Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
I’m pleased to report there has been visible progress made in the last week. Walls. Insulated walls. A decision was made that, rather than try to insulate the entire ceiling before winter, he would insulate half and put up enough walls to keep the heat in. For those who don’t remember, this is what it … Continue reading…
It’s that time of year again…. The holidays are creeping ever closer Season’s Eatings! Should we do it again? It’s a world-wide holiday gift exchange. If you would like to join the fun, leave a comment. I’ll collect real names and addresses later, by e-mail. Here are the details: Season’s Eating’s is a spicy/herby/foodie gift … Continue reading…
I was just on holiday for 2 1/2 weeks….. It went like this: I spent 3 weeks frantically busy getting ready for it. I was busy every day and every evening while I was gone. I've spent the week since I've been home frantically busy catching up. What's wrong with this picture? Every summer we … Continue reading…
Say No to fake food! Excuse me while I get up on my soap box…… This subject has been simmering in the recesses of my mind recently. I was looking through a popular cooking magazine and saw recipe after recipe calling for fat-free this or low-fat that. Why don't they just suggest using less? Or … Continue reading…
Cooking for two can be a challenge. Much of what we buy comes pre-packaged, and the packages are big. And that's if you shop at normal stores…. If you shop at Costco the packages are huge. (I visited one, once.) Meat can be divided and frozen: a 32oz package of ground beef becomes 3 or … Continue reading…
The Saga of the Cooktop continues… My cooktop has 5 burners…. All of which are supposed to work…. There is 1 small burner, 1 larger burner and 3 medium burners. Shortly after installing it the small burner quit working. We took it in to be repaired – being out of their service zone, which they … Continue reading…
I love new toys! I decided I wanted to get these rings for making fancy stacks and gratins and things…. I thought I would have to go to a fancy food shop. I was wrong. They were hanging right there with all the other standard kitchen utensils in my regular little supermarket. Some things are … Continue reading…