I grew up that way. Every Sunday, we would have dinner at either my grandmother's or great aunt's house. There were four generations eating dinner together. And I'm American.
My grandparents from Italy, a great grandparent from Monaco. I am a So Cal girl with the Italian/French way of eating instilled in me from an early age. I love cooking one pot meals filled with veggies, sometimes a meat and fresh herbs and a side of pasta, rice or quinoa. Sharing with friends and family. The best! And what better way than to eat outdoors. Your meals look yummy, you are very fortunate to have the family and lifestyle you have and it’s wonderful how much you appreciate it.
What a lovely family! Thank you for sharing. The thing that struck me for the first meal was how simple and economic the ingredients are. Bread beans potatoes and veggies so fresh - even if brought at a market are relatively economical. Portions were smaller but the food was common and you could get more if you wanted. What did surprise me was that after lunch with your deserts you did not have coffee on the table. (Understandable in the evening meal) also very interested in the herbal warm drink was it from fresh herbs or shop brought bags/loose leaves.
Yes, we like to focus on simple, cheap, whole ingredients- it's best to feed a lot of people! For coffee, usually those who drink it have a cup after lunch, but we don't make a pot of coffee for the table or anything. And the warm drink was from fresh herbs, but we also get the store ones sometimes!
People saying the portions are small...... 🤔🤔 Nuts, a large salad, bread, good sized scoop of potatoes and one of beans, bread, cheese, dessert, chocolate. That is a LOT of food for one meal. I'm true blue American
I said the same thing! I watched what her mom ate in a day and I told my husband this woman eats WAY more food than I do! There’s no way I could have fit all of her salad in my body. I’m convinced it’s not the portions. I think it’s that our food is poisoned in the USA.
@@brandynash1409buy good quality fresh food. Local fruits and veg. Nothing over processed. Cook your meals. Good food is the same whether you're in Province or California.
@@marinaleichis997 I cook all of my meals from scratch. The foods available in my local areas are not good for you. The flour to make your own bread is poisoned with chemicals. I grow my own veggies. Arkansas is an agriculture state. Chemicals spraying out of plains all the time on pastures and crops. It’s really sad.
@@brandynash1409 flour comes bleached or unbleached. I buy the latter or organic when on sale. Commercial farming uses pesticides everywhere. Otherwise food would cost even more than it already does and farmers wouldn't be able to grow ebough of it. Buy organuc if you can, and always wash your produce well.
@@marinaleichis997 I understand what you’re saying. I’ve known and taught these things for a decade now. Like I mentioned, I live all around agriculture. There are ways around it as I know people who do it. Our foods are also GMOS which our bodies do not communicate as food. So, we eat more because we have t received the nutritional factors from the food. Europe does not use GMO foods. We can do the best we can, but it still doesn’t change the fact that our foods and water are poisoned. Even organic. Our olive oils are also cut with seed oils. To be able to buy good quality foods you have to have the money to buy from good sources. Unfortunately, not everyone lives close to a supermarket. Our closest one is 1 hour away. And people can not afford $10 for 5lbs of organic flour when a $25lb bag is only $8. The unbleached is still GMO as well. We all continue to do our best. Other countries like Europe and Russia dont have to use the chemicals we do on our foods and they feed their people just fine. We have been fed a lie in the ISA that people would starve if they didn’t use it. Americans are just to lazy to do it themselves. And the ones who do it themselves get poisons drifted onto their foods and the crops are killed. Or their fields cross pollinates grandpas country gentleman corn and he gets sued for saving his seed when the GMO company is at fault and grandpa has to sell his farm to pay the lawyer fees. And let’s not forget the fact that local gardeners can’t even use their own manure from their own animals because of the grazon in the hay. If you use it as compost, your entire garden shrivels up. So... now we must buy the cheap flour and the gmo veggies. I’m not arguing. I’m just stating the facts that I see with my own eyes because I live in it everyday. And I’ve had personal experiences with these things.
I guess I wonder how anyone over 40 in the US does not remember this especially if family had southern roots. Big Mama always cooked from scratch, and you ate at the table and NO TV! Don't dare ask. For that matter you had to ask to get up from the table. You better eat too. LOL! Love the memories.
Your family is so lovely! Would really enjoy seeing more videos like this and also of your Grandparents and their gorgeous home! Your Grandmother looks like an amazing cook. Thank you so much 😊
My cousin lives in Canne, and one of the best things I had the privilege of doing was enjoying a French meal! It went on for hours and it was just extremely special to me! I only wish we would do that here. Everybody just sits down and rushes through dinner as quick as possible. My family does try to make it a time to communicate and enjoy each other's company as well. Love this thank you ❤
How lovely what a large family you have! Looked delicious! Most of my relatives are gone now or live elsewhere so enjoy those times! We used to eat together when my children were small but now everyone does their own thing and eats at different times. I usually cook a meal and leave it out for everyone at their own time. But I always sit down use nice China never with the Tv on, and cook lots of healthy veggies
Thank you Lucie for showing us your family meal, it was very interesting to watch! I was wondering if you could share some of the recipes for the food you ate with your family? Or maybe your grandparents might like to show us how to make some of these recipes? The food looked amazing and simple, yum!!
