Cookery

Luckily for me, I don't have to do any cleaning and only minimal cooking here, unlike many other Au Pairs. However, I thought that I'd give the mum a few nights off and make some meals for the family last week. The French are completely fascinated (and disgusted?!) that I am vegetarian, and it is a topic that comes up every meal time without fail. I therefore thought that it would be nice to introduce some vegetarian cooking to this carnivorous family!

Finding all of the ingredients in France proved to be quite the challenge!

My chickpea curry - tastes better than it looks!

One night I made a delicious chickpea curry, which went down a treat even with the little girls, who helped themselves to seconds and even thirds! This dish was rather fitting as it's currently 'La fête du Pois Chiche' (chickpea festival) in the region! Yup, I didn't know that existed either... 
Another evening I made homemade pizza for the family: spinach pizza for me and ham and chorizo for the family. Unfortunately it was demolished too quickly for me to manage to take a photo!
And of course, I couldn't resist making chocolate crispie cakes with the girls... We can't be healthy ALL of the time!

A little too much of the mixture was eaten before the cakes were actually made!

'Roses des sables au chocolat'