Healthy food, fresh ingredients, simple reci[es

Nothing can strike fear into the hearts of a gardener like seeing a zucchini grow from 3 inches to 10 inches overnight.

Endive with Avocado Have I been time-traveling? Transported back to the 18th century? I have chilblains….

Tomato and Red Pepper Soup What are a few seeds in the face when one is finally sleeping in one's own house? Our house, like most old houses in the French countryside, used to be a farmhouse.

Veal Parmigiana My pack-rat little self is starting to feel secure again: I have food in the pantry.

Pasta with Spinach, Mushroom and Goat Cheese If I could be Alice in Wonderland, and slip through the Looking Glass, I would.

Split Peas with Bacon and Ham Karmic balance has been restored in my life.

Sausage and Artichoke Quiche Until I was in my twenties I thought all men could build houses.

Mushrooms Stuffed with Goat Cheese I just had a long, involved fight encounter with France Telecom/Orange.

Avocado and White Bean Salad The differences in health care systems is a hot topic, rife with misinformation.

We have actual visible… and audible, progress this week.

Carrot Celery Soup You're watching the telly… or a movie….

Mangetout (Snow Peas) and Carrots Warning: Gross overstatements and insults to most nationalities follow.

Asparagus and Avocado Salad How do you shop? I was trying to decide this morning, as I drove to a second hypermarket after already having been to one, plus a local green grocer….

Roast Lamb on a Bed of Potatoes No update this week because….

Egg Noodles with Tomato Prosciutto Sauce I was a good girl… And I was rewarded for it! That rarely happens.