Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
I roasted a chicken the other day. It was nothing complicated, just simple, 2 ingredient Roast Lemon Chicken. Of course, the benefit is the leftover chicken. Mon mari had a chicken sandwich for lunch the next day and I used the rest in this quiche. I don’t normally use ricotta in quiche but I had … Continue reading…
I like to keep a few things on hand that last a long time but don’t have to be frozen. One of those is red beets. Beets, or beetroot to the Brits., are always sold cooked here. I have no idea why other then French cooks want to keep the bright red dye out of … Continue reading…
Eating seasonal vegetables is only slightly predictable. Usually we start in the spring with spinach. That’s followed by chard, then the summer squashes and, finally, the green beans. (We don’t eat winter squashes until fall.) When one is eating from the garden it’s never orderly. One day might yield 8 summer squash and no beans. … Continue reading…
I think I posted the ‘last risotto of the season’ a few months ago. Then lock-down happened and I started cooking according to what was in the fridge and pantry plus what could be ordered online. This being France the items that are considered essential enough to be available for online ordering are perhaps different … Continue reading…
I like flexible recipes. They are crucial to today’s style of cooking – at least for me. I do my shopping online every 2 weeks. I don’t know what will be available until I log in and I don’t know what might be substituted. Instead of my usual, careful menu planning before I shop it’s … Continue reading…
Another lock-down recipe. Even fish-hating mon mari is starting to miss having fresh fish every week. And we are both missing fresh vegetables and fruits. I’m not avoiding them out of concern that they may be contaminated with the virus. I’m avoiding them because I don’t trust the staff packing my groceries to be as … Continue reading…
And pumpkin…. or butternut squash. I said there might be more. I had some pumpkin in the lurking in the freezer. Did I mention that I’m getting tired of cooking? It happens every year around this time. I’ve been doing all of the cooking (winter cooking) for 5 months and I’m ready for a break. … Continue reading…