I decided it was time to make a quiche.
I haven’t been making them lately…. partly because I wasn’t buying any suitable vegetables.
I wasn’t buying any suitable vegetables because I had a plethora of spaghetti squash to get through.
I like that word…. plethora. … Continue reading.....
My potager is closed for the winter.
I managed to keep it productive for much longer than usual this year.
Strangely, I’ve been picking enough green beans every day for the last month to feed the village – more than I picked at the height … Continue reading.....
I love pasta.
Mon mari likes pasta…. But it’s a challenge for him to gauge the insulin right. After many, many attempts at figuring out why sometimes his blood sugar goes very high and other times low, we’ve just accepted the mystery and limit the … Continue reading.....
What do you cook when you really don’t feel like cooking?
You know – it’s dinnertime, one should eat but the only thing that appeals is a glass of wine and a bowl of popcorn. But the inner health critic demands more?
Plus there’s half … Continue reading.....
Our beautiful summer-like days are at an end I think.We’re having wet, foggy mornings with the sky not clearing until mid-afternoon.
I’ve decided I’m going to learn from the Norwegians on how to love winter. I do still have relatives in Norway, after all…. … Continue reading.....
I was recently interviewed by Foody Direct as part of their Expert Interview program. Here is the interview….. And one of my favorite Zucchini Recipes. (It was summer when we did the interview.)
We all know I like stuffing vegetables – zucchinis and tomatoes in … Continue reading.....
I no longer make pasta dishes.
After many attempts to get it sorted out we have conceded defeat.
Mon mari has tried and tried to get the insulin right, but without success..
I occasionally make it for myself, but I’m not really fond of cooking … Continue reading.....
We had few warm, sunny, beautiful spring days in the beginning of March.
The grass started growing, the spring flowers started coming up, mon mari painted the barbecue (he does that every year)……
I was ready to switch to summer cooking.
It’s never a clean … Continue reading.....
Soup season is over, mon mari prefers not to eat pasta (notice how nicely I phrase that) so I officially declare it ‘Risotto Season’.
If I had to choose one food to eat for the rest of my live it would be a toss-up between … Continue reading.....
When we lived in Minnesota we went to the Renaissance Festival every year. The acts were fun, the artisan shops were interesting but it was always the food that caught our attention.
We would skip breakfast and head out early so we had a sufficient … Continue reading.....
