Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Cheese and Shallot Pancake It never stops Every time I start thinking I am making microscopic advances in my grasp of the language something happens to totally undermine my confidence. Or to bring back the reality of my limitations, depending on your point of view. Across from our house was an old sechoir or drying … Continue reading…
Spinach and Chickpea Salad with Toasted Goat Cheese For those who are interested I have decided to give a pictorial update on our house restoration progress once a week. For those who are not interested, and wish I would just shut up about the whole debacle, I have decided to only give a pictorial update … Continue reading…
Another egg dish – I'm on a kick! Hunter's Eggs This is a variation on a Basque dish of peppers and tomatoes. It's a simple dish, with just a few ingredients but bursting with flavors. The name comes from two types of hunter's in our fields this time of year: mushroom and wild boar. 3oz (100gr) … Continue reading…
Carrot and Gruyere Timbales To all the Americans who thought that the US had cornered the market on bad eating habits: Good news! You are not alone. There is at least one other country that will soon be able to take some of the bad-food-bashing pressure off of your ever-so-broad shoulders. To all the British … Continue reading…
Shrimp on Avocado Cream We interrupt the regular scheduled blogging to bring this plea for assistance: I need help. There, I said it. Now that wasn't so tough, was it? I'll say it again: I need help. I have a website, Thyme for Cooking, in addition to this li'l blog. The purpose of the website, … Continue reading…
Ham and Cheese Mini Frittatas It’s raining…. Can’t work in the garden. Emails to movers sent off…. Waiting. Papers to buy our intended house sent to Notaire…. Waiting. I think I shall do something I haven’t done in a rather long time: Spend some quality time with my computer. A few weeks ago I saw … Continue reading…
When we first moved across the pond I used to have people ask me, worriedly, if I was able to get sour cream…. Or peanut butter. How would I ever manage without them? Nut surprisingly, as we have moved from country to country, we have found favorite foods that we’ve had to leave behind, foods … Continue reading…