Choose among easy to make recipes that are light and use a multitude of ingredients and ways to prepare! Select the one that suits you the most at any moment :)
Cauliflower Soup (velouté) with Roquefort Cheese and Pears
A velouté without heavy cream? Is this possible? It is, thanks to the presence of the other ingredients that is well balanced and interesting! Cauliflower couples very well with a little bit of Roquefort or the other French cheese called fourme d’Ambert (it’s a bit milder) and of course pears! It’s tasteful and very delicate!
Baby cuttlefish with onions and red wine (soupies krassates)
These baby cuttlefish are cooked into red wine and have a tomato sauce as well as candied onions! It’s really good and the secret is the use of peppercorns which brings sweetness to the dish and the use of allspice which brings its special character! It’s really good and you should not miss the opportunity to make it!
Beetroot Salad with Greek Yogurt
A beetroot salad with Greek yogurt that is also tasteful thanks to garlic and some Xérès vinegar (or any other red wine vinegar) which brings its special character!
Light French Flan – Three perfumes
This light French flan is made with milk, egg, sugar and flour and it comes in three versions: orange blossom, vanilla, and chocolate/cinnamon! It’s quite good and has less calories than a yogurt with fruits or a cream!
Bœuf bourguignon
This is a classic French beef stew and in this version it’s light in fat and rather special because it cooks in the oven into red wine and has onions, garlic, carrots, smoked bacon and mushrooms which give it a special taste :-) It also has thyme and bay leaf for some extra flavor! It’s very good and you should try it asap ;-)
Red Lentils Soup (Velouté) with Cumin and Tomato
This is a fine lentils velouté and cumin goes very well with red lentils! The tomato sauce and carrots help the soup to be more gentle and the overall result is rather comforting and nice! All ingredients are well proportioned and it’s a nice alternative for a light lunch or dinner that keeps you warm and brings comfort!
Fig Balsamic Vinegar Salad
The seasoning of this salad with fig balsamic vinegar, semolina garlic or semolina onion can be used for many types of salad such as mesclun, arugula, sucrine lettuce, red or green oak salad or even plain lettuce! The salad will be wonderful and it will be easily and rapidly prepared It’s up to you ;-)
Red Mullets with Thyme
These red mullets are simply wonderful just with a little bit of olive oil and some thyme and they are ready to go! It’s true there is a lot of thyme in this recipe but it goes very well with the red mullets and it’s easy to make and very quick! So why aren’t you making them yet?
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