Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
I’ve been doing pork chops in the slow cooker every week all winter long. As is usual, this time of year, I start to get bored and want something new. I was doing them differently every week, but still….. We finally stopped eating winter squashes and I was able to buy a cauliflower…. Exciting times. … Continue reading…
My loyalties switched, temporarily, from my tagine to my slow cooker. I’m trying to correct that. The cooking principles are actually somewhat similar. The slow cooker uses slow heat and a lid that is supposed to stay on to keep the moisture inside, which, in turn, keeps the food moist. The conical shape of the … Continue reading…
I don’t know why a circle of fried, cohesive vegetables is referred to as a ‘pancake’ but who am I to argue with The Powers That Be in the culinary world. Actually, culinary terms seem to be tossed about with abandon everywhere. According to the internet American pancakes are fluffy and thick. My mother hated … Continue reading…
Or you could call it a Potato Zucchini Cake – but that could be confusing. (Cake?) Or a Potato Zucchini Patty. The name really isn’t important and the food world seems to use them all interchangeably. Whatever you call it, it’s easy… A little prep work shredding the vegetables and you’re done. For those of … Continue reading…
This is a summer version of Potatoes Savoyard, cooked on the barbecue, wrapped in foil. We’re been making this every summer for as long as we’ve been together. Whenever I ask mon mari if he has a special request this is it. Fortunately, it’s easy. I use a sweet onion if I have one, or … Continue reading…
There may be readers who doubt that I can do a recipe with only two ingredients. They would be wrong. Pommes Anna is a classic French dish that has only two ingredients: Potatoes, Butter. It is truly wondrous what the French can do with only two ingredients. The Pommes Anna are turned out of the … Continue reading…
If I was trendy I would call this a ‘sheet pan dinner’. I’m not trendy and I don’t have sheet pans. For some reason, maybe because ovens here are small, sheet pans are not popular, One could say they are almost non-existent. The cookie sheets I have were purchased at Williams-Sonoma 25 years ago. Quality … Continue reading…