Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
This is it…. The last salad of the season. We’ve had a good crop of lettuces this year and have been eating salads almost non-stop for over a month. But all things must end and this is the end of our salads. To be honest I’m getting very tired and picking and washing lettuce every … Continue reading…
This is a ‘composed’ salad, rather than a ‘tossed’ salad. The ingredients are arranged (artfully) on a bed of lettuce, and the dressing is drizzled over the top. As in most salads, it’s very flexible, ingredients can be added or subtracted to suit taste and appetite. It makes a lovely first course or light lunch. … Continue reading…
This is a simple salad. I decided to post it because, sometimes, we forget about simple foods. If you want it fancy – add more ingredients. Asparagus would be a good addition. If you want it more substantial (for lunch) add tuna or sliced chicken. I love having a Caprese salad in July when I … Continue reading…
Another spring risotto. Spring is that time of year when we go from barbecued chicken to risotto to grilled burgers to beef stew. One could say we cook with the seasons. One could also say we cook with the weather. We have high hopes that we will see sunshine sometime in the next few days. … Continue reading…
This is the regular, monthly Secret Recipe Club event…. It all seems to come around awfully fast – time flying and all that. This month I got to explore Lori’s Culinary Creations. Lori has lots of wonderful recipes – like this Slow Cooker Pork Roast with Red Pepper Sauce that she just posted… Obviously not in time … Continue reading…
One of the things I love about Grand Frais is the fresh, cleaned shrimp. Admittedly, they’re fully cooked and, normally I prefer raw…. especially if I, I mean, mon mari is cooking them on the gill. But for a simple salad on a warm evening, fully cooked and ready to eat is perfect. Plus I … Continue reading…
I managed to get through the past few years without putting anything in a ‘mason jar’. Well, other than pickles, which are meant to be put in mason jars….. But I never could understand why I would want to eat, say, a salad out of a jar when it’s so much easier to eat it … Continue reading…