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Pea Pods Velouté
In the Spring season, I really enjoy to cook peas! But since a few time, I have been looking for recipes that I have never done before because I didn’t want to waste a part of my vegetables: carrot tops, radish greens and now, pea pods! We have been facing rainy cold days since a few days so I have decided to cook a delicious pea pod velouté. Here is my recipe… Ingredients: 150 g pea pods 2 potatoes 1 onion 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons crème fraîche (use a vegetable crème fraîche the vegan version) 1 chicken stock cube 1 L water black pepper Recipe: Wash and cut…
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Celeriac & Pear Velouté
Do you enjoy mixing vegetables with fruits? I love that and since I had some celeriac and pears in my fridge, I thought that it should be delicious to mix them together. So I made a Celeriac & Pear Velouté, which was a success. Here is my recipe so you can try it too! Ingredients: 1 celeriac 2 pears 1 onion 2 garlic cloves 1 chicken or vegetable stock cube 1 L water 1 tablespoon olive oil 1/2 teaspoon muscade 1/2 teaspoon black pepper Recipe: Peel and chop the onion and garlic. Peel and cut the celeriac. Place a big sauce pan on the burner at medium high temperature and…
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Summer 2021
What a complicated weather we had this Summer! Almost no heat but always cold and rainy days most of the time… It’s been really hard to keep the vegetable garden healthy and productive. We have been facing for the first time two diseases: mildew and powdery mildiou. They attacked our tomatoes, zucchinis, borage flowers, mint and sage… Hopefully, I used baking soda combined with water to face it as soon as it arrived and removed the attacked leaves. Thanks to this, only the leaves have been touched and all our fruits were healthy! But even with those deases, we had some beautiful harvests and been able to eat a lot…
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Vegan Poke Bowl
I really wanted to create my own poke bowl full of veggies and colors. So I began to think about the colors, tastes and textures I could pick and step by step, this beautiful bowl was created. Here is my recipe for a tasty, colourful and full of vitamins vegan poke bowl! Ingredients for 4 bowls: 530 g lentils 140 g corn 110 g palm heart 10 fresh peas (without pod) 6 radishes 2 carrots 1 cucumber 1 beetroot 1 turnip 1 shallot 1 tablespoon black sesame seeds chives 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon cider vinegar 1 teaspoon Maggi liquid seasoning 1 teaspoon black pepper Recipe: Pod the peas.…
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Potatoes & Zucchini Fritters
I used to cook potatoes fritters before, but never with zucchini. So, when my husband suggested to add zucchini, I was really curious about how good it would be. Finally, we will never cook potatoes fritters without zucchini now! Here is the recipe so you can do it as well. The ingredients here are for 15 fritters. Ingredients for 3 people: 4 potatoes 1 zucchini 2 eggs 1 shallot 60 g all purpose flour 35 g grounded parmesan cheese 30 g grated emmental cheese black pepper olive oil salt Recipe: Peel and wash the potatoes. Wash the zucchini. Cut them using a food processor. Mix them with 1 teaspoon salt…
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Spring 2021
Hello everybody, I hope you are enjoying the last days of Spring before Summer! Some changes here since the blog is now on its third year, I have decided to publish 3 different articles by year for our garden: one in the end of Spring, one in the end of Summer and another one between Autumn and Winter. Why? Many reasons: for the first time, I have planted an autumn and winter garden last year so I had a lot to tell about it; then, I begun the 2021 season really early from seeds so I am lucky to have a Spring garden; finally, we have expanded our vegetable garden…
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Spring Salad
Spring is one of my favorite seasons for food, there are a lot of green veggies fresh from the market and the weather is always changing from cold to hot, so you can cook delicious soups or salads! With good fresh ingredients from the market and my garden, I have decided to prepare a tasty Spring salad. Here is my recipe… Ingredients for 2 people: 1 small Romaine lettuce 1/2 cucumber 2 purple plum radishes (or easter egg radishes) 1 mozzarella cheese 1 spring onion 1 garlic clove 4 chives flowers 150 g snow peas 50 g fresh peas (without pod) 4 tablespoons olive oil 1 tablespoon cider vinegar 1…
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Seasonal Vegetables & Fruits
I really appreciate to cook seasonal vegetables and fruits. This is how things should be, we shouldn’t be able to have strawberries in Winter and chestnuts in Summer. So here is a list of a large amount of seasonal vegetables and fruits month by month. You can click on the links below to discover my recipes and posts about them. Avocado – Beetroot – Chard – Broccoli – Carrot – Celery – Mushroom – Brussel Sprout – Cauliflower – Butternut Squash – Watercress – Endive – Fennel – Turnip – Parnsip – Sweet Potatoe – Leek – Potatoe – Onion Squash – Black Radish – Rutabaga – Lettuce – Sunchoke…
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Veal Blanquette
Veal blanquette is a dish my parents used to cook on weekends when I was a child. I never did it myself before so I just realised why they only cooked this during the weekend: it takes 3h to cook! But it is so worth it… It is the perfect meal for the cold season, from the last days of Autumn, until the begining of Spring! Here is my recipe for 4 people. For the wine, I suggest you to chose one you will enjoy to drink with your meal, I choose a Chardonnay here. For the side dish, I cooked some rice (180 g cooked 10 minutes in the…
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Bathyscaphe
Located in La Ville en Bois district in La Rochelle, Le Bathyscaphe is “A curiosity Abyss” that I suggest you to discover as soon as you can. A steampunk bar whose decoration is inspired by my favorite books, movies and video games; if you walk through their door, you will go on a trip to friendliness country. Everything has been made to get you into a rescheduled universe, like a time break where ancient beverages stand alongside retro video games; by the way, if you are coming on a special quizz party, you may meet Han Solo, Jon Snow or even Sherlock Holmes…! So concretely, what can we find into…