We love to eat outside when the weather is nice in California❣️We are blessed with wonderful vegetables and fruits in the summer especially ❣️🥰💕🍉🍇🥑🌶🥬🍅🥒🌶🍑
Absolutely loved this, thank you!! It’s hard to convince my family to eat together because we’re so used to eating separately so it’s nice seeing how easy a family dinner can and should be
I'm French and this is NOT a TYPICAL French family meal, especially for a festive Easter. Been invited myself into different families for Easter and prepared myself festive meals for 8. It's a meal for a certain type of amily and only somewhat representative (lamb, beans). I understand that a good part of the attending people are vegatarians. Most French aren't. 1) the amount of food is minuscule for the size of the group (12?). A normal Easter meal would include more courses and bigger portions, like asparagus, homemade pâtés or terrines, hard boiled eggs and salmon -for example, and the "entry" was only salad. 2) the lamb seems somewhat over-cooked and cut the "wrong" way, normally it's sliced. Obviously there were leftovers! 3) you obviously don't drink much wine with your food. 4) no Easter table decorations Don't misunderstand me. You eat what you want and the way you want and it's absolutely nothing "wrong" with it. But please don't make it "typical", especially when adressing a foreign audience. Just say it was YOUR Easter meal.
This is so nice. Reminded me of my family. We are Portuguese and the food style and really taking our time to eat and socialise y so nice. Thanks for sharing!
Great video. Your family looks so cool, they allowed you to film them. The meal looks great and very similar to what I eat (sans the lamb). I would love to have the beans' recipe. Thanks for showing us what real people are like in France, we have so many people promoting a non existing France. Your hair is beautiful.
Lucie, thank you very much for sharing this lovely family meals with us! You'll be probably surprised, but here in Moscow we eat the same way. Of course it's not like everybody. But i 've spent 15 years of my live in London and Geneva, so my culinary experience comes from Europe. But also looking back into history, Russian gastronomic tradition was under the huge influence of the great Freanch cuisine.
Love your beautiful family. I'm spending a week in the south of France this summer and this is so exciting. I can't wait. I'm already researching bio wines.
My grandma was used to making a lot of food and she saved a lot of money buy purchasing the fruit and vegetables that are in season. She was a single parent to 7 boys! Grandpas lamb looked delicious! Dad failed with the American accent. The only American thing was he spoke English. 😅 He seems really nice though. Is it just me or does anyone else think that left over soups and stews taste better when it's a left over? Yeah my family meals look like that. With the exception of wea the cheese is. We usually do meat and cheese as an appetizer with some fruit.
Growing Up My Grandparents had Dinners Everynight like this. After School I would go there, and we would have home cooked meals that was very similiar. I really enjoyed this, thank you. It brings back a lot of happy memories for me.😊❤
The meals look incredible 🤤 and what a beautiful gathering of your family feasting with love. I wish my family could experience this kind of togetherness 💕
So I am enjoying your videos a lot. My family came from Canada and naturally carried with it a lot of French culture (I live in the US). One thing I noticed is, for lack of a better word, knife culture that looks the same for France as well as Canada or at least the Canada I know of. As an American cook, I am used to using a chef's knife and a cutting board and I keep my knives as sharp as possible. In these videos I noticed that the knives are smaller in length and judging by how much effort its takes to cut things, they are not very sharp. I also see that, like my mother, some people in the videos do not use cutting boards but instead use small knives and cut upwards using the thumb as a guide. I can say from experience that you can get used to working with anything any way you want. But for me I do not think I'd want to try using knives as depicted here. Just a thought. Thanks for sharing French culture. It is delightful.
Are there no mozzies there? If I had an outdoor meal like this in Australia I'd have to be covered in bug spray and the mozzie coils would be going hard 😅
My parents, German and Canadian immigrants to America, always had big Sunday dinners like that. Weather permitting we would dine outdoors with family and friends. Two generations later my son carry’s on the tradition of conversation over drinks and wonderful dinners.
i love how much emphasis there is on vegetables and whole grains, potatoes, legumes! most people think the french eat a lotttt of butter and steak all the time... not true... the meat if eaten is very small portion and it is not like people are chugging croissants all day every day and drinking liters of dairy/butter. this is how you eat healthily! also love that you're a french vegetarian, Lucie! Hello from a dutch veggie (though more vegan these days ;) but i do love a little dairy treat here and there, like you!) xxx
just out of curiousity, did the waving child eat a full plate of salad? I have one son who would happily have eaten a whole plate of salad and one who still will not eat salad at age 18
Such a wonderful video. Family gatherings was always a great time for me. Everyone is gone now and I miss those days. Although our times eating were not lengthy, we did have lots of food and conversation. Thank you much for sharing.😊
This is going to sound like a really dumb question, but what do you guys talk about for all that time? I have always struggled with making conversation even with family. Do you talk about just your lives, what you are doing? Are there any controversial topics you dont talk about? politics, religion etc? Do family members ever get into arguments? Is there pressure for anyone to keep the conversation going? I find this so interesting.
