Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
When the temperatures turn cooler my thoughts turn to stuffing vegetables. My obsession started innocently enough, when I still lived in Minneapolis. I was at the local farmer’s market one autumn, planning a dinner party and looking at all the beautiful vegetables, thinking what fun it would be to stuff them all (and what a … Continue reading…
One of the facts about living in a very old French farmhouse is that one rarely lives alone. We have dormice. We’ve heard scampering in the rafters since we moved in, but always assumed it was mice. Let me rephrase that…. We knew we had mice and we assumed we were hearing them. We assumed … Continue reading…
I've decided on a theme this week. Zucchini. Courgette. My garden came back from hiatus with a vengeance. Well, at least the zucchini did. On a side note: the sweet corn did not fare so well. It grew lovely, full cobs… That the worms loved. Now, I don't mind picking out a few worms, but, … Continue reading…
How I spent the last weekend of summer…. We had 10 cubic metres of firewood delivered this weekend. I stacked it. The photo above shows it half done, below all neatly stacked. When I started, the concrete slab was empty. Mon mari was busy building…. I can’t build but I can stack! Mon mari finished … Continue reading…
Ratatouille: a cooked melange of summer vegetables that originated in Nice and is popular, in various versions, throughout the Mediterranean countries. As with most country classics, there are as many recipes as there are cooks. Everyone seems to agree on most of the ingredients: Aubergine (eggplant) Bell peppers, any color Onion Garlic Courgette (zucchini) Tomatoes … Continue reading…
Ahh…. August Life in France can be a challenge in August. I've described mon mari's inability to grasp August in the past. We've learned that one needs to plan ahead for supplies for work planned in the summer. If one needs to order something, floor tiles from Italy, for example and one hasn't done it … Continue reading…
My garden is confused. We had cool, very dry weather all through June and the first part of July. We had cool, very wet weather for two weeks followed by hot, very wet weather. My garden went from barely growing to jungle in the last two weeks. I went from buying vegetables, to having more … Continue reading…