Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Barbecued Salmon? Why not? The hoisin sauce, sherry and soy sauce make a nice counterpoint to the salmon’s richness. If you don’t have hoisin sauce you can use another purchased barbecue sauce, or regular ketchup. If using ketchup I would add a dash of Worcestershire sauce. We grill a lot of salmon in the summer … Continue reading…
Saturday was Crêpe Day here in France…. more properly called La Chandeleur. It’s a religious holiday celebrating the presentation of Jesus at the temple, and which was celebrated in 5th century Rome with a candlelit (chandelles) procession But it’s really about the crêpes. There were crêpes being made at my supermarket so naturally I had to buy … Continue reading…
Someone who shall remain nameless (but is not me) neglected to check behind the shutters before closing them against the afternoon sun. Bats like to hang out behind the shutters. Bats don’t like sunlight. We now have a bat in the house. I’m pretty sure that when we open the windows at sunset he’ll be … Continue reading…
It’s Friday, so that means we’ll be eating fish of some sort. It’s spring, so that means we’ll be eating lots of green garlic. What to do…. what to do….. Add some lemon, capers, butter, and olive oil and we’re happy eaters in less than 30 minutes. You can’t find green garlic? Oh, that is … Continue reading…
‘Red-cooked’ refers to a Chinese technique of poaching or braising in a soy-sauce based liquid. Salmon is not a typical fish in Chinese cuisine but it worked well for this. As to the Sesame Asparagus….. We’ve been making this for years and it’s always a favorite. It’s great at room temperature or cold. This is … Continue reading…
This is a Fish Pie, in the British tradition…. topped with mashed potatoes. For those who don’t know: Shepherd’s Pie is with lamb, Cottage Pie is with beef and Fish Pie is self-explanatory. Mon mari claims he hates all fish…. But he likes salmon and he loves smoked salmon. Let’s just call these ‘adjustable facts’. … Continue reading…
This is the time of year I start breaking my self-imposed ban on not buying greens. The sun comes out, the air finally starts to warm up and I want salad. I still try to stay with what is in season, like spinach (great spring crop but it’s been scarce this year) and lamb’s lettuce, … Continue reading…