lunch – Page 35 – Myfrenchkitchen

I had the opportunity to do some hot air ballooning recently. A wonderful experience and one I’ll definitely want to repeat, especially in the Alps. We took off from the chateau de Fontainebleau and landed an hour later somewhere southwest from there, where we were treated to champagne by candlelight. In the spirit of ending our flight with une coupe, I made a cake au fromage de chévre, avec olives et tomates. For when the knees get jittery after une coupe on an empty stomach!

…cake au fromage de chèvre avec tomates et olives…

If you’re interested in seeing two sketches of this flight, you can go to Aricantapestry.

…bonjour!…

…anchoring…

…stretching out the toile…

…let in some air…

…france montgolfière…

…propane gas…

…80 days to go…

…into the sunset…

…selfportrait…

…smooth…

…handsome crew…

…au revoir!…

I am always starving on a Saturday afternoon. But I don’t have the desire to take on cooking a meal. And I don’t want bread and jam. And I don’t want MacDonald’s or the likes. And I don’t want loads of dishes and cleaning up to do. I want no-fuss. I want something that is quick and easy and light, because we play tennis afterwards, but it still needs to be filling.

A protein salad like this one works for me. With a banana in the tennis bag.

Make a salad from the following ingredients:

Mixed salad leaves, a huge bowl.
mixed herbs of your choice
Bocconcini cheese
a can of “Catalan tuna” (tuna in a tomato sauce)
a small can of sweetcorn(or frozen)
sun dried tomatoes
cucumber sticks
dry roasted almonds
dried cranberries
A vinaigrette made of: sun dried tomato paste, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, sherry vinegar, lemon juice, salt and pepper, small finely chopped shallot.

serves 2