Bacon Wrapped Green Beans Bundles
Bacon-wrapped green beans are very traditional in French cooking. This is the perfect side, pretty enough to prepare for a fancy dinner, yet quick and easy.
Side dishes
Baked Mushrooms Boursin Cheese Pasta
To serve as a side or as a sauce for pasta or meat. Delicious, fun and quick & easy to prepare. Better than Tik Tok’s tomato and feta.
French Mashed Potatoes Gratin
Ideal to use mashed potatoes leftovers or done from scratch. Decadent yet fancy, mashed potatoes are combined with egg and cheese and grilled.
Purée with Dried Ceps and Potatoes
For mushroom lovers, here’s how to give a festive way to serve mashed potatoes or creamy French style purée.
French-Style Peas
Great classic of French cuisine, a wonderful combination of sweet green peas, spring onion and lettuce. Vegetarian version without bacon.
Pascadou, French Swiss Chard & Herbs Pancakes
Flavordul pancakes from South France, with fresh herbs (parsley and chives) and green vegetables, to serve as a side, a starter or even an appetizer.
Oven Baked Potatoes, French Style
Ideal for serving as a side for barbecues, planchas, or with grilled meat or fish, these buttery roasted potatoes are a delight.
Summer Vegetables Provençal Tian
All the of flavors of South-France Provence in this elegant and delicious vegetal dish. With my secrets for well cooked and and not dry vegetables.
Butternut Squash Creamy Risotto
For risotto lovers, this one have a nice twist wuth squash, so comforting and colorful. A must taste, quite easy to prepare.
Pasta with Girolle Mushrooms and Bacon
Pasta served with flavorful creamy mushrooms. Girolles (or any other mushrooms) are first sautéed with shallots and bacon, then a touch of cream is added.
Easy French Ratatouille (Summer Vegetable Stew)
Here is how to make the perfect ratatouille, ine iconic mediterranean vegetable stew, a dish the French love to cook in spring and summer.
Pan-fried White Asparagus with Wild Garlic
Two spring produces that goes very well together. Here pan-fried to change the steamed or boiled usual preparation of asparagus.
Creamy Cauliflower Soup with Pear and Blue Cheese
A very tasty and smooth cream that can be served either as a side with beef or poultry for example or as a soup, depending on how much cooking water you add. A perfect dish for cheese lovers.
Spinach with Roasted Garlic
Roasting garlic in olive oil develops its flavors without being aggressive, and gives a subtle twist to spinach.
Provencal Tomatoes, almost Candied
Tomatoes, olive oil, garlic and herbs. That’s all. All the flavors of South France in a single recipe.
Caramelized Onions
This onion stew or confit, almost caramelized, can be served as a side to any kind of savory dish or even be added to your preparations, such as savory custard or tarts.
French Classic Potato Gratin
This is one of the most traditional French side for any kind of meal, from daily simple lunch to fancy dinner. Easy recipe explained step by step in photo
Garlic Purée
You think professional chefs’ recipes are too difficult to do yourself?
You find the taste of garlic too aggressive?
Try this.