Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
I didn’t have a great crop of shallots this year, but I did have a decent crop. Nothing in my potager was ‘great’. 5 heat waves together with a summer-long drought is not conducive to success for an amateur gardener. … Continue reading…
Ricotta is another one of those purchases that is hard to use up when one is cooking for 2. It’s fine if you are making a pan of lasagne but maybe you want a Spinach Gratin for spring, or Ricotta … Continue reading…
This will be the last asparagus post. Have I said this before? Every time I think the season is over one (or more) of the vegetable markets seems to find a few more spears. Sadly, the last few bunches I … Continue reading…
The quest continues to use all of our winter squash…. I can buy fresh puff pastry in squares that are about 5″ (12cm), 4 squares to a package. They will keep, after opening, for a week, well wrapped. I use … Continue reading…
Now that summer is over, and I’m no longer getting tomatoes and lettuce from my potager, our menu is changing. We always have first courses on the weekend. I don’t remember when or why we started that tradition but we’ve … Continue reading…
Please be assured that this is not a new trend. I am not going to start showing photos of a spoon, followed by a saucepan followed by an ingredient and so on. I am also not going to switch to … Continue reading…
I’ve been playing with phyllo again. Actually, I’ve been making some of my own recipes. One can’t be creative at every meal. After nems and samosas and a phyllo pie I still had 2 sheets left… not really enough to … Continue reading…