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Helen Powell
Foraging France - Wild Garlic
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Lock down is making me turn to the land to add vitamins and variety to our meals. Yesterday it was a walk along our stream which helped brighten a store cupboard supper. The unmistakable pungent sm
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Jan 9
Donna Jones Holland
Savoury Stuffed Crepes
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yummy Crepes or Galettes don't have to be sweet and they don't have to be boring either! Here's my favourite filling Spicy Mexican Chicken Cook off a fajita style chicken filling with chicken mince
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Feb 3, 2020
Donna Jones Holland
Roast Goose and Red Cabbage
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I'm definitely feeling festive now! Although the rain is making me wish for the snow to come back! The dogs are never interested in a wet walk and so I find myself, trawling through my old recipes in
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Nov 27, 2019
Donna Jones Holland
War Wife Week!
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Clear that fridge and freezer out people! We 'make do' in so many ways, don't week! Being frugal is an art but a very necessary one! I absolutely hate waste but often still find my fridge and or freez
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Oct 24, 2019
Donna Jones Holland
Soup Tuesday! French Onion Soup!
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Classic comfort! Already cold here in Toronto so it will be soup for days! I make the best soups, I promise you and they are never bland. One of my absolute favourites is French Onion, mainly because
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Oct 15, 2019
Donna Jones Holland
Mondays call for a sweeter start!
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Pour the coffee love........! fresh bread a little milk 2 eggs cinnamon a little brown sugar dip both sides and fry! Top with maple syrup, bananas and walnuts! Yeah I know! Thank me later eh! D
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Oct 6, 2019
Donna Jones Holland
Autumnal Recipes - Cider Chicken Fricassee
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A fabulous way to combine French cider into your usual recipe! Not quite sure if the dish originally hails from Normandy or not, but it would certainly make sense with normandy being the apple capita
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Sep 15, 2019
Donna Jones Holland
Weekend Baking - French Macrons
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No human, French politician was harmed in the baking of these decadent treats! I very rarely met a person, that doesn't like chocolate, in some form or other and lets face it, chocolate cures everythi
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Sep 13, 2019
Donna Jones Holland
Hachis Parmentier (French Shepherds pie)
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Yummy! My favourite dish autumn and winter, hands down. Really rich comfort food and the french version is somewhat richer, Classic French Shepherds pie is made with minced beef in a red wine sauce.
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Jan 20, 2020
Donna Jones Holland
French Bakes - Gluten Free Cocoa Madeleines
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The madeleine or petite madeleine is a traditional small cake from Commercy and Liverdun, two communes of the Lorraine region in northeastern France. Madeleines are very small sponge cakes with a dist
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Aug 28, 2019
Tia Malcolm
French Potage Soup
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Both me and my little one have sore throats and coughs at the moment and with us all starting to feel the cold, here is a great little recipe that will boost all of our immune systems..... Ingredient
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Dec 27, 2020
Donna Jones Holland
Weekend Wonders -Camembert and Leek Tart
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Now I'm talking! We have cold weather here but apparently France is in Faux Spring! Ah well, I'm home soon! I don't have a lot of time to write, I'm sure you will forgive me with the impending move
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Jan 19, 2020
Sophie Van Luvanee
Le Beaujolais nouveau est arrivé! Beaujolais Day is here!
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Le Beaujolais nouveau is a special wine produced from Gamay grapes grown in the Beaujolais area, located north of Lyon, and covers parts of the north of the Rhône département of the Rhône-Alpes regio
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Nov 20, 2019
labugliere
Have Your Cake and Eat It!
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Who doesn't like a slice of cake? Chocolate cake, Victoria sponge, layered cakes, big cake, cupcakes, you name it, I'll eat it! As do my children and all their friends. And all my friends! Unfortunate
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Dec 17, 2020
labugliere
Anyone for a bit of crumpet??
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Sometimes you see a picture and you just know it's British; a pint of beer in a pub, The Tower of London, the Queen, fish and chips, scones and jam, a pot of hot, steaming tea...and crumpets. All thes
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Oct 9, 2020
Donna Jones Holland
Cook French - Beef Bourguignon
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Oh how we long for cold nights and warming stews...... A true Boeuf Bourguignon should be dark and gamey looking. It should not be pale and pasty and full of gravy granules! Take That would sing ' ha
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Sep 17, 2019
Donna Jones Holland
A treat for your tummy!
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Milk Chocolate Lava Cake with caramel sauce! We feel a little indulgent at UN French HQ This fine Sunday! We can always walk it off eh! Recipe for 2 60 g unsalted butter melted and cooled a little
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Sep 15, 2019
Donna Jones Holland
Oh now.........why all this veg all at once?
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Just call me Charlie Dimmock! I know! That's just how veggie patches operate, right? Like buses, nothing for months and then suddenly your veggie patch is loving and giving in abundance all at once
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Sep 6, 2019
Donna Jones Holland
Traditional French Corsican fish stew with mussels and garlic toasts
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Got a lot of tomatoes? Bouillabaisse, that ancient and legendary fish stew, has a history as rich and colorful as its ingredients. Over the centuries along the coast of Marseille in southern France,
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Sep 2, 2019
Donna Jones Holland
VEGAN Lavender Shortbread
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So pretty and make such a lovely little gift! The French may not use lavender much in cooking and baking but we do! If not a gift, I recommend a lemon and lavender icing to really lift the taste bud
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Aug 31, 2019