Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
As with everything considered a classic, there are a lot of variations on a proper ‘Salade Niçoise’. Some have radishes; some bell peppers; some, like mine, have potatoes and green beans. All have olives and hard boiled eggs and tomatoes. All are on a bed of lettuce. Most have canned tuna; some have anchovies; some … Continue reading…
This is the penultimate salad of this season. (I like that word….) We have been done eating them for a week or two but I didn’t want this to become a salad blog so I’m spacing the recipes. We even managed to have a few ripe cherry tomatoes at the same time there was lettuce … Continue reading…
I remember going to a family reunion in the 80’s….. Family reunions were a summer staple when I was growing up. There would be my mother’s mother’s family reunion, my mother’s father’s family reunion, my father’s mother’s…… You get the idea. Regardless of which ‘side’ was holding the reunion, it was always held in a … Continue reading…
We all know that I can’t leave a recipe or idea as is. Tampering, modifying, playing with…. all must be done. I have always loved Taco Salads, but, while there is an underlying theme with all (or most) taco salads, they are not the same. Except for that taco shell bowl thing in the US … Continue reading…
Every year I wake up on this day and vow to spend the day doing only fun things. Maybe I’ll sit in the shade and read. Maybe I’ll spend the day with my pencils and pastels and watercolors. Maybe I’ll watch old movies. And this year, maybe I’ll spend the day lounging around the pool. … Continue reading…
Another recipe that I have been making since the beginning of time, this is based on one from the Time Life “Foods of the World” series. The first time I had a similar salad was in Germany. We were having a simple lunch of wurst und salat. I had expected the typical Midwestern version of … Continue reading…
We’ve had a bumper crop of lettuce this year. First we had the red and green curly heads that I planted from sets. That was followed by the red and green ‘mesclun’ mix that I planted from seed. We’re finishing with the red and green romaine that is slowest to grow and handles the warmer … Continue reading…