Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Quatorze Juillet! July 14th is often thought of as France's Independence Day. More accurately, though, it's French National Day — called La Fête Nationale in French — and commemorates the day, in 1789, when crowds stormed the Bastille, a fortress used as a prison in Paris. The event marks the beginning of the French Revolution.  So, to the mantra of  Liberté ,  Egalité ,  Fraternité! reverberating in my head, I decided to make a red, white, and blue version of the warrior puddings we've been enjoying this week. These are fairly easy to make and feel like a healthy dessert option. Warrior pudding is easy to make. The proportion is 1/4 cup chia to every 1 cup of liquid; you can get creative from there. Why is it called 'warrior pudding'? Because, as my bag of organic whole chia seeds - tagline "Aztec Superfood" - explains: "The chia seed was eaten by Aztec for strength and was a main staple food along with corn and beans." ...

Quatorze Juillet! July 14th is often thought of as France's Independence Day. More accurately, though, it's French National Day — called La Fête Nationale in French — and commemorates the day, in 1789, when crowds stormed the Bastille, a fortress used as a prison in Paris. The event marks the beginning of the French Revolution. I wanted to make something French for dinner - and fast. I still had to meet a deadline after all. I finally decided on croque madame . The croque monsieur , is a ham and Gruyère sandwich slathered in cheesy béchamel; a  croque monsieur  becomes a croque madame when a fried egg is placed on top of it. "What does that mean, Mommy?" asked the Lil' Wom. Croque Monsieur is something like 'crunchy mister.' And Croque Madame  is 'crunchy missus.' "I get it! I get it!" he erupted. Get what? "I get why it becomes a girl when you put an egg on top." [Deep breaths.] Okay. Why does it become a...