Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Apples are traditional with pork, and the flavors, obviously, work well. Calvados is apple brandy but regular brandy or white wine will work. You have two choices with this dish…. Cook the pork just until done and still slightly pink in the middle or cook it an hour or two or three longer, until it … Continue reading…
The garden is done…. Well, except for the chard. That seems to have a life of it’s own and loves the cool weather. I picked the last handful of green beans, lots of chard and raided the fridge for the rest. Chicken and Chard Lo Mein Total time: 30 minutes Ingredients: 2 chicken breasts, about … Continue reading…
My chard did very well during the beginning of summer – so well, in fact that, by the beginning of August, it was a bit out of control. I cut it all back. It stopped growing. It certainly could have been that it didn’t like the hot, dry weather – even though it was watered … Continue reading…
I started going through my blog posts, getting my thoughts organized for my book. (Ok, for years readers have told me I should write a book, so I am. Hope those same readers buy it) Anyway, one of the things that quickly became obvious is the poor quality of some of the early photos. … Continue reading…
I love pizza. I love all kinds of pizza: thin crust, thick crust, deep dish, simple and supreme. When I get a pizza here it’s meant to serve one. The crust is thin and the toppings spare…. It’s delicious and just a little too much for me (perfect for mon mari). When I have pizza … Continue reading…
The tomatoes are still producing but not as prettily as in the height of summer. With the cool weather they are ripening more slowly and unevenly, with splits on the shoulders. Some have stopped completely… The Ananas never got started; it only produced one tomato. And the Noir de Crimea, with it’s dark greeninsh black … Continue reading…
This is not a zucchini recipe. It’s also not a barbecue recipe. But the weather suddenly turned cooler, there was a bit of Greek yogurt in the fridge and there you have it. One doesn’t normally think of pork in stroganoff, or peppers or cumin or paprika…. Or barley. But…. It’s my recipe and that … Continue reading…