It's a Classical Life

Welcome back to It's a Classical Life.  I hope you have been enjoying this season (autumn or spring); finding moments to connect with nature, appreciate the simple things, read the classics and enjoy a slower pace as we approach the holiday season. I wanted to share with you a recipe today of one of my favourite spring dishes - quiche. I use fresh eggs from the chickens and fresh spinach from the garden and this dish is delicious! Here are some photos of the different steps in the recipe, so you can see how it looked as I made it. Sautéing the spinach, onions and garlic Assembling the quiche - the tomatoes are placed gently on top Served with some no-mayo coleslaw I chose to finish off some coleslaw with my piece of quiche; my son and daughter had roast vegetables with theirs. I prefer to eat my coleslaw without mayonnaise and a drizzling of French dressing. This meal was light yet filling and tasted delish! I love that we got to use home-grown produce as well; it certainly ma...

I don't think it comes as a surprise to any of us to hear that the cost of living is going through the roof at the moment. Everything that we need to live on, is increasing in price. Fuel, groceries, pet food, essential health products - you name it!  As I was compiling last week's Tidbits , I was thinking that it was probably very timely to look at what the Classics can teach us about living well, on a budget. Although many of our favourite classics deal with the wealthy, middle and upper class of British Society (a la Jane Austen), there is still so much to learn and many others from whom we can take our example.  1. Keep a garden Initially, the set up of keeping a garden can be a bit cost prohibitive but it can be worth it in the long run. The more that we can produce at home, especially essentials like fruit and vegetables, the less we need to pay at out at the shops. There are also the additional benefits that food grown or made at home tastes so much better than st...