Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
I’ve tried all (or most) of the natural remedies, including a few not mentioned here. Polenta sprinkled around ant hills works… sometimes. Copper will keep slugs away from the lettuce… if you lay it out perfectly and nothing disturbs it. … Continue reading…
I like to know where my food is coming from. French supermarkets and food shops like to tell me. It’s not unusual to see photos of the farmers behind the meat counter that raised the beef or pork or chicken … Continue reading…
We are omnivores. We eat everything. That being said we, like many people for many reasons, are eating more ‘plant-based’ foods and eating less meat, particularly red meat. And we, like many people, are being invited to dinners and parties … Continue reading…
When I was young, just out on my own and newly moved to the ‘city’, a cousin introduced me to ‘torsk’. She (and everyone else) referred to it as ‘poor man’s lobster’ and it was served with little bowls of … Continue reading…
I’m writing this so I can stop searching my electronic post-it notes for how to cook vegetables in my Instant Pot. I’d be very happy if it proved useful to the rest of the online world as well. I use … Continue reading…
And lemon…. Remember, last post, Chicken with Lemon & Capers, I said I was doing Lemon Week. I took the smallest lemon, cut it in half and stuffed it into 2 little hens. In the US it would be a … Continue reading…
I’m getting to be very fond of skillet dinners. If the timing is right, and it usually is, I can put the skillet on the heat, chop / cut and fry for 15 minutes. cover for another 15 minutes to … Continue reading…