Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
As my longtime readers know I buy whole pork loins and cut my own ‘boneless chops’. The pork loins that I buy are, in typical French fashion, perfect: long, round and tied securely. Three fourths of the loin gives my equally perfect ‘chops’. The remaining fourth has had a bone or bones removed and, once … Continue reading…
Kedgeree was, traditionally, made with smoked haddock and served as a part of a large breakfast. In summer we smoke the salmon, using our smoker or a kettle grill, for about 20 minutes. In winter I used a combination of fresh, roasted salmon and purchased Irish smoked salmon. Since we have it as a main … Continue reading…
I finished spring cleaning the house…. Now I can start on my files. I made this simple fried rice to go with the Miso Tuna I made a few weeks ago. Anyone who has read this blog for awhile knows I love green garlic. For anyone new, who isn’t familiar with green garlic, allow me … Continue reading…
I love fried rice. Like most of my dishes I modify it to suit my mood and the contents of my fridge. The original recipe, that I found in one of my Chinese cook books many years ago, included the peas and the egg. I added the sherry, shallots and snow peas…. It is spring, … Continue reading…
I can always get good salmon here, but other fish… it just depends. There are always at least 20 different kinds of fish at the counter where I shop. I don’t try most of them because either I’m clueless as to how to prepare them or they have bones and mon mari won’t eat them. There … Continue reading…
We’ve been eating this every winter for years. I don’t remember where the original idea for the recipe came from, probably a ‘Ground Beef Cookbook’. In the U.S. I used the traditional ‘white’ cabbage; here I use the ‘green’ or Savoy cabbage. Either work equally well. Use any type of rice you like, but I … Continue reading…
Does anyone remember what I wanted ground almonds for? Nope, me either…. But there it was, lurking in the back of my pantry… A bag of ground almonds. Nicely stored in a sealed container, of course. I have no idea why or when I bought it, but I decided it was time I used it. … Continue reading…