Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
Chicken, Asparagus and Feta Salad I saw a cook book on Amazon the other day. I don't remember the exact title but it was something to the effect of 'Cooking for One or Two'. I've got news for the authors: Cooking for one is exactly as different from cooking for two as it is from … Continue reading…
Tangy Cabbage Salad No good deed shall go unpunished. Damned if you do; damned if you don’t. When seeking help it’s best to appear helpless. Last week, when I realized that my computer was fading fast, I took this photo of the screen. I was 99% sure that it was the video card that was … Continue reading…
Andorra has a large and varied Expat Community. When we moved there, we were given a warm and enthusiastic welcome from all of the English-speakers. In a country where more than 75% of the residents are not ‘locals’ a common language is the glue that binds. The first summer we were there I was truly … Continue reading…
Cucumber Salad When we moved to Ireland from the U.S. we I packed our airline tickets. Determined to have a smoother, calmer, move from Ireland to Andorra I tried to think of all contingencies. Once again, our stuff was going in a large container by boat. Once again, we were going by plane and would … Continue reading…
I think I’d like to be a philanthropist when I grow up. I used to want to be a paleontologist, but a philanthropist sounds like a lot more fun… And much cleaner. Now, if I could only get someone (Bill Gates, perhaps?) to give me a few million dollars I could get right at it. … Continue reading…
It’s a ‘baby-minder’. Apparently there are not enough totally frustrated mother’s of toddlers reading my blog, as no one came even close…. One slides the two top panels apart, drops the toddler in up to the armpits, slides them shut and… Voila! Instant toddler-tender. The child is held upright and can walk back and … Continue reading…
Chicken and Vegetable Salad with Hummus Dressing In French, one’s in-laws are called ‘belle-famille’. Sister-in-law is ‘belle-soeur’; brother-in-law is ‘beau-frère’. Mother-in-law is ‘belle-mère’; father-in-law beau-père. Belle/beau means beautiful, lovely or handsome. The same words are used, in extended families, to refer to a stepmother, stepfather, etc. Wouldn’t you rather be referred to as a belle-mère … Continue reading…