Healthy Food . . . Fresh Ingredients . . . Easy Recipes . . . & Musings from France
This is not my mother’s Tuna Salad. She would have never put tomatoes in it. Both the pepper and celery would have been minced and even then only a small amount. She might have been adventurous and added the olives but certainly not the white beans….. I can hear her say ‘Heavens!’ at the very … Continue reading…
Now that the lettuce is done we turn our attention to other salads. It’s always nice to have a salad on hand in the fridge to have for an easy lunch or quick addition to dinner. I love pasta and rice salads, but I’m referring to vegetable salads – Cole Slaw, Cucumber Salad, Three (or … Continue reading…
Salad season has started. Sort of…. I planted 24 lettuce sets earlier this spring to give us a head start while waiting for the lettuce seeds to grow. All but 4 died / were killed immediately. The same thing happened last year, so I wasn’t surprised, but they are so cheap I just can’t resist. … Continue reading…
We still have spinach…. I pulled one row out the other day. I made a salad with some and soup for winter with the rest. It was bolting in the heat. Spinach and white beans with a light vinaigrette and topped with crispy shallots makes a lovely, first course or light lunch salad. The shallots … Continue reading…
One more green bean recipe. The plants are having a last hurrah at the moment but I won’t be here to enjoy it. This is similar to the one I made a few weeks ago except for one key ingredient change: sage rather than basil. Fresh sage is at its best right now, giving a … Continue reading…
Some foods simply belong together. Hamburgers and French Fries. Fish and Chips. Pot Roast and Potatoes. Tomatoes and Basil. For me Roast Lamb needs Lentils and Confit of Duck…. Maybe it’s the Cassoulet connection, but I couldn’t think of anything more fitting with the Roast Duck Confit than one of my favorite white bean dishes. … Continue reading…
I love risotto. Since the first time I had it in Venice I have been smitten. That year, for Christmas, mon mari gave me a cookbook: ‘Risotto’. A simple title for a simple book… Just recipes for classic Italian risotto. Nothing fancy, nothing creative or innovative or cutting edge. This is the first one … Continue reading…