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Chicken soup for your health!
Whenever I am sick, I like to make myself chicken soup. It feels like I am taking care of myself. Quite simply, it makes me feel better. You can always use something to make you feel better when you are sick, right? Today, Jman was sniffling and coughing. I kept him home from school. AND …
Jamie Oliver’s fish pie: A British classic–pimped with nutrition
This video showed up in my Facebook feed last week. I shared it to remind myself to make it. And make it I did. Last night. I was seduced when he said: “I make it for my family all the time.” Everybody ate up! Including Mpants who always says: “I don’t like XXX.” Mpants finished …
Roasted eggplant & kale penne pasta
I have no story about this dish. I made it once a few summers ago. It was so tasty. I thought I should add it to my recipe book on my blog. 2 tbsp pine nuts – roasted in a frying pan 1 eggplant, cubed into 1-inch chunks 1 tbsp olive oil salt & pepper …
Famous, handsome, and I have a cute butt!
Mpants started saying to me as I hug him and put him in bed: “Mum. I love you….and I’m famous, and handsome, and I have a cute butt! “ I know I have mentioned the cute butt thing, but I swear I am not the source of the famous, handsome thing. He seems to have …
Butternut & chicken curried stew
I treat myself to a subscription of Clean Eating magazine. I love it. There are so many ideas and tasty recipes. In the latest issue, I found a recipe for butternut & chicken curried stew. I glanced over the ingredients, decided I had most of them and made it last Monday for dinner. I felt …
Homemade tomato soup
I always used to buy tomato soup. In California, it was from the Tuscan tomato and basil bisque from Safeway. In Switzerland, it is the Bio Velouté tomatoes au mascarpone from the Micros. I used to buy it because I could not make it. I never thought I could make tomato soup as tasty as those …
One-pot spaghetti puttanesca
Easy, one-pot, midweek dinner for the whole family. Double it, and invite your neighbours. Recommended with Caprice du Temps Pinot Blanc. I invited my neighbour over for dinner on Wednesday. Both of our husbands were somewhere else for dinner. Better for us. The kids can play together. We (I) get some adult conversation. She arrives …
Le verre de l’amitié
Date: 1960 – 1969. Lieu: St-Luc, Anniviers. Source: http://www.notrehistoire.ch There are so many things to like about this picture. The first thing which drew me to it was the title: “Le verre de l’amitié”. Which translates to English as: “A glass of friendship“. A glass of friendship! Isn’t that exactly what you should …