Monday, October 31, 2011

Birhtday coming up, again!

Felt like getting some friends together for celebrating my birthday. It doesn't have to be a "big one"! Suddenly realised that we would be 12 adults and 6 children ... Just spent the whole day food shopping and cooking ... Nothing complicated but still ... Different salads (coleslaw, green salad, taboulé, radish etc), cold meats and smoked salmon, meatballs for the kiddies, olives & sausages, cheese plate and a beautiful almond cake with champagne OF COURSE! Happy birthday to me ...

Thursday, October 27, 2011

The local market

One happy thing about living in the french countryside are all the local markets. Such a joy full of colours and tastes for all and everyone. I usually get some local cheeses, salads and whatever seasonal veggies there are, eggs from the farm, fresh bread and flowers. I think a good thick pumpkin soup will come out of this! Just have to go to the local arab for some fresh coriander and spices. I think my snapshots shows how much sunshine the nature gives us.

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Sunday night

As you all know (?) in France sunday is closed day managed to get some local potatoes at the market but no more. So what's cooking? Oh let's see ... fresh mushroom soup, broccoli & potato-gratin with a creamy blue cheese sauce. Italian ham for the man, french apple tart. Wait a minute the kid's! , what are the kid's eating? Some nuggets and small cube potatoes directly from the freezer. Hope they will apreciate good food, some day. 

Monday, October 17, 2011

Autumn vegetables

Collecting fresh vegetables and making good soups. Tried for the first time to make a nut cake with mixed nuts, hazel & wanuts with a dash of whiskey. Not bad! Still simple and hopefully inspiring. Try to get the kids into the picture, peeling, chopping, enyoing cooking together! I wonder if there are any mushrooms out there in the forest ... Enjoy!

Sunday, October 9, 2011

Purpose?

The purpose with this blog is not to give you detailed recipes just to share and inspire, that's all! Enjoy my snapshots and hopefully get some ideas for your good and simple everyday cooking. Here in  the french countryside we very much live with the nature and the seasons. I'll be happy to share your thought and ideas.

Monday, October 3, 2011

Autumn fruits

This is the period when we collect fruits and nuts for the winter, (like the squirrels!) who actuallt lives and plays in our garden. So far i have collected several different kinds of nuts from friends and nature around me. The apples are also variated in coulors and tastes and I mostly make crumbles or classic apple tart's from the fruits. Also the season to make jam's of differnt kind. The sun has been very present and the harvest is good. The grapes are sweet and so are the pears my dad's favorite.