Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
This time of year we vacillate between the grill and the kitchen; barbecued chicken and stews. Mon mari is reluctant to give up the barbecue and I’m anxious to start the stir-fries and tagines. Ironically, in the spring it’s the opposite: Mon mari is reluctant to take over with the outdoor cooking duties and I’m … Continue reading…
The only thing I couldn’t find at the Asian market was was a big bottle of Teriyaki sauce. I could find small bottles but we use a lot of it in summer, for marinades and vinaigrettes. I really don’t like paying a fortune for a small bottle, using it as a marinade, then throwing it … Continue reading…
It looks nice to have the meat and vegetable on the same skewers – and you can do that if you partially pre-cook the vegetables. I can’t be bothered. Plus, I prefer to (have mon mari) do it all on the grill, and, as the different foods have different cooking times, I arrange them on … 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…
One of the problems – or benefits, of being only two is when one makes a leg of lamb for Easter dinner there are going to be leftovers. Depending on the size of the leg there could be a lot of leftovers. We like leftovers of all flavors, but especially lamb. Accepting this, nay, embracing … Continue reading…
But first….. Those who know me and / or read this blog know I hate to clean. I discovered the most marvelous cleaning tool today: mon mari’s air compressor. I’ve used it often in the past to blow out our computers. When you live with two large, active puppies it becomes necessary to take the … Continue reading…
This is a guest post – and doesn't the lamb sound delicious? I love all the herbs in it (even if the puppies are bent on destroying my herb garden) Thanks for a great recipe, Izzy. Lamb with Camomile Tea Certainly it is an unusual combination, but this recipe – which uses the contents of … Continue reading…