Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Time has always been an elusive concept for me. When I was at university I knew it took me 45 minutes to go from bed to class. My alarm would go off. I'd decide that if I didn't dry my hair or floss my teeth I could do it in 30. Hit snooze. The alarm … Continue reading…
I grew up in the rural Midwestern U.S. I have never lived in a house that had sidewalk in front of it. Apparently, however, I am a city girl at heart. I'm not comfortable enough with my own limited knowledge to forage for food. I prefer the grocers produce to the bounty offered by nature. … Continue reading…
Important lesson: always wash the basil before using….and look at the underside of the leaves. I don't know who/what laid this cluster of eggs but I, while I realize that it probably would not have added significant protein or flavor to my tomatoes, I am just as glad that I noticed it before it was … Continue reading…
The zucchini (courgette) have finally slowed down (and a lot more have gone on the compost pile) and the green beans are tapering off. The tomatoes, however, are back. They slowed down for a week or so, during a brief cool spell, which made me start searching for green tomato recipes (found lots). Then, the … Continue reading…
Every day I read other food blogs. Those lucky cooks are finding mirabelles here, sour cherries there, a lovely box of fresh-pi.jpgcked mushrooms, the first of the butternut squash… I think of how nice it must be: to go to market, see something wonderful, decide what I to do with it and decide whether or … Continue reading…
Go directly to recipe Everyday I go down to the garden and pick all of the long, green things…and everyday there are still more to pick! I've fixed them in every way known to man (and woman), cold, hot, raw, cooked, shredded, cubed, sliced, sauced, stuffed and spiced. I've put them in everything I could … Continue reading…
Could there have been a typo in the biblical story about the loaves and fishes? A word translated with the wrong nuance? If a food was going to multiply to feed the masses surely it was a zucchini, not a fish. If my garden is any indication of the willingness and energy a zucchini plant … Continue reading…