Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
The theme for Monday posts in August is Something Else. It’s not salads or sides or grilling or smoking. I’m not highlighting a favorite vegetable or other food. These recipes are just going to be the odd things I make … Continue reading…
Remember all of those tomatoes? I know you have been losing sleep due to curiosity as to what I would do with them all. They’ve been ‘dealt with’. The ripe ones were turned into Garden Tomato Soup and the 4 … Continue reading…
When I lived in the U.S. I did a lot of canning (bottling to the Brits). I would order bushels of tomatoes and pickling cukes, pick up a few flats of peaches, take a few days off from work, and … Continue reading…
Tired of the same old salad? Skip the tomatoes (they’re not in season yet, anyway) and add beets! A restaurant that we went to often in Minneapolis was famous for its house salad. It had pickled beets in it. I’ve … Continue reading…
I don’t remember when I first decided that beets and goat cheese were a perfect match, but, once the decision was made I started looking for any and all ways to pair them. Why not a little tart? Further contemplation … Continue reading…
I rarely see fresh beets (beetroot) here. It’s not a vegetable I really liked when I was younger, but I have always loved pickled beets. What I remember most clearly about the first time I made pickled beets is the … Continue reading…
Summer means pickling and canning. Or it used to for me. When I lived in the US I made 3 or 4 different kinds of pickles, tomato juice, brandied peaches and cherries and canned lots and lots of tomatoes. When … Continue reading…