Tag: Nutmeg

  • Spinach and Ricotta Self-Crusting Mini-Quiches

    Spinach and Ricotta Self-Crusting Mini-Quiches

          Even spinach haters like these Spinach is one of those poor maligned vegetables that everyone loves to hate, but happily eats when it’s mixed in with other ingredients, such as eggs or cheese. Even my kids, who vow and declare that they detest spinach, gobble it up when it’s “hidden”. I put…

  • Goat Cheese and Pistachio Souffle

    Goat Cheese and Pistachio Souffle

        Souffles are not as hard to make as they seem Now, don’t let the fact that there is the word “souffle” in the title scare you off.  Souffles have an undeserved reputation (along with sponge cakes and meringues) of being difficult, if not impossible to make at home unless you are some kind…

  • Spaetzle with cream, peas, and bacon

    Spaetzle with cream, peas, and bacon

        Spaetzle, mountains, and intriguing areas of Italy The kids are back at school.  All is quiet on the Cote d’Azur as the tourists have flown back to the far corners of Europe from whence they came.  We can start thinking about Autumn and writing blog posts (oh, that last bit is about me,…

  • Artichoke Flan With Fontina Cheese Sauce

    Artichoke Flan With Fontina Cheese Sauce

        My love-hate affair with artichokes It’s coming into artichoke season!  I have a love/hate relationship with artichokes.  I love to eat them but hate dealing with them: from the minute I pick them up at the market and they prick me with their nasty thorns, to the time when I’m trying to pull…