Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Use either fresh or canned chestnuts for this seasonal winter soup. The chestnuts will cook down and break apart as the soup simmers. If, like me, you bought chestnuts to have with the Brussels sprouts for Christmas, this is a great way to use up the rest. We have guests at the moment and I … Continue reading…
This is an easy pantry soup – my favorite kind. It goes together quickly with ingredients I always have on hand, either in the freezer or the pantry. I think having a well-stocked pantry is a hold-over from living in the middle of nowhere in Minnesota where one could be house-bound for days in the … Continue reading…
Simple Butternut Squash Soup is a lovely, creamy soup with no cream and very little fat. It’s nice to have something a bit lighter this time of year….. For a casual holiday party (if you live in the frozen north) greet guests with a big mug of piping hot soup, with or without a spoon. For … Continue reading…
This is a quick and easy soup for a first course or light lunch. I like to make it in the fall when it’s cool enough for soup but I still have tomatoes and basil in the garden. It also works well with canned tomatoes and dried herbs – a taste of summer in the … Continue reading…
When we moved here I realized that I had far too many cook books. That didn’t stop me from acquiring more. My collection is getting to be a bit eclectic. Most are in English, of course, but there are a few in Spanish and more then a few in French. I even have one book … Continue reading…
For years I have seen recipes that use miso but never had access to it. One of the foods that so many people ‘loved’ was Miso Soup. I’ve never had Miso Soup. At least, not that I recall. When we live in the U.S. we went to Japanese restaurants and I used to make Japanese … Continue reading…
Note: Apparently I’ve been preoccupied restoring my hard drive and trimming the dogs belly hair. I wrote this on Monday, as usual, and, I can only assume, hit ‘Save Draft’ instead of ‘Publish’. Stupid busy woman…… I moved my herb garden to the side of the house after we got the puppies. Having it run the … Continue reading…