Healthy food, fresh ingredients, simple reci[es

We love Poached Eggs in Red Wine (Oeufs en Meurette) but these are perfect if you prefer white wine.

This is a cool weather soup made with fresh, garden tomatoes, lots of garlic, and herbs.

An easy pasta dinner for late summer using the last of the chard and tomatoes

I used the small, green Lentils du Puy but you could use the larger tan lentils, or even the tiny, black, Beluga lentils.

This is an easy dinner that is ready in the time it takes to cook the pasta.

You can make this with the not-so-perfect fall tomatoes, just taking the best parts.

This tasty, tender pork is marinated first, then basted as it cooks, but remember to stop about 10 minutes before you take the pork off the grill, and give the pork one last turn, so any 'raw' marinade is cooked before removing the pork.

The shrimp I get are cooked and peeled, which makes this a very quick and easy main course.

This is a fall pasta - fresh sage and the last of the tomatoes to make a no-cook, fresh tomato sauce.

Made with a Rice Crust and full of flavorful cured sausage and olives, this easy quiche will be a hit.

Stuffed with chives and a bit of ham for flavor, finished with a barbecue / basting sauce.