Family, Friends and Food

My last experience eating escargots dates back to one of my favorite restaurants in Cannes, France called Chez Astoux. Usually I would eat my favorite Moules provençales but on occasion I would have their superb escargots. What I love about these appetizers is dipping pieces of crusty french bread into that garlicky, cheesy butter sauce.

Just reading the ingredients for this recipe makes my mouth water. This is also a very inexpensive, impressive and surprisingly easy appetizer to make that will knock the socks off your next Family Friends and Food dinner.

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Tags: Appetizers, Recipes by Epp Luik
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I’ve posted my parsnip and apple soup on the Family Friends and Food website!

This is a great for fall, but it has such a unique flavour that I want to sneak it into my menus year round! I discovered it while researching recipes for our Nova Scotia dinner. Note that the original recipe called for light cream, but I substitute it just as successfully with soya milk. Other subsitutes for the cream include almond milk and other milks made from various blends of nuts and seeds. Just make sure they do not include any sugar! The parsnip and apple in this recipe are already sweet enough. For the broth, I always have containers of turkey broth in the freezer. I find turkey to be a healthy and lean source of protein, economical and very versatile. You get a lot of meals and lots of soups from the big bird!

After making this recipe, I realized that I had cooked a non-dessert dish that did not have either garlic or onion! I was flabergasted. I never would have considered a savoury dish without those two key ingredients!

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Tags: Appetizers, Recipes by Pauline Edward
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