Category: MONKVALLEY MEMORIES

Baked and grilled in the oven, this Miso-Glazed Eggplant is easily the dream dish of any eggplant lover! The eggplant pieces are nicely caramelized on the edges yet so creamy … Continue Reading →

Christmas Eve. was traditionally the evening when French families sat down together to celebrate Christmas. The meal can go for up to six hours. Le Réveillon. Was the name of … Continue Reading →

  Ooh La Loire on the move. A wonderful couple of days away, and all the gods were with us no travel restrictions, and the weather was well,  almost good. … Continue Reading →

Where would we be without our kitchen gadgets? Those well loved labour saving devices our grandparents could only dream about. Take the humble electric kettle that we take for granted … Continue Reading →

We are approaching our 17th anniversary of arriving in Le Val aux Moines, the years have flown by and the plans we originally arrived with have changed. For instance the … Continue Reading →

I thought it was time to put “pen” to paper with more news and stories from Monk valley. Life continues is be good and not a week passes by, without … Continue Reading →

Life moves on.  We left “village life vol 1” 8 years ago in the Society  and Sheila singing, with the tagline:- “I would suggest that if you told Sheila 10 … Continue Reading →