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Easy healthy Recipe: stuffed cabbage leaves and bulgur with almonds

stuffed cabbage leaves

I was never too fond of cabbage when I was young. But I loved my mother’s whole stuffed cabbage. The first time she made it she complained how fastidious and long it was to make.  You need to open the cabbage leave by leave and then fill it with stuffing and [...]

Stuffed Zuchini Blossoms Beignets

zuchini flowers

Lucky me. My husband J. started a small vegetable garden last May. He planned everything: he designed it,  he made the beds himself. he found  the best soil available and spends hours bringing the soild in wheelbarrow,  he made the irrigation system, and place a net on it  in order to cover [...]

Mini Brioches (with or without fruits)

Mini brioches

Brioche baking in the oven then cooling off in my parents’ kitchen was the best scent ever! Then the first bite into a large slice of brioche made me happy. And if my mother was making her inimitable dark hot chocolate to drink in I was in pure heaven! When visiting any [...]

Easy French Apple Tart

Tarte aux pommes

This apple tart is related to my childhood. My mother used to make her own puff pastry during the week, freeze it and thaw it on Saturday night to have ready to use on Sunday morning to make fantastic tart for our Sunday lunch. On Sunday we could eat in the [...]

Homemade :Let’s make Crepes!

Crepes Zuzette

Tomorrow February 2nd is La Chandeleur ( (shanduluhr a very difficult word for Americans to pronounce) from the Latin candelorum festum meaning: festival of candles also known as Candlemas. It is celebrated by French people and other Catholic countries as the end of Epiphany ( See my post about Galette or couronne [...]

Very Chocolaty Chocolate chips cookies

Once Thanksgiving is gone we all catch pretty fast the Christmas spirit: days are shorter, cooler, streets are already decorated, Santa is hanging around, kids are more and more excited. And for most people baking is one of their favorite hobby during the holidays. There is no one single party where you go without [...]

FRANCE (South West) : Saint Jean de Port

Rue d’ Espagne This year I am spending my Summer in the Southwest of France, between Bordeaux and Spain in the Landes – Basque Country where my parents and in-laws live. This is my country, my region, my passion and my love. This trip has been very emotional since this is the [...]

Excuse me? 3 $ for a mini-tiny cheesecake ?

This morning on my way to the Public Library I stopped at Truly Madly Sweetly a little “family owned and operated bakery specializing in creative and distinctive cheesecakes and cupcakes, combining classic fresh French training with a fresh and delicious homemade taste”. I never been inside and since I noticed that they are opening [...]