Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Are you a traditionalist or an innovator when it comes to the holiday menu? Do all of the same dishes have to be on the table in the same way every year? Is some deviation allowed? Are a few new dishes permitted? Or is there open rebellion if there’s maple syrup in the sweet potatoes … Continue reading…
Usually this time of year I have a cellar full of butternut and acorn squash with green beans, tomatoes, zucchini and chard still growing in my potager. This year, the potager is done and I have 4 each butternut and acorn squashes. Pathetic… On the other hand, that means that we get to eat other … Continue reading…
Do you often find yourself not seeing the forest for the trees? I seem to be doing that a lot lately. One would think that realizing it would make me change. One would think…. Making this easy gratin requires minimum thinking and very little effort. You can use almost any vegetable in it, modifying it … Continue reading…
This is one of those dishes that turned out well even though I went at it all wrong. I’ve been doing that lately. I blame it on the dogs, but more about that later…. I got the idea from Anneli at Delicieux and her Chard Panade. As usual, I read the recipe, liked it, decided … Continue reading…
I am such a bad blogger. I have a habit of reading other food blogs (that’s a good thing), finding recipes I like (also a good thing), forgetting where I saw the recipe (that’s a bad thing) and deciding to make it anyway as best I can from memory. A good blogger would remember the … Continue reading…
This is another dish from my French gratin cook book – so the original recipe was a bit rich… And it served four. I tweaked and substituted and cut back….. I added quinoa, reduced the salmon, added smoked salmon and substituted yogurt for heavy cream…. It was still more than enough for the two of … Continue reading…
We all know carrots are good for us…. They’re full of antioxidants, beta-carotene and vitamins plus they help fight cancer and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. So why are they such a neglected vegetable? No one talks about carrots. Everyone talks about chard and spinach and all the other dark leafy greens. We all … Continue reading…