Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Usually when I make slow cooked meats or stews it all goes in the pot and is simmered together. I made this one differently. I wanted to make a Basic Brown Sauce to have on hand so decided to use a bit of that to finish the venison. Extra Brown Sauce can be frozen in … Continue reading…
Almost Traditional Home-Made Pesto…. Traditionally, pesto would be made with a mortar and pestle. I used a blender. But the ingredients are traditional and in the traditional proportions. I didn’t use spinach or walnuts or canola oil or chard or cilantro or any of the other things that many cooks use so creatively. Don’t get … Continue reading…
I love scallops. They’re expensive (usually), so I rarely buy them. But occasionally, the price and the timing work. These were small scallops…. The decision was what wonderful thing to do with them. I hadn’t done anything Chinese in awhile….. I mean, proper Chinese, not my own stir-fries, fried rice, whatever…. Living in Europe I … Continue reading…
The weather has turned cooler. The zucchini plants are in the compost and the green beans are dribbling out a few beans every other day. The acorn and butternut squashes are about ready…. I’ll pick them next week. Or maybe the week after. That leaves the chard. I didn’t really like it at the height … Continue reading…
We love scallops but don’t have them often. They’re a wee bit expensive. But, as they are also a wee bit rich, one doesn’t need a lot of them for a satisfying dish. The avocado sauce would work well with grilled shrimp or fish as well. Or pasta or burgers or…. For the other half … Continue reading…
The annual birthday dinner! Sometimes we go out for dinner to celebrate our birthday, sometimes out to lunch, sometimes on a weekend getaway…. Sometimes we do none of the above. Regardless of that whole bit, we always have a ‘Birthday Dinner’ at home. Mon mari’s choice is almost always lamb chops, some sort of gratin … Continue reading…
She was young, she was pure, she was new, she was nice, She was fair, she was sweet seventeen. He was old, he was vile and no stranger to vice, He was base, he was bad, he was mean….. “Have some Madeira, m’Dear! You really have nothing to fear. Thus starts the song, circa 1959, … Continue reading…