Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Stuffed Pimientoes are common on the menus in Spain. Often they’re stuffed with a ground or very finely chopped mixture of fish, cream, egg and herbs. Well, we all know how fond mon mari is of fish…. We are, however, truly fond of both goat cheese and dry-cured ham. As to the garlic chives – … Continue reading…
A long, long time ago, in a place far, far away, I worked with a woman who craved Jeno’s Pizza Rolls when she was pregnant. She went through two pregnancies while we worked together and she ate a lot of pizza rolls. The entire floor of our office building reeked of pizza rolls. She was very … Continue reading…
Purchased phyllo is one of my favorite ‘prepared’ foods. For less than a euro (or a dollar) I get 12 sheets to play with. I could, of course, make sweet things, like Baklava, but I normally make savory…. Tarts and pastries and savory strudels. Just about anything works as long as there’s not too much … Continue reading…
Okay, these are not cabbage rolls in the traditional sense. I could call them ‘cigars’ like in the cooking of Morocco. Or I could call them ‘nem’ like in the cooking of Vietnam. Or spring rolls, like in the cooking of China. But they’re not Moroccan, or Vietnamese, or Chinese…. They’re….. Mine I made them … Continue reading…
I’m not including a recipe for hummus here because I didn’t make it. I picked up a small container over the holidays and promptly forgot about it. I love hummus, but when I make it from scratch there is always a lot more than I want. I was very pleased when I found it already … Continue reading…
As usual I arrived at this recipe in a rather convoluted way. I had seen a Moroccan pie on one of the cooking shows that looked fantastic, easy and it used phyllo. Admittedly, I pay less than a dollar for a package of 12 sheets of phyllo but I still hate to waste any of … Continue reading…
Phyllo, part two: When one cooks for two one has to plan ahead to use things that come in quantities. My phyllo dough comes in a pack of 12 sheets. I normally use two sheets preparing a starter (or a main course) for the two of us. So I have enough for six recipes. If … Continue reading…