Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
I still have parsley growing. It’s a biennial and even though it’s almost impossible to pull out in the spring after it seeds, I let it grow anyway. It’s nice to have some fresh green in the winter and summer is a long way off. In the immortal words of Douglas Adams, author of “Hitchhiker’s … Continue reading…
It’s been a stressful year, with a really stressful fall and really, really stressful week (so far). I could show peaceful, soothing photos but I have the feeling they would be glanced at and ignored as people click back to the stress-inducing stuff. I’m equally certain that no one is looking for recipes that take … Continue reading…
Indoor cooking is in full swing. The grills haven’t been put away yet as we are still hopeful of some decent weather before winter settles in. We haven’t heard the cranes flying over on their fall migration yet. Or the geese. The cranes are much noisier, though. When a big flock goes over it can … Continue reading…
It’s almost a skillet dinner. I cook the rice separately, like I would for a stir-fry. I like the results better when the rice is ‘fluffy’. That also give the option of having the sausage & squash with pasta or quinoa or barley or nothing at all. I picked my last 6 butternut squash today. … Continue reading…
I was sorting photos the other day and I saw one of my potager a year ago. It was lush, green and beautiful. This year it’s dead, dying, brown and barren. I don’t remember ever having the vegetables finish this early. Today I picked the last of the Delicata squash. Some aren’t ripe but the … Continue reading…
This may be the last winter squash recipe of this season. I’m not certain because I haven’t checked to see what’s in my camera and I’ve been very lax in uploading photos this last week…. and the week before. One thing I have never found here, not even in the Asian supermarket, are egg roll … Continue reading…
I did say a few more winter squash recipes, right? I haven’t told mon mari yet but I still have one big blue pumpkin in the cave. I’m debating…. I can either make another big batch of soup for the freezer, which will have me eating soup for lunch until June (when the lettuce is … Continue reading…