Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
I get a lot of French email spam: shopping sites, recipe sites, dating sites…. Usually it gets deleted (along with the English spam) with barely a glance. A few weeks ago I got one with 15 zucchini (courgette) recipes. Since it’s zucchini season I had a look – I mean, how could I not?. One … Continue reading…
This time of year, with the garden starting to produce with abandon, I am not so conservative with my vegetables. You’ll note that I discard the chard trimmings rather than using them or cautioning you to save them. I do the same with zucchini…. I don’t worry if I only use the 10 best slices. … Continue reading…
I got this idea from Pinterest. Naturally, I have no idea who, what, when or where. I’m sure I pinned it somewhere, but I didn’t take the time to look. I know myself well enough to know that I would have changed the recipe, anyway. It’s really the idea that caught my interest. As to … Continue reading…
It’s summer squash time. Whether you call them zucchini, courgette or yellow squash they’re all summer squash – and all the same in my opinion. I’ve seen lots of recipes and more than a few comments that more recipes are needed…. Not by the same people (I assume). I thought I would throw a few … Continue reading…
My neighbor and I have a gardening disagreement. She thinks chard is a winter vegetable; I think it’s a summer vegetable. But then she plants the typical French chard which has very wide, white stems and not very wide leaves and she plants it in the fall. The French eat the stems and toss the … Continue reading…
I’ve been making these for years. Originally I made them with cream cheese (the real, full-fat stuff) and bacon (also the real, full-fat stuff). They were delicious and a standard nibble to pass around with a glass of wine. I’ve updated them a bit…. But just a bit and so, so simple to make. Make … Continue reading…
Did I mention that I had 20 of these baby pumpkins? When one ‘cooks with the seasons’ one can get into a rut…. Asparagus in spring, zucchini in summer and pumpkins / winter squashes in fall. When one has a garden and grows vegetables that rut can get very, very deep. Here’s another stuffed baby … Continue reading…