Vegetarian – dairy

oeufartichauts4web

Small dish but big flavors – Eggs cocotte with cream of zucchini, sundried tomatoes and artichokes

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15 years ago
by silvia in ,
Petit plat mais grandes saveurs – Oeufs cocotte, crème de courgette, tomates séchées et artichauts Oeufs cocotte can be simple, refined, original, creative, or whatever you want them to be. No one can resist the charm of those more contemporary “oeufs cocotte“. The traditional oeufs cocotte were [...]
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Always so special – Green risotto

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15 years ago
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Sempre così speciale – Il riso verde Riso verde is a specialty I used to eat at our family restaurant in Italy, I haven’t eaten it anywhere else. My dad’s relatives have un’albergo-ristorante (an hotel and restaurant) Al Lago in San Lazzaro that also has a restaurant where they make wonderful [...]
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Gratin with a twist not Dauphinois! – Potato, zucchini and roquefort gratin

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15 years ago
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Gratin fantaisie et pas Dauphinois! – Gratin de pommes de terre, courgettes et roquefort There is the traditional gratin Dauphinois (from the Dauphiné region) where the potatoes are cooked in milk, then placed in the oven with butter (NO cheese) the real gratin Dauphinois has no cheese! Even [...]
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Tel Aviv lentil salad – Lentil and beet salad with arugula, feta and mint

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15 years ago
by silvia in ,
La bonne salade aux lentilles de Tel Aviv – Salade de lentilles, roquette, betteraves à la feta et menthe On my stay in Tel Aviv, I walked almost all over the city for five days…the weather was beautiful, it felt so much like summer to me so while France was snowed in, I enjoyed my five days as if [...]
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White smoothness in a jar – Fig-Vanilla and Apple-Kiwi yogurts

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15 years ago
by silvia in ,
Douceurs blanches dans un pot – Yaourts Figues-Vanille et Pomme-Kiwi I have been back to the US since last Friday and one thing that I already start missing is the yogurt. If you haven’t tried homemade yogurts, you haven’t tasted the goodness of what a real yogurt can be. I have always been [...]
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On the light side – Quick and fake vegetable moussaka

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15 years ago
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Du côté léger – Moussaka rapide aux lentilles This post is overdue, I started it before I went to Tel Aviv, but never managed to finish it, so after days of wonderful fresh food, I came back to France where the bad weather conditions made me want to go back to sunny Israel. There is definitely a [...]
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A crumble that smells like Provence – Tomato, eggplant, basil and goat cheese crumble

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15 years ago
by silvia in ,
Un crumble qui sent bon la Provence – Crumble aux tomates, aubergines, basilic et chèvre It seems like the traditional British dessert arrived in France and turned savory. Crumbles are becoming very trendy in France and quite popular, I can understand why, they’re just really delicious. So, yes, [...]
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Fall colors – Soup of Spinach, broccoli, leeks with whole wheat orzo and mimolette

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15 years ago
by silvia in ,
Couleurs d’Automne – Soupe aux épinards, broccoli et poireaux, aux risoni complets et mimolette Winter is soup time, and when I ran into mimolette, I could not resist. I had not seen Mimolette before in the US and I was so excited. I had planned to make a gratin, and a soup with it, but the cheese [...]
beetverrine2web

Not that "bête" – Verrines of golden beets with herbed ricotta

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15 years ago
by silvia in ,
Pas si bêtes que ca – Verrines de betteraves, ricotta aux herbes I went for a little walk downtown today since my car did not run, the internet and the phone were completely dead, so I decided to take a day off rooming around the city. It had been a while I did not get the chance to do so and [...]
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In the world of vegetable galettes – Zucchini galettes with feta, chili and thyme

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15 years ago
by silvia in , ,
On ne se lasse pas des galettes de légumes – Galettes de courgettes à la feta, piment et thym I have been thinking lately about Thanksgiving menu and I am not sure what to make yet. Last year was mainly a “French” Thanksgiving with of course a Turkey but prepared the French way since the guests [...]
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