Mozzarella pearls. They were new to me. I regularly see the normal-size ball of mozzarella di bufala, as well as the smaller balls and larger family-size mozzarella, both usually made with cow’s milk. But the pearls were new – and they were made with buffalo milk, not cow’s milk. Obviously, I had to buy them. I was going through the last of my summer food photos and realized I had … Continue reading →
I know it’s August, but I still have a few salad recipes to post. It’s still summer and lots of people actually buy lettuce so they can enjoy it for more then the short growing season. For more ambitious gardeners, one can plant lettuce now to harvest in the cooler days of September. The salad lovers of the world can never have too many recipes / ideas. This Sausage, Potato … Continue reading →
Last year we had so much lettuce I nearly filled our compost container to over-flowing. We ate it twice a day for weeks and it never looked like we picked any. I gave it to neighbors and friends by the sackful. This year, after stringing CD’s everywhere, we manged to have 4 main course dinner salads, and we each had one, big lunch salad. Then, even though it never grew … Continue reading →
I have a French potager. Well, of course I do. I also have French doors and windows and everything else…. I live in France. But my potager has taken it a step further…. It has French language cd’s floating above it. In my efforts to convince the birds to leave my lettuce and chard alone I strung cd’s everywhere I could attach a string. Rather than use music cd’s I … Continue reading →
One more green salad for summer. The lettuce isn’t looking quite as fresh in the markets these days and I think it’s time to switch to pasta salads. And rice and quinoa and barley and couscous…. So many choices; so little summer. I called the vinaigrette I used for this salad ‘French’ Dressing as it’s meant to be like the restaurant staple French Dressing of my youth. This is better … Continue reading →
Today, I’m doing two things that I hate. Okay…. One thing that I mildly dislike is re-posting recipes. But it’s salad season and this is so quick and easy. I just hate the thought of someone, wanting a nice, fresh salad on a hot summer day, reaching for a bottle of unpronounceable ingredients. Or, worse, having a bag of chips instead because it’s easier. This salad is easy. The thing … Continue reading →
Way back in the beginning of time I was a waitress. We lived in a small town in Wisconsin that had a rather well-known restaurant. It was kind of a cross between a diner and a fine-dining restaurant…. Oddly typical of restaurants in the Midwest at the time. Anyway…. standard first course was a Garden Salad, with a choice of the usual dressings of French, Thousand Island, Italian, Ranch or … Continue reading →
