On French Cooking

French Cooking...... Heavenly. Though we have yet to visit France (hopefully one day), I have had a long love affair with all aspects of their cookery and pastries.
I grew up enjoying eclairs; absolutely love eclairs! Not the ones you find today that are filled with some kind of whipped cream concoction; but the lovely ones that are filled with custard. I used to make eclairs, but have found it a bit difficult over the years as we have been living well above 7,000 feet, and they just don't turn out as nice....

Diverging from Recipes for a minute: I have been working on the designs for remodeling our kitchen; and have finally settled on a French Country look. I plan to use beadboard as a wainscotting, and have already purchased some lovely fabric to make a valance for my 6 foot window. I have also purchased this really neat mural out of tile to put behind the stove. I have never understood why people have the walls around their stoves painted. Tile is much easier to keep clean. Below is a picture of the elements of remodeling my kitchen; which currently features brown paneled walls and carpeting (two items which have no business being in a kitchen). Because our house is old (Built ca. 1915), I am trying to return it to its former 'Edwardian'/'Arts and Crafts' era splendor. I will probably have some blogs about the remodeling before and after.

Okay, now back to recipes....
I have several cookery books on French Cooking, and they are chock full of great recipes, but alot of the recipes are complicated and lengthy. For now, in the spirit of French Cooking I thought I would share three recipes; one for beef (boeuf) and one for chicken (poulet), and one for eggs (oeufs), (bet you didn't think you were going to get French lessons in this blog)! There are many versions of these recipes that can be found; these are quick and simple recipes (I mean no dishonour to the French by modifying these fantastic recipes, but with todays hectic lifestyles; quick can still taste great). (You can click on the recipe cards to make them larger and easier to read)!

The Egg recipe is a favorite, not only with Dave, but with friends of ours. Whenever I used to visit, this recipe was requested for breakfast.


Bon Appetit!