Bejeweled Salad - an Attempt

 

lamb's lettuce, pomegranate seeds, baguette, goat's cheese, mustard and mayo

we bought a pomegrante at the market thinking its seeds would look like little rubies peeking through the green lettuce. unfortunately, our pomegranete was a little on the pale side. but it tasted delicious anyway!

il sent fort, le roquefort

rocket salad with parmesan cheese and lime dressing

pasta, mushrooms, red wine, walnuts, roquefort cheese, shallots, garlic,  salt & pepper

the big cheese

pasta, celery root, shallots, garlic, parmesan cheese, pasley, salt & pepper

Paolo e Petra

Back in Munich you will find our favourite restaurant (we haven't found its match in Paris yet!): 

Trattoria da Paolo

Paolo and his wife Petra are the charming owners of this beautiful and cozy little Sardinian restaurant in Sendling and most importantly: the food is exquisite! Before we left for Paris, Franz and I had dinner there to say good-bye and they gave us a nice bottle of Sardinian red wine. The other day seemed perfect to open it. Here we go:

pasta, mushrooms cooked in red wine and butter, shallots, garlic, parmesan cheese, salt & pepper

Home-cooked meals in Normandy

We spent our last weekend in Normandy- it was truly wonderful!

Our BnB had a kitchen we were able to use so we decided to cook dinner there instead of going out to a restaurant. We found this really neat pasta at the local grocery store and we cooked it both evenings!

pasta, green beans, tomatoes, goat's cream cheese, shallots, garlic, salt & pepper

pasta, fried mushrooms, goat's cream cheese, shallots, garlic, rosemary, salt & pepper

Snackshots!

autumnal breakfast

un dîner français 

Quinori

leek, tomato, feta cheese, veggie stock, onions, garlic, grainy mustard, lemon

quinori is a mixture of: red quinoa, rice, quinoa, chick peas, sesame 

Green

gnocchi, shallots, garlic, parsley, lemon zest, mozzarella, salt & pepper

pipe rigate, leak, chard, shallots and garlic, salt & pepper, deglazed with cider from Normandy!

chard and lemon risotto

Oodles of noodles!

pipe rigate pasta, tomatoes,  l o t s  of garlic, shallots, feta cheese (melted), feta cheese (garnish)

girandole torsades pasta, shallots, garlic, pesto verde, parsley, feta cheese

farfalle pasta, carrots, ginger, grainy mustard, raspberry vinegar, salt & pepper
pretty crazy, eh?

left to right: a classic: tomatoes & mozza with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt & pepper; good ol' spaghetti with a tomato & mozza sauce, and garlic, and shallots...dessert: mozzarella rolled in chocolate. No, not really! We simply had too much mozzarella

Salad days

lettuce, carrots, apples, feta cheese, lemon zest, ginger, mustard, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt & pepper

lettuce, tomato, grainy mustard, raspberry vinegar, olive oil, salt & pepper

lettuce, carrots, apples, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt & pepper, and baguette, bien sûr!

lettuce, carrots, fried shallots and corn, parsley, balsamic vinegar, olive oil, salt & pepper

lettuce, tomatoes, carrots, crème fraîche, honey, mustard, lemon juice & zest, olive oil, salt & pepper

The King of Salads

Franz prepared yet another leafy dream with fresh basil, carrots, tomatoes, and Parmesan cheese