Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
This is mon mari’s favorite time of year. It’s the ‘A’ season. All of his favorite A vegetables are hitting the markets in abundance: artichokes, asparagus and avocados. Asparagus, pathetic, wilted, expensive asparagus, is available occasionally throughout the year from such local areas as Peru. Avocados as well, usually from Mexico. We don’t buy those. We … Continue reading…
Grilled roasted peppers and onions, chicken with a barbecue flavor and a ‘French’ dressing for the salad. All the best things of summer, cooked outdoors…. mon mari is in heaven. I believe I mentioned that we are eating salads for every meal at the moment….. Barbecued Chicken Salad Total time: 25 minutes Ingredients: 2 chicken … Continue reading…
One of the nicest things about summer salads is they don’t have to involve cooking. Just assemble and eat. Of course, if you’re me, first you have to pick the spinach and lettuce, then carefully wash it to make sure there is no added protein hiding in the leaves. For all of you who shop … Continue reading…
Summer Rolls or Crystal Rolls always look so pretty. They are significantly lower in fat and calories than their deep-fried cousins, the Spring Roll or Egg Roll and the flavor is all about the filling, not the wrapper. The only thing that has put me off about them is that the rice paper comes in … Continue reading…
After we have a dinner party there are always leftover cheeses. Since we both love cheese that’s a good thing. Since cheese is rather high in calories that’s not a good thing. For a dinner party of 8 people I had 6 different cheeses: 2 hard (Cheddar, Tomme), 2 soft (Port Salut, aged Chevre) and … Continue reading…
Mon mari’s two favorite A’s – asparagus and avocado. If I could have worked in an artichoke…. One of the problems / benefits of eating seasonally is consuming vast quantities of whatever is current in a relatively short span of time. How can one go wrong over-indulging in vegetables? Especially the ‘A’s…. Yes, I know…. … Continue reading…
The question marks are because of the cheese. Samosas are typical of Asian and North African cuisine where cheese is rarely used. But they are also served around the Mediterranean where cheese is eaten in vast quantities. And it’s my kitchen and I can do what I want. These last two recipes didn’t quite use … Continue reading…