We still have Romaine left in the garden but the other lettuces have bolted and been pulled for compost.
The Romaine will last another few days. but our salad season is almost over. This will likely be the last salad of the season (other then … Continue reading.....
I was looking at my food photos from June and saw two that looked alike. Curious as to why I had processed two of the same thing I took a closer look.
I apparently made the same salad twice – once with sausages and once … Continue reading.....
Grilled roasted peppers and onions, chicken with a barbecue flavor and a ‘French’ dressing for the salad.
All the best things of summer, cooked outdoors…. mon mari is in heaven.
I believe I mentioned that we are eating salads for every meal at the moment…..… Continue reading.....
Our last salad of the season.
We went a bit crazy last week eating salads, but I knew the season was coming to a close. I pulled the rest of the lettuce over the weekend and it’s now in the compost.
And, as my dill … Continue reading.....
I’m trying something new….
And I need your opinions.
I’m using a new service from Edamam that adds nutritional information to my recipes. (update: service cancelled, recipe in my own format…. never mind….)
In theory this is all good, right?
But I kind of feel … Continue reading.....
It’s summer.
We played yesterday.
One is supposed to play in the summer.
We even had a picnic.
No photos of the picnic, though – we were starving.
After this lovely salad, I’m going to bore you with pretty pictures of the canal we biked … Continue reading.....
A cold salad can be just the thing for a hot summer evening.
The eggs are hard-boiled and the asparagus blanched. As to the rest, it’s just a matter of assembling and serving.
The small mozzarella balls are great for tossing with a salad; if … Continue reading.....
I think I’ll stop complaining about the rain and my potager and my herb garden and all the other stuff.
We’re luckier than many – our roads are intact and the house is not buried in mud like these: Flooding in France.
One of our long-time favorite summer meals is simply grilled sausages with grilled peppers, onions and potatoes.
It’s one of those meals that requires no thought, minimum effort and can be handled easily sitting in a lawn chair somewhere near the barbecue – preferably sipping … Continue reading.....
Traditional American Potato Salad, at least the Mid-Western version I grew up with, has, like so many classics of cuisines around the world, as many iterations as there are cooks.
Some dressings are cooked, some not; some add eggs, celery, peppers, onions or pickles, some … Continue reading.....
