I received several recipes for Fried Green Tomatoes; some baked, some with cheese, all sounding delicious. Sadly, all of them called for stuff I didn’t have on hand, like buttermilk. I’ve never seen buttermilk here. I can buy kefir, which I used to do when we lived in Andorra, but it wasn’t available when we moved to France. It is now, but I’ve gotten so used to using natural yogurt … Continue reading →
Normally, when I buy mushrooms, they come in an 8oz (250gr) container. Occasionally they are offered loose but not often. When cooking for two, which is also my normal, I only use 4oz (125gr) in whatever dish I’m making. So, like everything else when cooking for two, I have to plan ahead. Mushrooms don’t keep well…. Sometimes it’s mushroom omelets for breakfast. More often it’s another main course or side … Continue reading →
Do you still have summer squash / zucchini lurking in the garden? Mine went dormant about a week ago. There were at least 5 days when I didn’t pick a single squash. Things are back to normal for the squashes now but this morning I only picked 5 tomatoes and there are very few starting to color. Their fall hiatus is about to start. It usually lasts about 2 weeks. … Continue reading →
This is the first year that I’ve grown these little, round summer squashes. They’re so cute I hate to do the usual preparation – shredding, slicing or chopping, that I do to the more usual, long types. They really just ask to be stuffed. It’s easy enough to do: slice a bit off the stem end and scoop out the seeds with a teaspoon. Then fill with whatever sounds good … Continue reading →
Zucchini (Italian), summer squash (English), courgette (French)… what’s in a name. I have 4 plants: white, yellow, green stripe and round. I’ve been making soup for the freezer, shredding them for the freezer, making Lemon Bread, Chocolate Bread, Spice Bread, and eating them at least once for every meal. As much as I don’t like hot weather (97F on Monday, 100F tomorrow) I am oddly grateful that the summer squashes … Continue reading →
Eating seasonal vegetables is only slightly predictable. Usually we start in the spring with spinach. That’s followed by chard, then the summer squashes and, finally, the green beans. (We don’t eat winter squashes until fall.) When one is eating from the garden it’s never orderly. One day might yield 8 summer squash and no beans. Another day (like today) needs the chard seriously cut back and there are enough green … Continue reading →
During lock-down mon mari was very happy to switch from fresh fruit to canned fruit. I like canned peaches, and even used to can my own peaches, but for the rest I range from ambivalent to dislike. He, on the other hand, loves all of the different ‘fruit cocktails’ (there are 3) as well as the peaches and pears. I switched to frozen raspberries and blueberries to have with my … Continue reading →
