Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
I think this will be the last skillet dinner of this season. I say that with some hesitation…. We were planning on getting out the barbecue grills but the weather turned cold, snow is possible (?!?) and we have fires, once again. It’s spring, after all, and that’s always unpredictable. When I looked at the … Continue reading…
We like most of the dishes I make. I have enough practice in the kitchen that I don’t often combine ingredients that should stay apart. That being said, I also don’t often make a dish that we love at first bite. Like, yes; love, not so often. This was one…. I also don’t usually repeat … Continue reading…
I’ve been attempting to cull my cook books. It’s not an easy task – I keep getting distracted. I had instructed myself to only judge the books by how recently I had used them. If they haven’t been opened in the last 10 or 20 years it might be time for them to go. Of … Continue reading…
We have something new happening chez nous. It’s a new level of discussion. As anyone who has been in a long relationship knows, short-cuts develop. It could be a short-cut in cleaning or gardening. It’s often a short-cut in conversation. Our latest goes something like this: Me: Would you like a skillet ~ He, interrupting … Continue reading…
I originally did this with larger pieces of chicken and the pasta cooked separately. I’ve really started to love skillet dinners lately so I decided to convert it. I would like to attribute this trend to my goal of becoming more efficient. Reality says it’s because I’ve gotten lazy. And some days I just don’t … Continue reading…
We’ve lived on this side of the pond for almost 25 years. We’ve watched British tv (telly) for that entire time. That viewing history includes a lot of cooking shows (2 Fat Ladies, Hairy Bikers, etc.) We can still be confused about British words for familiar foods. An American cookie is a British biscuit – … Continue reading…
In the U.S. breaded, frozen portions of fish are called ‘fish sticks’. In the U.K. they are called ‘fish fingers’. Neither name makes the least bit of sense. Or maybe yes…. As my mother got older, and her appetite decreased, she switched from having a steak when we went out to eat to something lighter. … Continue reading…