I'm from the USA but this is how my family is. We talk about everything. Art, culture, our days, philosophy, the way things connect. It's a the best part of a meal for us.
This is really sweet. I lived in France for four years and this reminds me of my time there...we would drive out from Paris to the country for the weekend and eat meals just like this. Lovely!
I've watched a couple of videos on french typical meals, and I guess its just not for me. Its quite different from my usual fare of rice/beans/meat, stir frys of vegetables and tofu, root soups, air fried chicken with fries, fresh whipped cream with berries, etc. The closest I get might be noodles with pesto with a side of stewed veggies.
Hi! The way I grew up in the 1970-90 in US. If you don’t learn how to cook will be really hard to stay healthy. On no meds. EASY- recipes needed! US needs to cook from scratch, most people don’t know how easy it is to cook a whole chicken. Skip herbs just salt and begin from there. Hard boiled egg etc so they don’t have an excuse of too complicated. Basic. Also hi light the importance of fermentation that takes place in your bread, pizza, wine, beer, cheese etc. In US prepared products are made so fast this important step is so sped up so as making the bread/beer not only tasteless but not good for you. Ex- 1 month fermentation on beer has no sugar in it. 1 hour fermentation has almost as much as soda. Hook up with French cooking school and get recipes together. Thank you so much for helping my country get healthier!!😊
I know this sounds crazy, but I would actually watch the full length video of a French lunch or dinner time. All two hours of it. I find the hardest thing for my family is eating slowly. I’d be interested to study the frequency of bites per minute, how it is incorporated with talking, how often sips of water or drinks are taken, and that sort of thing.
I love this idea...eating outside and taking over an hour to eat! So different from the US. I can't help but think my butt would get so sore! But I do have fibromyalgia and I'm 44. 😂
My family had holiday meals in a more formal manner. The good porcelain china is used. Sometimes crystal and silverware. We always had cloth tablecloths and napkins. We ate all of the coarses together except dessert. However they would last a long time. Also, the menu items that we serve may have 15 or more ingredients and were much more complex. However our Sunday dinners were closer to what you were showing. This sometimes includes Aunts and Uncles with cousins. These were more casual, but our holiday dinners were formal and more religious. Our family dressed in their nice outfits. Everything was much more formal. One side of my family would have wine or beer on holidays. The other side did not and was more formal.
How did you and your family go trough the whole pandemic and v a c c i n e opinions? Is the family still the same dynamic? Did everyone made the same choice (v a c c i n e yes or no).... very curious, fromout The Netherlands, i live near by... here everything changed since then.
The problem I have is getting the family to enjoy each others company,it’s all gulp the food down as if it’s a race, then those so bloated waiting for over an hour for desert, but falling asleep or out side puffing, I Then am just trying to clear away because of the mess of stale food and dirty dishes. My daughter and I enjoy eating together in the garden with the children,taking time a little and often trying things here and there fruits with savoury and delicious breads that do not come out of a plastic bag, fresh clean tastes on china and mismatched dishes and glasses that clink, we later retire to do dishes in the dish washer and then back to the garden to enjoy the the peaceful life without men about.
thank you for sharing i make everything for easter and christmas too i cook and no food from outside and set up the table and have main dish meat, chicken , fish and rice and vegtable off course salad and cheese and walnute with basil and tea with carte cake which i bake for his birthday december 25th merci
We eat together as a family as well. At Easter we typically have 3-4 salads: an asian cabbage salad, a potato salad, a fruit salad, and greem lettuce salad. We have a roast or ham and breador rolls with that and desert after. We eat outdoors when warm enough and if inside add tables.
I wish my family was like this. I am the only one eating from the table and want to be receptive toward my parents, but they are always on their phones and ot's hard.
Great video, i have one question. How long do you usually eat? I mean how many minutes? As a slow eater I really struggle to eat less than 30-35 minutes every meal and don't know is it normal..
Thank you so much for sharing this. At one time families predominately all sat down to eat together especially during the holidays. Sadly in the USA, too many always eat on the run and we've lost something. Also, it became habitual to eat during the day and never sit down and enjoy a meal or wait until one felt hungry which is one reason so many of us are so fat.
This was delightful to watch. Thank you for sharing it and to your family for being willing to participate in it. Since the channel is about balanced and healthy eating, I wonder if anyone would be interested to know what people might have for breakfast and lunch (lighter meals perhaps?) on the day of a celebratory Easter dinner like the one you had. Thanks again for sharing!
The video is very interesting , different and nice .., im just very curious - don’t you make in France colored eggs for Easter and eating some of them at lunch or it’s just not typical for your family ? It’s very unusual for me :))
I don't know if it has always been that way in the US but here easter eggs are filled with candy more than chocolate. Growing up in France, my parents would hide chocolate eggs and chocolate bunnies in the backyard and we would have to find them. Kinder surprise were the best
