Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Grilled potatoes in a salad? Why not? I know a lot of you would not do that. I know that a lot of people are anti-carbohydrate. We, on the other hand, are very pro-balanced diet. We eat carbs. And protein. And fat. And ice cream. You can, of course, do the potatoes and turkey either … Continue reading…
Salad season has started. It’s not often the salad season and asparagus season overlap, but this year it happened. I planted lettuce sets at the end of March. Last year I planted 24 sets and the nematodes destroyed all but 5. The remaining 5 were still a bit pathetic. This year I bought 36 sets. … Continue reading…
This is not a proper Caesar Salad. A proper Caesar Salad is made with Romaine lettuce, and dressed with a raw egg, crushed anchovies, olive oil and lots of garlic. And it’s made by mon mari….. This is a very lose take on it, made by me, after the lettuce is gone but the weather … Continue reading…
Now that the lettuce is done we turn our attention to other salads. It’s always nice to have a salad on hand in the fridge to have for an easy lunch or quick addition to dinner. I love pasta and rice salads, but I’m referring to vegetable salads – Cole Slaw, Cucumber Salad, Three (or … Continue reading…
This is it…. The last salad of the season. We’ve had a good crop of lettuces this year and have been eating salads almost non-stop for over a month. But all things must end and this is the end of our salads. To be honest I’m getting very tired and picking and washing lettuce every … Continue reading…
Looking for an easy, no-cook dinner? Nothing in this salad requires cooking or even much in the way of prep work…. Except the dressing but that almost makes itself. Once, maybe twice during the summer I can convince mon mari to eat tuna. This is perfect for a hot summer evening. Just add a glass of … Continue reading…
You all know that I rarely buy prepared foods. You probably also know that I rarely buy steak for grilling here. While the flavor is excellent, it tends to be a bit tough. But I do try to be accommodating… And it was mon mari’s birthday…. So I ordered steak through the ‘English’ shop which … Continue reading…