Days are getting colder here in Germany and it is time to enjoy a filling soup. It is our habit to have a soup at dinner time during the cold seasons until days get warmer again. I usually make a soup using whatever vegetables are in season and to adjust smoothly to a real “wintry”
My French students are now learning the passé composé in class and I am looking for ways to help them acquire this new tense without doing the traditional grammar approach.
The first text which came to my mind was Le déjeuner du matin which is actually a poem widely taught in French classes because the language is quite simple and repetitive.
I now have a “big” family and so far I have to feed five people everyday (3 boys and 2 adults but my boys eat nearly like adults!). Needless to say I am looking for easy big meals which can last for a few days so I don’t spend my days slaving in the kitchen.
One thing I did enjoy when living in England was the traditional Sunday lunch. We would either head to our local pub and enjoy a roast or head to our friends and spend most of the day eating, drinking and talking. This was partly because one of our friends was French and she did enjoy as much as we did sitting at a table for half the day enjoying the food and conversations about nothing and everything!