It's not very literary, but when I think of the word "simple," I immediately associate it with cooking.

If only every day I could turn out a beautiful, delicious, yet very simple dish!

Yesterday I succeeded. What were my ingredients?

A fresh, seasonal vegetable (or fruit?) that I already had on hand; "running to the store" is not simple...

A few staples that I always have in stock...

A half-eaten package of something...

No cookbooks, just putting the pieces together...

...and it all came together in less than ten minutes to make a lovely dish.

Simple.

This post was inspired by the Sunday Scribblings writing prompt for the week: "simple." I usually post my Sunday Scribblings on And So Forth, but this one obviously belonged on Cuisine Quotidienne.

For more posts on "simple," click here.
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  1. That is simply lovely and couldn't be better!

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  2. This is exactly how I like to cook and eat as well--simple, fresh, delicious! And it's a big part of the reason I love living in southern Italy so much ;)

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  4. Yum is all I can say!

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  5. It looks perfect! Simple lets you taste everything more completely.
    I love the new blog look! Well done!

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  6. Anonymous9:52 PM

    The picture makes my stomach growl. I too love to use whatever is on hand to see what can become dinner.

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  7. This is a great post. It looks so appetising too. I love my food simple, full of nutrients.

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  8. Anonymous1:54 PM

    Yummy, yummy, yummy. My tomatoes are just starting to bloom. It's going to be at least another 6 weeks.

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  9. Perfectly lovely. Looks delicious.

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I can make this wordy, or I can make it to the point.

Since I have felt detached from this blog for months now, I think I'll be straightforward.

I've decided to stop writing Cuisine Quotidienne. The site will stay up, but -- at least for the coming year -- I'll be blogging only on La France Profonde. And I may work in some food-oriented posts there.
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I do not post to this blog anymore and, to tell you the truth, I have plans to "put it down" io the near future. But I don't want to do that without a certain amount of pomp and circumstance, and at the moment, I don't have enough time to develop an appropriate farewell to Cuisine Quotidienne, which I imagine will take me several posts. It will have to wait until I get to the USA in four days!

For now, here's a little clin d'oeil to the 4th of July.
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I just downloaded some photos from a recent trip and, to my surprise, found some photos of food in the camera!

Just for your information -- I do still cook. I'm just not blogging about it and, if truth be told, I've been in something of a slump as far as creativity and trying new recipes go.
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With a month gone by since my last post, I'm making a formal decision to put Cuisine Quotidienne on the back burner.

Those of you who have followed this blog probably know that it has been something of a struggle. I have plenty of ideas for a blog about everyday French cooking -- in other words, this blog -- but the labor-intensive aspect of food blogging has definitely gotten the best of my good intentions.

I'll try to drop in here once a month or so, just to keep the place alive.
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I don't want to make any big pronouncements about the demise of Cuisine Quotidienne, but suffice to say that winter is taking its usual toll on me.

I think I may be taking a month or two off from posting here. Winter is by far my busiest time workwise, and with no vacation in sight -- no, I don't get the upcoming two weeks of vacances scolaires -- I think I'll just be keeping my head above water until March or maybe even April.

Take care all, and I promise I'll be back.
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I know there's a cooking blog out there somewhere that features peeks into different food bloggers' pantries. I keep waiting until at least part of my pantry looks really spiffy to send a post to it, but of course the "spiffy-looking pantry" part is never going to happen...

In the meantime, here is a small portion of my pantry. You can see quite a few French elements here, and a few American touches.

I'll be happy to take any questions.
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(Flickr photo courtesy of Maxime LeDuc)

Carrots are a reliable vegetable. They keep well, are easy to cut up and please everybody in my family. I virtually always have them on hand and, as in American cooking, they are one of the staple vegetables of everyday French cuisine.

When I was a student in Tours in the 1980s, we frequently ate at a restaurant that served plain, home-style French food.
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Oh my, the holidays were lovely.

I often spend a lot of time cooking over Christmas vacation, but this year I really took it easy -- for the entire week and a half I had off, including Christmas. So you won't be seeing a lot of fancy-dancy "look at all of these new recipes I tried on my vacation" photos here.

We enjoyed a simple but festive Christmas Eve meal, or réveillon du 24, featuring boudin blanc cooked with potatoes and sautéed apples.
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My, this is not a very French-looking cake! But it is what I came across to celebrate this blog's three-year anniversary.

I'm actually a little late on this: my first post was on December 23rd, 2005. And I have to admit I have struggled with this blog.

I think I have a good concept: writing about the reality of French cooking, shopping, and the everyday struggles of being a working mom who likes all types of food, and French food in particular.
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First, happy holidays to all of my readers!

So what is this rather mysterious looking dish? A few hints, because this is a tough one:

It has something to do with my heritageIt's what my daughter who is spending the year in the USA ate for Christmas Eve; I don't think it exists here in FranceIt tastes a lot better than it looksHappy guessing!
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