Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
I've been searching for new and interesting butternut squash recipes – my garden was very productive this year. I found a likely candidate in the September issue of Cooking Light…. Which I got in December. First, let me tell you about my relationship with Cooking Light Magazine. I've been a subscriber since it started, however … Continue reading…
This is a guest post – and doesn't the lamb sound delicious? I love all the herbs in it (even if the puppies are bent on destroying my herb garden) Thanks for a great recipe, Izzy. Lamb with Camomile Tea Certainly it is an unusual combination, but this recipe – which uses the contents of … Continue reading…
In between minding the puppies and the gardens, mon mari managed to get a little work down around the house…. He did the finishing bits around the sink – mirrors, towel bars, that sort of thing. The actual cabinet that goes underneath is a work in progress in the barn. He finished all of the … Continue reading…
While I take a break visiting family, step back with me in time to 3 years ago, when we were homeless, to the beginning of this project…. And all of our frustrations: I'm not quite sure how to say this…. But our chimneys don't go all the way to the top. We've gone from four … Continue reading…
While I take a break visiting family, step back with me in time to 3 years ago, when we were homeless, to the beginning of this project…. And all of our frustrations: I have read that major house restoration projects can cause permanent rifts in an, otherwise stable, relationship. Divorce, in other words. I now … Continue reading…
No house photos this week. Mon mari has continued work on rendering the walls upstairs. Every time I go up to look there is more, not less, to be done. It might have something to do with his tap-tap-tapping all over the walls with the claw side of his hammer…. Something about having to chip … Continue reading…
When we first moved to Ireland, I remember there being a bit of a flap in England about joining the European Union and having to export their prized hunting stallions to France to be eaten. I don’t remember the particulars but do remember wondering if an Arabian was better than a Palomino. After moving to … Continue reading…