Cooking French in the US
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. The sauce goes extremely well with white fish such as tilapia and cod. And it only takes 5 minutes to make! […]
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 it turns out, mint goes incredibly well with it! I love how the mint gives a fun unexpected twist to […]
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 added Provence herbs and garlic to complete the provencal style. The vegetables are deliciously seasoned and perfectly balance the quiche’s […]
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. Pistou is a basil-garlic paste, which differs from pesto in that it does not contain any nuts. The basil paste […]
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, with the sweet flavors of honey and cinnamon, along with nutmeg, pepper, and balsamic vinegar to top it off. Then, […]
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 delicious dish. I use ground turkey meat for my stuffing. This makes the dish even lighter and healthier than it […]
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! Recipe As always with quiche, you will need to either make the quiche crust yourself (recipe here) or buy an already-made […]
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 warm goat cheese, usually on toasted bread. It is the combination of fresh cold greens with warm goat cheese that […]
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 rice on the side. A quick, easy, and delicious family dinner! Recipe This is my personal recipe. Ingredients are […]
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 egg, and croutons. Traditionally, the greens are bitter frisée, but arugula or other bitter greens work just as well. I […]
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 variations. At a minimum, it contains tuna and/or anchovies, tomatoes, olives, hard-boiled eggs, and olive oil in the dressing. It […]
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 white all-purpose flour. Most Americans are familiar with the white crepes, but less so with the buckwheat crepes, so I […]
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 the Mediterranean fish traditionally used in Bouillabaisse, so I had to be creative. I came up with my own recipe, […]
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 put goat cheese in my spinach quiche as I find spinach goes particularly well with goat cheese. If you do […]
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. The French recipe uses ham and mozzarella, but I chose to use turkey and provolone instead. You can use any cheese […]
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 in the oven. This clementine salmon papillote combines the flavors of bacon and clementine with the taste of salmon. It […]
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 goes particularly well with scallops, which makes this a perfectly delicious dish for the holidays. Ingredients If you can’t find […]
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 tomatoes, along with olive oil, and Provence herbs. Flavors meld while vegetables bake in the oven on low heat over […]
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, and a great meal for the entire family!
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 the salmon with another fish, or meat. This is just a great technique to know! Enjoy!
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 is great because chicken has a tendency to get dry. I have a wonderful family recipe that is very easy […]
