Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Summer Vegetables. Recipes using the bounty from the summer garden. Tomatoes, squash, green beans, chard, and more.
Do you like feta cheese? Feta is a traditional Greek cheese made with sheep’s milk or a mix of sheep’s and goat’s milk. For those who don’t know, real Greek yogurt is made with sheep’s milk also (or goat’s milk). That is what gives it a slightly ‘tangy’ taste. Back to the cheese….. I always … Continue reading…
One always hears about roasted garlic and how it’s soft and spreadable and wonderful. One also hears about potato chips, or crisps, depending on which side of the pond you’re from, and how they are crunchy and irresistible. I would like to take this opportunity to promote garlic chips. They’re easy to make in a … Continue reading…
This uses fresh spinach rather than my winter staple of frozen spinach. It’s spring, after all, and spinach is a spring vegetable. I will admit that I spent a few years loving spinach salads but avoiding cooked spinach. Now I love both. I don’t know about other places, but here we buy spinach for salad … Continue reading…
The theme for Monday Posts in April is Spring Vegetables. Our favorite spring vegetables are both green and white asparagus, snow peas, spinach, artichokes, and… I won’t be able to get to them all. White asparagus is very popular in Europe. In fact, it’s only been in recent years that green asparagus has become available. … Continue reading…
The theme for Monday Posts in April is Spring Vegetables. Our favorite spring vegetables are both green and white asparagus, snow peas, spinach, artichokes, and… I won’t be able to get to them all. Next up is snow peas, or, as the British call them, mangetout. The French actually call them pois mange-tout. Sometimes, they … Continue reading…
Seeing all of the pretty spring daffodils and tulips and hyacinths makes me happy. Eating all of the wonderful spring herbs and vegetables makes me really happy. Asparagus, early peas and snow peas, green garlic, tarragon, chives, artichokes…. are just a few of our favorite spring treats. On a good weekend we can indulge in … Continue reading…
The theme for Monday Posts in April is Spring Vegetables. Our favorite spring vegetables are both green and white asparagus, snow peas, spinach, artichokes, and… I won’t be able to get to them all. But I’ll start with green asparagus. White asparagus is preferred by most people in Europe but we are seeing more green … Continue reading…