Healthy food, fresh ingredients, simple reci[es

Rainbow Chard Gratin, simple recipe that can be used with almost any vegetable

Miniature Pumpkin, Stuffed with Mushrooms, Walnuts and Bacon, at under 4 inches in diameter, these cute veggies make a great first course

Baby Pumpkins Stuffed with Beef and Ricotta Cheese, more fall pumpkin recipes,

Baby Pumpkins Stuffed with Creamy Spinach, great for a first course or vegetable side dish

Braised Pork Chops with Creamy Savoy Cabbage, fall comfort food

This easy Asparagus Prosciutto Gratin works equally well as a first course or vegetable side dish.

Summer Salad Season - start with this easy Chicken Salad with Potatoes and Asparagus, then start making your own easy dressings.

Use purchased phyllo to make easy samosas and cigars.

Spring salads with Asparagus, Spinach and Shrimp - easy dinner to end the week

Salad with Warm Mustard Beets and Goat Cheese, either as a first course of light lunch

Warm Barley and Chard Salad, using both the leaves and the stems of Swiss chard.

Ham, Asparagus and Mozzarella Salad - perfect easy salad supper for a hot summer night

Mock Spinach Soufflé; La Félibrée - the 94th annual celebration of all the Occitan

Do you use a Béchamel sauce when you make lasagne? Back in my younger days, when I lived in the US, I made lasagne with ground beef, cottage cheese and tomato sauce.

When one has one’s own garden one can grow a variety of interesting produce.