Category: Easy

Homemade Pawpaw Ice Cream

Homemade Pawpaw Ice Cream

  Can’t make this sh*t up!  Sorry for the harsh language, but now that I have your attention, I think you are going to really enjoy this story — it’s bizarre and 100% true.  We have lived in our current house for many years and…

Light and Healthy Tuna Salad

Light and Healthy Tuna Salad

The best tuna salad ever Okay, now I know that sounds like I’m bragging, but I have been told by many people that my tuna salad is the best they have ever eaten. And I have been asked to post this recipe more than once.…

Strawberry Tart & Balsamic Glaze

Strawberry Tart & Balsamic Glaze

Strawberry fields forever  Do you ever get a song stuck in your head that you can’t stop singing over and over? Well, with the plethora of strawberries that keep showing up at my house, that’s what happened and how the strawberry tart transpired. I told…

Easy & Healthy Fish Tacos

Easy & Healthy Fish Tacos

Is there time for tasty taco tuesday tongue twisters today? Pepé and Claude challenge you to come up with some tasty taco Tuesday tongue twisters of your own while we make these easy and healthy fish tacos, but don’t talk with your mouth full (that…

Minestrone Soup

Minestrone Soup

More Soup for You! Who remembers “The Soup Nazi “ character from the NBC series Seinfeld that ran from 1989 to 1998?  The owner of the soup kitchen was not a patient man, but he evidently made a incredible bowl of soup which would cause…

Easy Chicken Stock

Easy Chicken Stock

Cooking while I’m sleeping OK, I know I’m going to regret this, but I have to give my hubby credit for this. Pepé tried to talk me out of it several times. Then Pepé finally gave up and went have a glass of wine or…

Tomato Basil Chicken Tart

Tomato Basil Chicken Tart

You say tomato, I say tomato! Tomato, tomato… I recently found this video and I just have to share it with you because I think you will enjoy it. It has so many things I like even if it reminds me that I’m older than…

Easy Pasta Salad

Easy Pasta Salad

Eclipsapalooza 2017 Living in the Midwest was especially cool this year because we got to experience the solar eclipse. Our wonderful friends (Ann and Rick) were gracious enough to host a spectacular Eclipsapalooza party in Columbia, Missouri. It’s  only a one and a half hour…

Fresh Basil Pesto

Fresh Basil Pesto

Fresh Basil Pesto Pesto… It’s Pesto! I couldn’t help but take a picture of Pepé next to these basil plants. I was showing a friend how big the plants have grown. He laughed and said, “It looks like Pepé’s tree house.” I think Pepé would…

Garlic Croutons

Garlic Croutons

You’ll Never Want Store Bought Croutons Again! People get all worked up about carbs and how they are somehow evil, but I believe in eating from all the food groups in good balance. And Pepé, well he’s French, so of course he likes his bread.…

Concoction No. 2

Concoction No. 2

Why do I Call it Concoction No. 2? I call this Concoction No. 2 because it’s a variation on Concoction No. 1 (which I will post another time). Neither of them have ever had a name that I know of, it’s just something I’ve been…