Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
While I’m waiting for my lettuce and spinach to get large enough to pick we have to be happy with other types of salad. Fortunately, we were more than happy with this one. One of the best finds since we’ve moved here is quick-cooking barley. It cooks in just 15 minutes and is just as … Continue reading…
This time of year, with the potager in transition, we have a lot of combination dishes. Chard with spinach; spinach with squash, chard with squash…. All of them together…. It’s a good thing we like vegetables. And I feel so very virtuous out gathering our food for dinner…. (said tongue in cheek – see rant … Continue reading…
The spring garden is being slowly replaced by the summer garden. We ate the first of the summer squashes and I pulled up some of the lettuce and all of the spinach before we left for Spain. Most of the spinach was turned into soup. I saved enough of the tender leaves to have one … Continue reading…
We’ve been eating a lot of salads. As usual, I planted enough lettuce to feed all of France. As usual, I hate to see it go to waste. So we’ve been eating a lot of salads. If you want recipes on how to make salad dressing for a larger salad, I have several recipes for … Continue reading…
French Taco Salad. Mon mari laughed when I told him we were having French Taco Salad for dinner. He wanted to know what made it 'French'. When I explained that I was making it with duck sausages and baked chevre he understood…. And quit laughing. He still wanted to know why I called it French … Continue reading…
We had a small dinner party a few weeks ago. As our guests prefer not to eat meat that isn’t well-done, cooking on the barbecue was not an option – as we prefer not to cook meat that IS well done. I didn’t really want to go all the way back to proper winter cooking, … Continue reading…
Everybody makes pasta salads in summer. But why not be a little more creative? Grains make wonderful salads (Tabbouleh?). We love barley. We love barley salad. Grilling the chicken breasts adds an extra layer of flavor. The recipe, Teriyaki Chicken and Barley Salad, has been updated, nutrition information added, and re-posted here: Teriyaki Chicken Barley … Continue reading…