Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Chicken strips; chicken fingers; chicken sticks…. Whatever they’re called they seem to be on every family restaurant everywhere. Are they good? I have no idea. I’ve never ordered them. But, after bouncing around on the lawn mower for five hours in the blazing sun followed by another hour in the garden, then pushing the hand … Continue reading…
It’s spring! There’s change in the air. But first….. One often thinks of honey and lemon as something to stir into tea or, maybe, hot brandy as a sore-throat remedy. Add a bit of mustard and it makes a lovely pan sauce for turkey cutlets (or chicken breasts) – and very quickly… Perfect for a … Continue reading…
The bad week continues…. Actually, it all went rather nicely until Saturday. Then the puppies took off again. Except this time I was attached. I put their leashes on, as usual. I opened the gate, as usual. We walked through the gate, as usual. Then they took off. I went face-forward onto the road. I … Continue reading…
Ham is nice. Most of us like ham. But in my family, it’s not the ham that gets the attention, it’s the mustard sauce. There was a hotel in the area I grew up in called ‘The Anderson House’. It was a classic, small hotel that first opened its doors in 1856. Its most recent … Continue reading…
I'm trying to tidy my desktops – both the one that sits on my computer and the one that my computer sits on. Never an easy task. The puppies have been taking all of my time lately, and things have rather piled up. The vet cleared Bonnie for serious play this morning and I can … Continue reading…
A year ago we made our first foray into the frozen food store, Thiriet. I was so excited about all the wonderful foods there I expected to go back often. I haven’t been back once. I never had enough stuff to buy. I put the blame squarely on the shoulders of my American upbringing. For … Continue reading…
I’m bored with summer cooking. Salad season is over and the vegetable garden is dying back…. much like my creative impulses. Summer cooking no longer produces photogenic foods. It’s either a marinade or a rub; there may or may not be a sauce and that’s it! At the beginning of the season I’m excited. I … Continue reading…