Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
We have had a very cold, wet, rainy fall. The farm ponds are all full to overflowing which is supposed to happen by the end of March, not the end of November. I have no idea where the winter rains will go but I’m grateful to be on a hill. We’ve been lighting fires earlier … Continue reading…
While I have a cave full of butternut squash my big blue Crown Prince pumpkins didn’t do as well. First, they were kind of gnarly…. They all had these strange tan ridges / growths on the surface. I have no photos of them, sadly. The harvest was at the same time I was tending a … Continue reading…
Our chickens appear to be getting bigger. Back in the beginning of time, when I first started being creative in the kitchen, I used to skin and bone chicken breasts. Yes, boys and girls, there was a time when one could not buy pre-packaged, skinless, boneless chicken breasts. Or at least one couldn’t buy then … Continue reading…
We still have a lot of butternut squash, spaghetti squash and pumpkin to eat. Sometimes, however, we like to take a break. This was a partial break. I wanted different flavors with this chicken, so I added a rib of celery and a carrot for flavoring rather than as an anticipated side dish. I roasted … Continue reading…
One of the comments I have occasionally seen about using a slow cooker is that the flavors tend to dissipate with the long, slow cooking time. On reading those comments my thoughts were: Use more / stronger flavors! So that’s what I’ve been doing. This had no heat but a lot of flavor. The recipe … Continue reading…
I use skinned thighs – because I have dogs. Also, because unless it’s crispy from frying / oven frying or grilling, I don’t particularly like it. The dogs, on the other hand, love it. Skin the thighs by simply pulling it off. You may need to cut in a few places. Then cut it up, … Continue reading…
Once again we are cooking with the weather and not with the seasons. Things are looking up, however. We had sunshine almost all afternoon today. I have hopes that the yellow leaves on my onions and the barely-grown acorn squash will turn green again once the ground dries up and they have a bit of … Continue reading…