Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
After the winter squash season and before the lock-down I managed to buy some winter vegetables. I was so excited…. Cauliflower, broccoli, rutabagas, cabbage. We love them all. The larger, cruciferous vegetables require a bit of a commitment when cooking for two. Or at least some planning so it all gets eaten. One of our … Continue reading…
I needed lemons a few weeks ago. I don’t remember why nor do I remember why I didn’t use them… But I’ve had 3 lemons in my fridge ever since. I really hate to waste food – especially food that I paid money for. I’m not so fussy about excess summer squashes in July, The … Continue reading…
I’m getting to be very fond of skillet dinners. If the timing is right, and it usually is, I can put the skillet on the heat, chop / cut and fry for 15 minutes. cover for another 15 minutes to finish and dinner is done in half an hour. I use a big skillet so … Continue reading…
This is a quick post because it’s Christmas, I have a movie to watch, and my ability to be online is a bit haphazard. My mobile works very well as a hotspot – until it doesn’t. Sometimes I know why, sometimes I don’t. There are so many things that need to be turned on and … Continue reading…
One could also call it ‘clean out the fridge and garden’ but that’s a bit long. Chicken, Chard and Mushroom Lo Mein is descriptive enough. That’s the great thing about stir-fries (and Lo Mein is basically a stir-fry with noodles) – one can use any vegetable that happens to be lurking. Before I get to … Continue reading…
One of the leftovers from my first, very brief, marriage was a recipe for home-made barbecue sauce. If I remember it correctly it was a combination of French Salad Dressing, Open Pit BBQ Sauce and numerous other ingredients. What I don’t remember at all is why I (or we) decided we needed make it, using … Continue reading…
I still have a few salad recipes to post this summer. Unlike last summer, when we had no lettuce, this year we were inundated. We ate it as fast as we could. Considering the heat waves currently encompassing most of my world, I thought an easy salad would be appreciated. I would be more sympathetic … Continue reading…