Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Did I mention that I planted too much lettuce? We do a lot of salads with grilled meat and vegetables. Sometimes, though, it’s just nice to do a completely cold salad…. One that requires no cooking. I still have to pick and wash the lettuce, of course, but I always do that in the morning. … Continue reading…
I always plant too much. I plant too much because, sometimes, it’s not enough. Any gardener knows that all a family of two needs is one courgette / zucchini plant. Maybe two. But I like to have enough to make soup for the freezer for winter. So I plant four. Everyone knows that If I only … Continue reading…
This is my mother’s other cucumber salad. Yes, she had two, which was rare for her as she normally had one recipe per food, This one, I think, is probably more traditional from her German parents, with just the sugar and vinegar. It’s also quicker to make. Like most old-fashioned recipes, the ingredient quantities are … Continue reading…
This is a summer classic, loosely based on my mother’s recipe…. Which was her mother’s. She used cream, I use yogurt but the taste is surprisingly similar. She made cucumber salad several times each summer. So do I, although not always the same recipe. She liked it best as a topping on baked or boiled … Continue reading…
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 my lunch salads) The good news is the chard is … 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 with chicken breasts. Obviously we liked the salad. Obviously I … 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….. Barbecued Chicken Salad Total time: 25 minutes Ingredients: 2 chicken … Continue reading…