heart. I love sll soups: thick, thin, creamy, chunky, puréed or not. They’re easy to make – a good soup doesn’t need a recipe so how can you mess … Continue reading…
Diets. It's a favorite topic this time of year. With the coming of the new year come all the resolutions. To save you all a lot of unnecessary frustration regarding which diet to try, let me tell you about the only one that actually works. Eating less. If you take a close look at all … Continue reading…
I did it to myself once again. If I haven’t yet figured out how to eat without (occasionally) biting my own tongue or to remember to always get my fingers out of the way of slamming objects, it only stands to reason that I will likely never learn how to successfully manage my own time. … Continue reading…