Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
On Sunday I was going to do a post about chocolate….. But it took me forever to get the house clean…. Then I decorated for Christmas – for the first time since we moved house in 2008… And there you have it! Time disappeared as usual. When I started putting up the tree I kept … Continue reading…
Carl Sagan once said: “If you want to make an apple pie from scratch you must first create the universe.” I’m either going to quit cooking completely…. Or start cooking everything absolutely from scratch – chicken Noodle soup starting with a fertilized egg. It was an interesting day doing the weekly shopping. First we went … Continue reading…
Mon mari managed to get a little work done without me here to supervise…. Although most of it is not photo worthy. More to the point, I’m not going into the cellar with my camera to take pictures of the plumbing he had to do to hook up two more radiators. It has a low … Continue reading…
The voting is in; the people have made their wishes known. FoodBuzz’s Project Food Blog Challenge #1 is over. And I didn’t make the cut. Which comes as no surprise. I didn’t spend the last 3 days tweeting or blogging for votes. (Not my style.) I realized, when I wrote my post, that it was … Continue reading…
Long, long ago in a place far, far away I made a pasta salad for our family reunion. This was an annual event in the old, Mid-Western tradition of family reunions, with aunts, uncles, great-aunts, great-uncles, grandparents, grandkids, first, second and third cousins, two and three times removed. A moment to pass on a totally … Continue reading…
We bought sausage at the DIY store. It makes perfect sense when you think about – Showers and Chorizo; Toilets and Pepper Saucisson; Bathtubs and Garlic Sausage. Okay, it makes no sense at all, but there the guy was, just after the checkout lane, selling sausages And he was actually selling them, not just having … Continue reading…
Question: What do you get when you have two know-it-all strong-minded, opinionated adults shopping together? Answer: A lot of standing in the aisle, brandishing tape measures, and discussing in voices that could have been quieter. Result: 4 sinks, 2 counter-tops for said sinks (that will need to be tiled), 2 shower basins, 2 toilets 1 … Continue reading…