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April opening 2004 : Nettle soup: Pick the top of young nettles, let them cook in hot water with a vegetable stock
and salt, mix evrything. Cook 5 tablespoon of tapioca in hot water,in a small pan and salt.
Add the cooked tapioca to the mixed soup. Serve with some crème fraîche.

Peony and cornflower

May: The fresh mint starts to grow.
For an oriental touch make fresh mint tea with boiling water and sugar.
Rhubarb is growing ...a good rhubarb pie or compote ....
Lily of the valley and lilac are in flower...what a fragrance !

June : Lebanese soup: Cook 2 cups of green lentils in 1,5 l of water for 1/4 h, then
add 2 cups of cut seakale beets and salt. Let it cook 5 minutes more then add
a good cup of fresh coriander. Delicious soup.

Red poppy

July August : the flowers Sunflower Lis

September: The blackberry season, so many along the footpath

October: Apple picking.
Fast recipe for a good apple pie : on a fresh puff pastry, put some apple slices
mix 200 ml of crème fraîche with 2 eggs, cinnamon and sugar.
Poor the mixture on the apples.
Bake 30 minutes in a warm oven, 5 minutes before the end of the cooking, put some
slivered almonds on the apples...serve warm...delicious....

snack with Australian

November : walnuts fall from the tree. Delicious plain yoghurt with pears, walnuts and honey.

December : Christmas'time...

Happy Nieuwyear to everybody !

January : the landscape is white... so much snow...

February : Carnival in Maastricht (60 km from here)...fabulous fancy dresses ...

March : Springtime is here ...

July

Aperitif: Olives the "Isle sur la Sorgue" (a city in the south of France, Lubéron) way. Enjoy with a glass of fresh Rosé wine...
Take a can of plain olives.
Add some olive oil, some fresh lemon juice and a few drops of Tabasco.
Add two cloves of garlic finely chopped, a tomato cut in tiny cubes, some fresh basil leaves or a mix of Provencal spices. Cover and allow to rest for two hours at least in the fridge.

Strawberry mint-cinnamon

Cut 500g strawberry. Add some sugar, the juice of one orange and some cinnamon.
All 5 leaves of mint finely chopped. Mix everything and let it 2 hours in the fridge.
Fresh and delicious desert.

dog garden country cottage Silk,a very nice dog on holiday in the garden

Veronique and Dominique uphill "La Redoute"