Fish Sauce Beurre Blanc
Fish Sauce Beurre Blanc is very easy to make, and it is delicious! The “sauce beurre blanc” is a delicate combination of flavors. Butter and cream perfectly balance off the shallot, lemon, and white wine. […]
Zucchini Tart
This Zucchini Tart is an easy everyday tart that combines the flavors of fresh zucchini with goat cheese and mint. Though zucchini and goat cheese is a common combination, mint is less so, but as […]
Zucchini Tomato Quiche
Quiche is always a wonderful dinner dish. Easy to make, and a great way to enjoy fresh vegetables. I had the idea of making a quiche with provencal flavors, hence this zucchini tomato quiche. I […]
Provencal Vegetable Soup (au pistou)
This provencal vegetable soup, called “soupe au pistou” in French, is a well-known speciality of Provence. It contains a variety of vegetables, and most importantly comes with pistou, which is the French version of pesto. […]
Onion Tarte Tatin (Upside-down Tart)
This Onion Tarte Tatin is a fun way to make an onion tart, applying the traditional apple tarte tatin technique to onions. The idea is to cook the onions in a skillet on low heat, […]
Stuffed Eggplant and Peppers
Stuffed eggplant and peppers is common in Provence, where these vegetables are plentiful. The eggplant and peppers are stuffed with meat, onions, garlic, tomato, herbs and olive oil, which makes this a light, healthy and […]
Mushroom Quiche (Easy)
Visiting my in-laws for the holidays, I was asked to make quiche, and since they like mushrooms, it ended up being a mushroom quiche. This mushroom quiche is easy-to-make and delicious! Everyone loved it! […]
Goat Cheese Salad (au chêvre chaud)
Goat cheese salad is a staple of Parisian cafés. It is one of these everyday salads that you find everywhere. Though there are some variations on what the salad contains, all goat cheese salads include […]
Stuffed Tomatoes (Tomates Farcies)
Tomates farcies, which means stuffed tomatoes, is a very common everyday meal in France. It is easy to make, and pleases the whole family, including kids. It is typical to serve it for dinner, with […]
Lyonnaise Salad (Easy)
Lyonnaise salad takes its name from the French city of Lyon, where it originated. Lyon is well-known for its rich culinary heritage. The salad is a delicious combination of greens, crisp lardons (bacon), warm poached […]
Nicoise Salad (Easy)
Healthy and delicious, the Nicoise Salad is a speciality from the city of Nice, on the French Riviera. Hence the name nicoise (meaning “from Nice”, actually spelled “niçoise” in French). This salad comes in different […]
Savory Buckwheat Crepe
Tomorrow, February 2nd, is the French holiday of “Chandeleur,” when the French traditionally eat crepes to celebrate. In France, the savory crepes are made of dark buckwheat flour, whereas the sweet crepes are made of […]
My Bouillabaisse with US ingredients
Bouillabaisse is a very popular provençal fish stew from the port city of Marseille. I really wanted to make one in the US, but being so far away from the Mediterranean, I could not find […]
Spinach Quiche (kid-friendly)
Spinach quiche is very easy to make, and is a wonderful way to get your family to eat spinach. My 6 year-old loves this quiche! A great, easy, family dinner recipe! Recipe I like to […]
Colorful Bell Pepper Tart
I love how pretty this bell pepper tart looks. Love the colors, and pattern! It is actually quite easy to make. A light, delicious, and pretty tart! Bell Pepper Tart Recipe Recipe in French here. […]
Clementine Salmon en Papillote
This clementine salmon en papillote is an absolutely delicious way to enjoy salmon! As you might recall, en papillote is a French cooking technique in which food is wrapped in parchment paper, and then baked […]
Scallops à l’Armoricaine
Scallops à l’Armoricaine take their name from the Armoricaine sauce, a tomato-white wine sauce, used for the dish. Scallops are typically eaten over the holidays in France, for Christmas or New Year’s. The Armoricaire sauce […]
Provençal Tian (Vegetable Dish)
Provençal Tian is a vegetable dish from Provence (South of France). The name Tian comes from the earthenware dish traditionally used to bake it. Provençal Tian uses vegetables traditionally found in Provence: eggplant, zucchini and […]
Broccoli Tomato Quiche
Quiches are a staple of French everyday cuisine. While quiche lorraine is the most well-known quiche, there are many other quiches that are just as delicious, like this broccoli tomato quiche. A wonderful way to enjoy broccoli, […]
Salmon-Spinach Puff Pastry
This salmon-spinach puff pastry is super easy to make and looks great! It’s a delicious way to eat salmon. And you can easily customize it to include any vegetable you like. You can even substitute […]
Chicken à la Provençale
I love chicken à la provençale (in the manner of Provence) with tomatoes, garlic and olives. It is a healthy and light way to cook chicken. It also makes for a very moist chicken, which […]