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Just one last sweet orange-colored autumnal recipe before I begin with the savory versions of orange-colored squash recipes … What can you do with your extra homemade pumpkin purée ? Well you can just eat it with a spoon or you can make quick and easy fruit jellies ! My last 2 recipes used pumpkin purée incorporated in the...
It took me a while to share this with you … I know. Not because it’s complicated. It’s super simple but I preferred waiting until they were ready, correctly pickled and taste-tested. The verdict : WONDERFUL, so just do it too ! It’s a pity to waste those last green unripe tomatoes of the season. It was warm here...
When we were kids, every Saturday, after school (YES, my sister and I went to regular French and English school on weekdays and Greek school on Saturdays), my father would treat us to Kentucky Fried Chicken or McDonald’s (it was all new to us and YES, my dad is the sweetest). This may explain why many of us automatically eat these foods...
Nope, no BASIL in this sauce … what’s the big deal with basil anyways, it’s great in pesto, in salads and other dishes that have bright, summery, fresh flavours and that require little or no cooking and we use it so much anyways (see green tomato sauce recipe here, where I use basil), but I think that for this very thick...
Oh my lovely, darling, sweet fresh figs … or rather salty-sweet roasted figs, because you were so juicy, so very juicy, so extra juicy (even when baked, that I had to make this recipe 2 times before getting it right). The 1st time, it was more like a rustic fig “soup” tart, with juices running everywhere and me just making a...
As I mentioned in my 2 last posts, a failed solid pumpkin caramel recipe (it was too soft) turned into 3 re-adapted recipes and no longer failures ! What I also forgot to mention is that I initially made over 5 cups of this soft pumpkin caramel (which is also an excellent spread) and used only 2 cups for the last recipe so I was now...
YES, 6 KG of UNRIPE GREEN TOMATOES ! I mentioned some time ago that I had received over 5 kg of unripe green tomatoes from a friend … I had more actually, an additional 1 kg of my own cute little unripe green cherry tomatoes from my own garden ! The smallest ones are patiently pickling (recipe appearing soon for that, I’m...
JIAO-ZI is the Chinese word for DUMPLING and also the name of a fellow blogger’s (see Mandy Lee’s post from Lady and Pups here) dearest doggie & friend who passed away recently and who I dedicate this Western autumnal dessert to … As I said, this is in no way an Asian recipe nor a reinterpretation of one. My physical body...
An ODE to all the hard-working men & women of this autumn season who are grape-growers and grape-harvesters and wine-makers … with the WINE-MARINATED GRAPES again (see recipe here) … but this time in a grape & wine harvest cake, with honey and olive oil and butter and creamy dairy too. A basic cake with fruits, with 2...
In the beginning, there were grapes … squished, squashed, mashed, pressed, juiced, fermented, transformed, becoming something else : WINE (of course it’s more complicated than that but you get the picture). The colours are 3 : red, white, rosé, (the easiest descriptive terms to remember). Then came all those characteristics...
"Like brave soldiers, guarding the night, brothers-in-arms bound to one anothers’ lives, the Prince steps forward, sacrificing himself and revealing to you, beyond the dark-as-night chocolate armour, a mind as bright as fire, a crown of sugar diamonds, with a heart and a soul the depth of caramel … " As I...
I thought ONION SOUP "AU GRATIN" (with gooey melted cheese on top) was a typical Quebec dish. I was wrong, but only partly…. It’s French but then again so is Québec (historically speaking) being called Nouvelle France until 1763 (including Ontario to the west, some of the Maritime provinces to the east and all...
A STEAK is one of those meals that we don’t often have at home, it’s either too dry or too chewy or too over-cooked or too runny because we forget to let it sit before slicing into it. Also a symbol of respect and friendship when you invite a friend for a steak dinner in a restaurant … I love the expression “Let me buy you...
It’s an INVASION I tell you ! Just when I thought I’d eaten all, dealt with and finished with the apples that my friend brought me from the countryside 10 days ago (about 1,5 kg), then more appeared. As I was typing this recipe, I was kindly delivered another 4,5 kg of country apples from Northern France. Well, it’s my...
Like I said, don’t be a “CHICKEN”… buy some WHOLE FISH today ! You know what, I’m a bit of a “chicken” too when it comes to buying whole fresh fish, or at least I was. Now I try to buy some every 2 weeks. I know (and you know) how much easier it is to buy fish steaks and filets or to eat fish sticks...