Tag Archives: mini casseroles

Lamb and Spinach Parmentier

Posted on September 13, 2011 by cookinginsens

Thinking of making a lamb burger and knowing how difficult it is to find ground lamb, I pre-ordered a couple of kilos of ground lamb in 500 gram packages from M. Parret’s butcher friend in Gron. Gron is a … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged cooking, cottage pie, food, lamb, mini casseroles, parmantier, recipes, spinach | 17 Comments

File Gumbo Light

Posted on May 11, 2011 by cookinginsens

In our family, gumbo was chicken, shrimp, sausage, crab bodies and file, period. No okra. Light on the rice. There was really no big brouhaha about the roux. You made a gravy base; no big deal, gravy was … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes, Recipes | Tagged cooking, creole, file, food, gumbo, Haitian, le crueset, louisiana, mini casseroles, recipes, sausage, Shrimp | 10 Comments

California Bear Makes Jambalaya

Posted on April 27, 2011 by cookinginsens

I think that since the time our son went away to university in London, he’s been hungry. I don’t think this really happened when he was in boarding school in Switzerland; they had fantastic meals and plenty of it. … Continue reading →

Posted in American, Cooking, Food and Wine, Main dishes | Tagged Chicken, cooking, creole, food, jambalaya, le creuset, louisiana, mini casseroles, recipes, sausage, Shrimp | 3 Comments

Mini Casseroles of Veal Kidneys in Mustard Sauce

Posted on March 28, 2011 by cookinginsens

I like kidneys, Jade likes kidneys but the men don’t. More for us. Their aversion is to “les abats”, or the insides of any animal. Well guys, the French are standing in line for this, paying ridiculous prices … Continue reading →

Posted in Appetizer, Cooking, French, Main dishes | Tagged cooking, food, Kidneys, mini casseroles, mini cocotte, mustard, recipes, rognon, veal, veau | Leave a comment

Thai, Peking Duck and Parmentier

Posted on March 6, 2011 by cookinginsens

This weekend Jade and I were in Paris for a visit with her brother. It’s 53 minutes from our town to Paris by the TGV train. We spent Friday at the hair salon and met the son and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Asian, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes | Tagged boudin noir, buttes de chaumont, carpaccio, chinese, food, le creuset, mini casseroles, noodles, pancakes, Paris, Parmentier, peking duck, pere lachaise, potatoes, Thai | 4 Comments

Parmentier de Boudin Noir aux deux Pommes

Posted on February 28, 2011 by cookinginsens

A dish that is “parmentier” includes mashed potatoes and is similar to a cottage pie. The two types of “pommes” in this recipe are potato(pomme de terre) and apple(pomme). Unlike the rice and pork meat stuffed boudin blanc of Louisiana … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, Food and Wine, French, Main dishes | Tagged apples, blood sausage, boudin noir, cheese, cooking, food, le creuset, mashed potatoes, mini casseroles, recipes | 10 Comments

Rognons de Veau: Veal Kidney Stir Fry

Posted on February 14, 2011 by cookinginsens

When I was working in Bamako, Mali at the American Embassy, my office window looked out onto this minuscule bar/restaurant, run by a Lebanese family, called Ali Baba’s. It was there that I first tasted sauteed lamb kidneys. It was love … Continue reading →

Posted in Appetizer, Asian, Cooking, Food and Wine | Tagged celery, garlic, green pepper, Kidneys, le creuset, marinade, mini casseroles, onion, red pepper, rognons, shallots, stir fry, veal, veau, Vegetables | Leave a comment

Le Creuset – Veal and Mushroom Pot Pies

Posted on January 21, 2011 by cookinginsens

I love this sink! Veal should be a light pink, otherwise it’s teenaged cow, or just cow Veal stew with mushrooms, leeks, and creme fraiche Rwandan Marble I’m eating this one

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Le Creuset Mini Casseroles

Posted on January 19, 2011 by cookinginsens

This gives you an idea of the size Our son gave me a set of 4 Le Creuset mini casseroles for Christmas. Big boy! I had been obsessing over them every time I went to the store. I just couldn’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Cooking, French, Main dishes | Tagged cheese, ham, le creuset, mini casseroles, potato | 3 Comments

Cottage Pies

Posted on December 27, 2010 by cookinginsens

We had these for lunch on Boxing Day. Recycled from Christmas dinner, I tossed the capon and it’s gravy with the vegetables and topped this with the garlic mashed potatoes. More!