by lauremoyle
@ Sunday, 04. May, 2008 - 20:13:09
whenever I need real comfort food, few things will do.
But one of them is "coquillettes" with grated cheese and butter.
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by lauremoyle
@ Tuesday, 29. Apr, 2008 - 22:23:30
It all started with a conversation on rivercottage forum about "good v cheap olive oil" with someone called badbadger.
Comparing the merits of various olive oil reminded me about my grand dad's lovely "gateau mousse" made without any butter, but with olive oil and white wine instead.
Sunday afternoon walks, busy bees cake and other recipes with honey
by lauremoyle
@ Sunday, 13. Apr, 2008 - 21:32:59
Sunday lunch when I was little.
Generally at my grand parents, my parents or my uncle and auntie. A whole 2 miles away from each other 
. We'd meet at noon, sit down for a couple of round of aperetifs with various nibbles
From holiday memories to my plans on "how to amuse 2 toddlers during the spring holiday": a trip to Broadoaks Pigs Farm, Funny Face breakfast treats and an afternoon at Wiston Tea Rooms
by lauremoyle
@ Friday, 04. Apr, 2008 - 13:42:21
We used to live just outside the village,
in a new built house that saw 3 successive extensions in 10 years. To accomodate our growing family: 4 girls NEED a lot of room. There's all the clothes, the dress up stuff, the riding gear, the magazines, the pushbikes, the "grocery store" (ALL pink of course...yeuck!
) with all the boxes of supplies carefully kept and cellotaped by mum,
spring clean and time for a pic nic?
by lauremoyle
@ Monday, 31. Mar, 2008 - 23:04:23
We went on holiday a couple of weeks ago...
and, banned from access to internet, I spent some time thinking about all the stuff I want to include in this blog...hence the slight reshuffle of the header again. Fingers crossed it should now cover all my main "cogitations" (that's thoughts" in French) about food 
Now that that bit of spring clean is done, parlons patés & terrines: I love them, preferably game ones. they are very closed to one another, except a paté is a paste -smooth or not- and a terrine made with pieces of meat, mainly handchopped.
Each time we go home I stock the car with little glass jars of "terrine de lapin aux noisettes" (rabbit and hazelnut paté), "paté de canard au poivre vert" (duck and green peppercorns) and "terrine de sanglier a l'armagnac" (wild boar and Brandy).
Verveine infusion, vacherin, crumbs and truffles
by lauremoyle
@ Tuesday, 11. Mar, 2008 - 23:56:23
So I finally made it to the evening...
kids in bed, run done and dusted, kitchen tidy (ish). just in time for...Hotel Babylon and a cup of tea...of course not! I have lived in England for over a decade now but still can't drink the stuff I am afraid. Just not for me.
What I do like to drink, apart from strong, black expresso coffee, is an infusion of dry verveine (verbena) leaves in the evening. No sugar, occasionally a small teaspoon of honey (from mum and dad's own beehives) for a sore throat a little treat.
It's a long family tradition. Like lots of food and drinks I enjoy, it brings back happy memories and a big smile on my face thinking of it.
Frangipanne based puddings...and local farm shops!
by lauremoyle
@ Monday, 03. Mar, 2008 - 22:27:09
Yesterday night I was watching Rick Stein's program...
the one where he travelled through the South of France from West to East on a barge, stopping and sampling local dishes like cassoulet, salade de chevre chaud or gratin dauphinois. During that program, he made a Pithivier, an almond cream pie encased in puff pastry. He added fresh cherries to his which I have never tried but sounded like a nice idea.
It reminded me how much I love almond cream. It's called "frangipanne" in French. It's a brilliant base for a fruit tart or indeed for the traditional Galette des Rois we eat on January 6th.
Or to make stuffed almond croissants...
back from holiday at long last!
by lauremoyle
@ Monday, 25. Feb, 2008 - 23:24:56
Last week I went back home with the little ones for half term...
seeing that my other half was away for the week anyway! Needless to say I have spent a week indulging in one of my favourite hobbie: food tasting. I had to be a bit sneaky this time since my mum, dad and sister were in the middle of a little spring detox and...not eating much else than soups and boiled vegetables.
Anyway, I managed.
I also tried to do the same things with our kids that I remember doing with my parents and grand parents, simply because I have such great memories of growing up in Beaujolais.
Broadening horizons and chocolate heaven!
by lauremoyle
@ Friday, 15. Feb, 2008 - 14:56:29
You might have noticed I have changed the header that describes what Yummy Homely Food is all about.
I have been thinking about it for a while, I have tried quite hard to change the way we shop and eat at home for the past year at least now. I've tried to go back to principles I was brought up on...I am only talking about food here! My parents and my grandparents have always shopped local and eaten seasonal stuff - fruits and vegetables from the garden when available or from the local Tuesday morning market and butchers in the village... They "recycle" most leftovers, freeze/preserve excess seasonal food to use later when it's scarce. I blanked that for a long, long time .....then woke up!. Probably because of all the hype around the sujbect here in England and th fact that I might be more receptive to the issue now that I am a "mum of 2 getting on a bit and living in the countryside". Just joking, I can still stay awake past 10:30 pm...on the odd occasion.
a kinda tiramisu style cake to make with the kids and a HUGE jar of Nutella!
by lauremoyle
@ Monday, 04. Feb, 2008 - 23:37:45
I spend lots of time these days trying to remember some of the recipes I enjoyed making/eating when I was little,
Why? Some write a journal, I am a bit more of an exhibitionist! Seriously, it makes me write down LOVELY, special memories I don't want to forget, it makes me SMILE a lot and it helps me remember stuff I can in turn, make with my KIDS. OK, mainly with Tom, but little Millie likes to help too even though she's only 14 months. The other day she spread jam on her toast all on her own - she did a great job and was very proud of herself (even though her hair had to be thoroughly washed after!)