Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
I’m off playing again…. As luck would have it Ben, of The Online Grill, offered to do a guest post. Even better it’s a recipe I want to try – so here it is: From Ben: I’m somewhat of a feta-holic. From loading it in to my Greek salads, or mixing it in with poached … Continue reading…
I always buy at least two things in Spain: olive oil and sherry. We can’t get sherry in France and olive oil is only available in small bottles. In Spain I buy 3 or 5 liter cans. I also buy other stuff if I have the chance: jars of white asparagus and pimientos, anchovy stuffed olives, … Continue reading…
These are easy to make: slice a pocket, fill and tie. I cooked them in a skillet rather than the oven as I wanted the ham to get a bit crispy. Being efficient, (and kind to mon mari who does the dishes) I made the sauce in the same skillet when the chicken breasts were … Continue reading…
The garden has been closed for winter. The last of the tomatoes made one more batch of soup and the last of the squashes were picked and laid in the sun to cure. Even though the winter squashes got off to a slow start (apparently they don’t like the dry heat) I managed to harvest … Continue reading…
Apparently I have a lot on my mind. That’s the only reason I can think of (that I’m willing to accept) that I couldn’t remember this recipe. It’s true, I didn’t write any of it down. I mean, why should I? I’ll remember…. It’s also true that I made it three or four weeks ago, … Continue reading…
I ate my last tomato today. Then I pulled up the rest of the plants in my potager and put the first layer of grass clippings on top – a winter blanket for the garden. The only thing that recovered from the 2 weeks of cold, wet weather we had during the first half of … Continue reading…
Chicken strips; chicken fingers; chicken sticks…. Whatever they’re called they seem to be on every family restaurant everywhere. Are they good? I have no idea. I’ve never ordered them. But, after bouncing around on the lawn mower for five hours in the blazing sun followed by another hour in the garden, then pushing the hand … Continue reading…