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Tartines : Open-faced sandwich the French way

Tartines -open faced sandwich

In France tartines are eaten for breakfast but also for snack or light meal during the day. I always enjoyed my bread, butter and jam tartines for breakfast or snack or Quatre heures or gouter. But you may ask what is a tartine? It is a slice of bread, with [...]

Secret of a very easy French dish : leek and onion quiche

A dish made in 45 minutes, easy to make, delicious who can satisfied your entire family? What is it are you asking? Quiche! Of course. With a salad or a soup on the side this is the perfect lunch or dinner main dish. In France,every woman has her own twist when making quiches. She can [...]

How to shop and cook for a week

Sunday Roasted Chicken

As a mom, a nutritionist and a cooking instructor, eating well is something very important for my own wellbeing and my family’s. Some people are stressed out when their house is messy, in my case I am stressed out if my family does not healthy meals.

During my cooking classes and [...]

Pack a lunch Cookbook Giveaway…. the winner is….

 

First of all, I would like to personally thank all of you who participated in the giveway!

The random number generated was 41, which means the winner is Katie (sbdancer03)  you are the lucky winner ! Bravo!Please email me your postal address you will have until May 5 midnight PST to respond and contact me by email [...]

Pack a lunch! Free Cookbook Giveaway!

For Mother’s Day I am giving away one autographed copy of my cookbook: Pack a Lunch to one lucky winner.

healthy easy recipes for lunch meals and lunchboxes

This giveaway is open to everyone that lives in the United States (Sorry no international shipping) – Family, Friends, Followers,Complete Strangers, etc. Winner will be announced [...]

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 [...]

Easy Recipes: cooking with French cheeses

Tartiflette cheeses recipe

When my sister and myself stay at my parents’ house in the Basque country we usually take turn cooking the lunch or diner meal. We are all crazy about great cuisine and cooking in the family so there is always a new dish we learn from each other. Cooking in my [...]

A Valentine’s Picnic – Trader Joe’s Style!

Pack a Lunch – Valentine’s day picnic

Valentine’s Day is just a few days away and having dinner en tête à tête (one-on-one) with your loved one in a restaurant on Valentine’s day is certainly a romantic idea, but if the restaurant is packed, the service sub par, the food cold and overpriced, this [...]

Happy Chinese New Year 2012 – The Year of the Dragon!

Asian Soup

Today January 23, 2012 at midnight will start the first day of the Chinese New Year. This is one of the most important Chinese Holidays, it lasts for 15 days, each year is associated with one of the 12 animals in the Chinese zodiac, and this year is the Year of the [...]

Halloween Muffins!

I have been in “Homemade” mood lately. I am making our own baguettes, sandwich bread, pastas and even Ricotta from scratch! I want my family to eat healthy and it feel good to make and create thing homemade from scratch.

I had left two very ripped bananas and if when know me, you [...]