Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Boneless pork chops cook quickly on the barbecue, be careful not to over-cook or they will be dry; a wee bit pink in the center is perfect. As usual, rather than buying pork chops, I bought a whole pork loin and sliced my own. Ground ginger adds a bit of heat to this marinade, as … Continue reading…
Fresh scallops are rather expensive here, and only available during certain months. Lucky for us the frozen food store has them at a more reasonable price. Even luckier is the scallops without the coral (which I really don’t care for) are even cheaper so we can indulge often. If using frozen scallops, thaw completely. Scallops … Continue reading…
When we first moved to this side of the pond commercial barbecue sauce was not available. Now we have a choice of two: Heinz and Amora. They taste alike. I make my own. Actually, I used to make my own when we lived in the US, too…. But not all the time. I still have … Continue reading…
Everyone has a favorite barbecue sauce. This is mine. Even when I lived in the US, with all of the bottled sauces available, I made my own. The recipe has changed over the years, based on taste and availability of ingredients. And it varies depending on what I’m basting with it. At first glance it … Continue reading…
We had Slow-Roasted Moroccan Lamb last weekend. Mon mari tells me (often) that his ‘mother always made Lamb Curry’ with leftover leg of lamb. I had a bad allergic reaction (I woke up in the Emergency Room with a priest hovering over me) the last time I ate curry, so I’ve been somewhat reluctant to eat … Continue reading…
Things start going fast when there’s no waiting for drying time for plaster… Or floor boards. We (I got to help) finished papering the second wall, Then mon mari spent the rest of the week finishing ceiling trim (to small to photo) and staining floor boards….. Which then had to rest for 72 hours. (Thus … Continue reading…
Ahhhh…… I see the light at the end of the tunnel – and I'm pretty sure it's not a train. My 'week from hell' went something like this: Sunday night – unknown event. Monday morning I took my computer to hospital. Monday afternoon I'm told it's totalled. I ordered a new one. It would … Continue reading…