Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Potato salad doesn’t have to have yellow mustard and mayonnaise. It doesn’t need eggs. It can have a white wine vinaigrette with fresh herbs. Or it can have bacon and dill pickles. So many choices…. Here’s one for people who … Continue reading…
When I was a child my mother always had a jar of diced pimentos in the fridge. She used them as an occasional garnish. One 2oz jar would last a year or more. When we moved to Andorra I discovered … Continue reading…
I love spring – other than all the work. We get warm sunny days when it’s great to be outside followed by cool, rainy days when we can sit in front of the fire (and think about all the outside … Continue reading…
Goat cheese has a distinctive ‘tang’ that we really like. It comes in as many styles as cow cheese which makes it equally flexible and an easy substitute if you’re looking for something different. One can find soft, medium, hard, … Continue reading…
I have a lot of cook books. I should have even more. Twice in the last few weeks I’ve looked for a cook book only to realize that I haven’t seen it in years. I’m guessing that there were books … Continue reading…
Everyone loves green salads (I think). Pasta salads are popular. Potato salads are usually relegated to a side dish at the family picnic. In my opinion, that is rather said. Potatoes make a great base for salads of all sorts. … Continue reading…
We’re at a cooking crossroads: summer grilling meets fall foods. This is how we get Potato Salad with Mushrooms. We’ve had enough rain in the last week to dampen the surface and allow me to stop watering for a bit. … Continue reading…