Month: November 2024
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Tenderheart Cook #43, #44 and #45
Fennel quickles A quick pickling recipe for fennel. The Quick Lowdown: Pickled fennel nicoise The Quick Lowdown: Miso-Roasted Pumpkin and Chickpeas with Kale The pumpkin and chickpeas are coated in a miso glaze and then roasted in the oven. This is served on a bed of kale massaged with olive oil, sea salt and lemon.…
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Looking for Signs of the Camino in Paris and Chartres
The main aim of our European trip was to walk the Camino, with Paris being a happy bolt-on for me. For centuries, pilgrims came from all over Europe on pilgrimage; of course, some started or passed through Paris. On our first day in Paris, we were walking down Rue St-Jacques, and I spotted the familiar…
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List #12: Soups on Regular rotation
This is another post about soup for Julie and Tobia’s Cool Bloggers Autumn Soup Challenge. When the kids were younger, we would have pumpkin and red lentil soup with toasted cheese sandwiches at least every one to two weeks. It was my easy go-to meal. No recipe … I would eyeball everything in lieu of actual measurements and…
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First Beach Day and It’s Still Spring!
A few years ago, we ended the summer, and I realised I hadn’t swum in the ocean once. Admittedly, we hadn’t had the warmest summer, but there were some days that I could have gone to the beach but didn’t. Most of that was just laziness and forgetting how refreshing it can be to swim…
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Good Things Friday
This week, I’ve felt a little bit tired—I have no idea why—but I’ve managed to get my workouts done. I’m now up to 30 minutes of 1 minute run and 1 minute walk. Since I don’t want to add intensity too soon, I’m still doing my sprint intervals on the bike to try to maintain…
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Smaller Museums in Paris
Our trip to Paris with our daughter in 2018 included many of the most famous sites, including Notre Dame, The Concierge, Sainte-Chapelle, the Arc de Triomphe, Musée de l’Orangerie, the Louvre, Versailles, the Eiffel Tower, Musée d’Orsay, and Musée Rodin. G is not a huge fan of museums; I went by myself to those last…
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Sunday Night Dinner: Tenderheart #42
I did not do a menu plan last week. Early Sunday afternoon, I turned my mind to what to eat for dinner. We go to night church at 5 p.m., so it needs to be something that is quick to cook or can be made ahead of time. For this reason, we often have soup.…
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Dog Beach Time
He loves to wade in but panics if it gets deep enough that he needs to swim. Now, he will prowl outside the windows at home, hoping to be let in, but that won’t happen until he’s dried off and the sand is brushed out of his coat.
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Eating My Way Through Paris
Those who have been reading my blog for a while will know I love my food. When I travel, eating takes a high priority. I like trying local specialties, enjoying special meals and eating well. I usually book at least some restaurants in advance and have a little list of things I want to try.…
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Tenderheart Cook #39, #40 and #41
I’m cooking my way through the Tenderheart Cookbook. Lo Bak Gao This is not something I would have cooked if not for this challenge, plus the fact that I had a daikon in my veggie box. The Quick Lowdown: Cabbage and Kimchi Okonomiyaki A confession: I don’t really like kimchi much so I left it…