Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
As I said yesterday…. This time of year we alternate between chard and squash, first course and side dish. This is a first course. I planted one green, one green striped, one yellow and one white summer squash. The white squash tend to be very long and skinny, which is what I used here. They’re … Continue reading…
I had three summer squash / zucchini / courgette plants this summer. Normally that gives me enough to fill the freezer with soup for winter, eat more than we really want and fill the compost bin before pulling them out in a frantic effort to make them stop. This year, after harvesting a total of … Continue reading…
I did a post about simple food last week. This is a delicious example of simple. I ran out of creative ideas for summer squash….. I had a bit of pesto rosso left in the fridge. There you have it. For those who don’t know, pesto rosso, or red pesto, has tomato added. The recipe, … Continue reading…
Sometimes, we I can spend a lot of time trying to figure out how to make this vegetable or that green shine. Is simple best? Just picked green beans, braised in olive oil, finished with a sprinkling of salt and some shredded basil…. Perfect summer vegetable. Or maybe vegetable comfort food…. Cauliflower draped in a … Continue reading…
The garden monsters have returned! Last year I did a post on what to do with all the excess: tips on freezing zucchini and how to use what you froze. This year, I thought I would give a few options for cooking zucchini, so one doesn’t get bored with it before all 6 tons have … Continue reading…
Our house painter has gone back across the pond, the job finished. Well, almost. Mon mari still has to finish the shutters and windows. The shutters were in pretty good condition, just in need of minor repairs, a good scraping and some fresh paint. We decided to stain the windows darker as well. They were … Continue reading…
We have guests and are busy being tourists this week…. Something we haven’t done since moving here. Where are the guests sleeping you ask? In a tent, of course…. The update: The ceiling was finished this week. And I spent Sunday moving both of our ‘offices’ from one end of the hall to the other … Continue reading…