This last week, I tried to finish all of my Christmas shopping (and succeeded in that, thank you very much). I find Christmas shopping hard enough as it is, without having the daunting task of getting something special from France. I have gone over and over in my head about what I can bring back for people that will be something they cannot find in the United States. I am not going to give anything away since people who will be getting said presents are going to be reading this, but it does have a little to do with food. So this had me on a wild goose hunt throughout centre-ville of Caen to find the best that I could. I wandered into a lot of different French shops that sold all different types of food. I feel as though I added all of the calories by simply walking into these stores.
Then, I have adopted Tuesday night as my night to cook for my house. It started about 3 weeks ago when all of my roommates gagned up against Pierre, one of our other roommates who doesn't cook often, and told him he had to make dinner. I offered to help because, let's be honest, I really don't help with the cooking all that often. So almost 3 weeks ago, Pierre and I made dinner on a Tuesday night for everyone. And then it just worked out that same way the next Tuesday night. This last week, Pierre didn't eat at home for dinner on Tuesday so I took it upon myself to cook for my roomies. I decided to make a quiche, because a. it's pretty easy and b. we didn't have that many options. So I got out the dough for the crust, and started cutting up onions. I grilled the onions with lardons, small pieces of ham, while I made the egg mixture. Mixed it all together, poured it in the pan with the crust, and got it into the oven. Of course, I watched it like a hawk for the full 20 minutes it cooked because I wanted it to be perfect! And it was absolutely delicious. I need to thank Nadege for suggesting the garnish on top because it definitely added to the look.
My quiche! I was so proud!
Wednesday I had a very productive day, so I gave myself a reward of a coffee, and a nutella waffle. I am trying to cut back on these but they are honestly so good and it's only a Christmas market thing so I think it's okay if I have a couple more this week before I leave. I am sure going to miss the Christmas market when I come back to Caen and it's not here anymore. Luckily we have plenty of markets around town on any given day and I can get great food at all of those places as well!
Thursday, it was my turn to do the food shopping for the house with one of my roommates. So we went to the giant supermarket and picked up all sorts of goodies and things we needed for the house. The first items in our basket were chocolate, cereal (with chocolate), and nutella. Yeah, we have our priorities straight. We ended up spending 132 euro on all of our food for just one week! But we also bought a lot of things that can stay good for a long time. I don't think anyone will have to go this week, especially since we are all leaving for home this weekend. That night, I think I had like 3 pieces of bread with nutella on it. Maybe it wasn't such a great idea to buy it for the house...
The next morning, probably half of the nutella was gone between the 7 roommates. It was only then that I decided to check for the grams of sugar in a serving. In 100 grams of nutella, there are 55 grams of sugar. Yikes! We checked to see how much 100 grams is and it's about one spoonful in a soup spoon. Well, as long as I don't eat that much at a time, I should be good! Besides, the nutella is almost gone in the house already so we won't have to worry about it anymore!
Saturday I went to a different creperie with Whitney and Josh, an assistant in Cherbourg. I had a wonderful galette with egg, cheese, and onion. And of course, a dessert crepe with butter and sugar.
Which brings us to Sunday, where I sit and write this post while keeping an eye on the cookies I have baking for my roommates. They love the homemade cookies I make and have been wanting me to make them again ever since the first time I made them. And I have to say they are turning out better than before as well. Finally getting the hang of this French cooking thing. And, I am very very excited to come home in less than a week and have all of the wonderful meals that come with the holiday season.
Bon Appetit!
C'est la bonne vie!
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