In the first week of January with a hard lockdown announced we decided to try a virtual French holiday to add a bit of variety to our lives. Our holiday to France in April had been postponed to September then pushed back to March 2021 which was also looking improbable.
Colin did an indoor simulated ride of a French mountain on 4 days and a run on another to the Little France area of Edinburgh. We went out for a short walk to a french cafe or boulangerie to collect cakes or bread and cooked a recipe from the French Recipe books we got for Christmas over the 5 days of the "holiday".
Above the Victor Hugo Deli and below the resulting lunch.
Recipes for dinner during the week were;
- Marinated Roast Pork with Cauliflower Gratin
- Stuff Tomatoes with Taboulet following by Pancakes
- Sole Meuniere with baby leeks (home grown) in vinaigrette
- Steak with Gratin Dauphinois
- Roast Chicken with herbs and lemon
We watched a French movie each evening:
- La Haine
- Intouchables
- The Kid With A Bike
- Les Miserables (2019) - not the musical
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire