Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Rule Number 1 if you are dealing with the French Bureaucracy: Never have all of the required papers. Because… Rule Number 1 if you are a French Bureaucrat: Always ask for one more document. Regardless of how complete the dossier presented, one more ‘something’ could make it perfect… regardless of how unnecessary, superfluous or redundant. … Continue reading…
Beef Barley Soup We have electricity again, as of last night. I have a new, profound respect for people who have suffered at the whim of nature. We were without electricity for almost 3 days. That shouldn't be a big deal. Before it happened to me, I didn't think it was a big deal. You … Continue reading…
Tomato Meatball Soup It has firmly, with great force, been driven home in our hearts… Restoring an old stone house is not at all the same as building a wood frame house from scratch. Mon mari did the latter and is now attempting the former. Building the wood frame house from scratch was much, much … Continue reading…
I’m so excited. My internet connection has worked two, count ’em, TWO, days in a row. It’s a record! In honor of this stupendous occasion, here are the weekly house photos…. Slim progress this week: still peeing in the bushes; still walking like a drunken sailor across the floors; but there is hope. First, though, … Continue reading…
Cannellini and Pasta Soup Like any country that suddenly finds itself prosperous, Andorra imported workers. Although, in Andorra's case it was even more necessary because the Andorrans were only about 10% of the population. Many Portuguese saw this as a wonderful opportunity. They would pack up the family, move to Andorra, work ridiculously hard for … Continue reading…
Carrrot and Ginger Soup THEY say, when life hands you lemons…… For those of you who are getting a certain, perverse entertainment rush out of the ongoing mess that is our life…. The scoop: Unbeknownst to us, the house that we are buying, er, trying to buy, belongs to a child. The previous owner, I’ll call … Continue reading…
Cream of Mushroom Soup with Toasted Walnuts Try to get a variety of of forest or wild mushrooms for this rather than the white button. Crimini will work, but the flavor will have more depth with 2 or 3 types pf mushrooms. I used crimini, oyster and chanterelle, with sliced crimini for garnish. 6oz (180gr) forest … Continue reading…