Cousinade

mousse de courgettes (zucchini) & mousse de betterave rouge (beetroot)

Sangria

Candy feeding frenzy that lasted 10 mins, at most. I had small pairs of eyes glaring at me when I took a tiny alligator gummy.

Little savoury pastries that Aunt Monique made.

A few varieties of rice salads, some charcuterie, pâté en croûte, terrine de courgette, tabouleh, lamb meat etc. 

Who made this flat quiche-like tart? Taste better than it looks.

Doesn't make a french meal with no cheese. Bring out the cheeses! All sorts!

And bread...

Finally, the dessert! The little plastic cups with white stuff in there are mousse de marrons. These little babies are yummy.

Our cousin, Arthur who is a pastry chef in a fancy Lyonnaise restaurant made these meringues- chocolate, lemon-orange and coconuts. I am not a big fan of meringues but Arthur's meringues are gooood.

Somebody's fruit cake. Pass. Desole, no fruit cake for me.

Arthur's cakes.

My selection of dessert

Cousinade or cousin reunion was a get-together of cousins on Papa's maternal side of the family.
All the sisters (including Papa's mother) have all passed away
but the children of these sisters, their children and children's children came together for the weekend.

It was a potluck party so there was quite a spread of food,
especially for dessert.

Because I can't speak french very well yet
and am no big conversationalist,
I spent quite a bit of time walking to and fro the buffet table.

Marks & Spencer's Take Away Food

Food for the train ride back.

Prawn + Mayo + Bread = Yum.
Make yourself one at home.

Ate this salad the following day because I couldn't have it on the train.
Took a spoon instead of a fork, plus I have one too many prawn mayo sandwiches.

These are what I got from Marks & Spencer's for the train trip back to Brussels.
Yes, it's quite a lot of food for 1 person
but I was there at lunch rush hour and there were many people grabbing sandwiches there.
There was adrenaline and excitement and so I bought a little more than I need.
I love prawn and mayonnaise sandwiches.
It's not ideal for the cholesterol, yes but prawn and mayo and bread are so good together.

I couldn't resist salads with flowers in them! FLOWERS in a supermarket salad! Wow!
It came with a spicy chili dressing.
I'm not so sure about the combo of the two
but FLOWERS in a supermarket salad, y'all!