So my family likes crepes, like most typical french people do. But since we're all on a diet together now we have turned to "healthy crepes". First let me explain that you can buy crepes here can be bought pre-made in the grocery store, much like we buy tortilla shells in the States. And there are many different variety of crepes as well, made with different ingredients, each trying to claim that they are the healthiest, the most original, the traditional variety, or even exotic (sun dried tomatoes?!). Anyway, my host mom recently bought a packet of wheat crepes. And this is their healthy method of preparing the crepes. After soup is consumed, host mom goes back to the stove and melts 1/2 table spoon (about) of butter into a pan. The crepe is placed on the pan. At which point the person who will be eating the crepe chooses the ingredients to put in it. I chose smoked salmon and chevre (goat cheese) by request of my host sister (thus the packages would be open and she could have the same thing). The salmon is placed on the crepe with goat cheese sprinkled on top then the sides folded up and once cheese is slightly melted the crepe is done, butter is put back in the pan and the process restarted. So much for a diet haha.
In other news, us Americans have found a fresh salad bar that offers local salad ingredients that are sustainable. Envie has become a new place that we visit quite often, and because the owners are younger guys that are also immigrants, they like talking to us a lot and often offer us free things at the end of our meal. Their Moroccan tea is to DIE for! Then their salads (and pastas) are also pretty good, and to get them with a tartine st. nectaire (toasted bread with cheese melted on top), oh it's divine. Then the other day when we went there, there weren't any tables to sit at, so we got our food to go, and because of the inconvenience, the guy offered us free yogurt (usually 2 euros extra as a dessert) but this yogurt was delicious! it was much more liquid than normal, but it was still very good. The next time we went back we said we really liked it and he explained how to make it! Unfortunately because of pasteurized milk in the states, this yogurt cannot be made state side, but if you some how get a hold of non-pasteurized milk in the states here is the recipe:
1L milk
1L creme fraiche
Add together and sit over a low heat for 1 hour. At this point add spices/sugar/flavorings or none
Let sit for 4 hours off heat after it has reached a simmer for 1 hour.
Serve!
We plan on asking for the tea recipe the next time we go.
Peace, Love, and Non-Pasteurized Milk!!!
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Well, I have been eating Crepe's since I was a young lad, now I make them every Sunday, but these are Canadian Crepes !!!!!! I could teach you later in the fine art of Canadian Crepes. U. Paul
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