Le Manier

Today was beautiful beyond words. It was a combination of my favourite weather, amazing food, good people, and just a feeling of peace full of purpose. I feel like sometimes Heavenly Father connects us with the desires and feelings of our childhood to remind us of what we really want out of life--what will really make us happy.

Today I helped out with a luncheon at Le Manier, the villa where Les Petits Frères hosts events for the elderly people they follow.

Le Manier 

I had the chance to help in the kitchen today! I helped prepare the salad and dang, it was amazing. I added a rough outline of a recipe below if you want to try it:

Step 1: Lather strips of eggplant in olive oil and a little bit of garlic. GRILL them. Cut them up into smaller shorter strips. Mix them with red and orange baby tomatoes.
Step 2: Lay a bed of spinach/arugula on a salad plate.
Step 3: Add parmesan flakes, a black olive, and a little olive oil.
Step 4 (optional): Ring the plate with some balsamic vinaigrette glaze. Add a few croutons.


So the salad was the first of four courses, followed by:

 Ravioli with a "sauce provencal" 

 A cheese course (did you know they do this in France?? I was so confused at first); there were little triangles of Camembert and Roquefort. 

And then dessert. This thing--well I'm not quite sure what it's called but it is basically apple shaped like a rose on a small crust, laid in a sort of cream. 

We drew for a while.

Two of the ladies I spent most of my day with. The one on the right is a volunteer and she has a son living in Québec so we had lots to talk about.

Love, 

Stéf