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my home in the French countryside

Here I share seasonal recipes, quiet moments from the garden, simple travels, and the little joys of everyday lifeโ€”all seen through Vietnamese eyes.


EXPLORE CHEZ THAO HOANG
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Explore Chez Thao Hoang

A collection of recipes, garden moments, travels, and stories from our life in the French countryside.

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FEATURED RECIPES
  • Homemade taro purple sweet potato mooncakes โ€“ bรกnh trung thu nhรขn khoai mรดn khoai lang tรญm
    Taro Purple Sweet Potato Mooncakes โ€“ Bรกnh Trung Thu Nhรขn Khoai Mรดn Khoai Lang Tรญm
  • Homemade chestnut coconut snow skin mooncakes โ€“ Chez Thao Hoang
    Chestnut Coconut Snow Skin Mooncakes โ€“ Easy Microwave Bรกnh Dแบปo
  • Roasted stuffed pumpkin with minced meat, beans and chestnuts
    Roasted Stuffed Pumpkin with Meat, Beans & Chestnuts
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FROM THE GARDEN

Garden in Autumn

Figs from the garden
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They are soft and delicate, intensely sweet when perfectly ripe, and almost too beautiful to cut open.

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“No one is born a great cook, one learns by doing,” and “If you’re afraid of butter, use cream.”

Julia Child
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SLOW LIVING JOURNAL
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    My Favourite Garden Tools
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Cooking, traveling, gardening and slow living

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๐Ÿช‚ Would you dare to fly here? ๐Ÿ˜ Paragliding above ๐Ÿช‚ Would you dare to fly here? ๐Ÿ˜
Paragliding above Saint-Vincent-les-Forts in the Hautes-Alpes ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Mountains, valleys and that endless blue skyโ€ฆ ๐Ÿ’™
Me? Iโ€™m still deciding whether Iโ€™m brave enough to leave the ground. ๐Ÿ˜‚
Would you do it? ๐Ÿช‚
#ChezThaoHoang #SaintVincentLesForts #HautesAlpes #Paragliding #FranceTravel
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๐ŸŽƒ Roasted Stuffed Pumpkin โ€” Chez Thao Hoang Versio ๐ŸŽƒ Roasted Stuffed Pumpkin โ€” Chez Thao Hoang Version ๐Ÿ‚
Tiny pink pumpkins filled with simple autumn goodness. ๐ŸคŽ I used Miss Sophie Pink squash โ€” small, sweet pumpkins with tender skin that becomes deliciously soft when roasted. No peeling needed!
For 4 pumpkins:
๐ŸŽƒ 4 small pumpkins
๐Ÿฅฉ 200 g minced pork & beef
๐Ÿซ˜ 200โ€“300 g mixed cooked beans
๐ŸŒฐ 100 g cooked chestnuts
๐Ÿง‚ A little salt
๐ŸคŽ A touch of cinnamon
Season the minced meat, beans and chestnuts with a little salt and cinnamon.
Shape the raw minced meat into 4 balls. Cut the tops off the pumpkins and scoop out the seeds. Place one meatball right in the center of each pumpkin, then pack the seasoned beans and chestnuts all around it.
Pop their cute little pumpkin hats back on ๐ŸŽƒ and roast at 180ยฐC until the pumpkins are beautifully tender and the meat is fully cooked through.
And that's dinner. ๐Ÿ‚ Sweet roasted pumpkin, creamy beans, nutty chestnuts and a juicy meatball hidden right in the middle. And yes โ€” eat the pumpkin skin too! ๐Ÿ˜‹
#chezthaohoang #pumpkinrecipes #PumpkinSeason #quickrecipes 
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Some views make you forget what you were rushing f Some views make you forget what you were rushing for. ๐Ÿ’™
Blue skies, mountain air, sparkling waterโ€ฆ and nowhere else I need to be. โ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŒฟ
Just one of those little moments that makes everyday life feel a bit more beautiful. ๐Ÿฅ‚

#ChezThaoHoang #SlowLiving #FrenchSummer #MountainEscape #SummerInFrance
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