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    Vegetarian Recipes

    Collection of healthy vegetarian recipes - many French. For strict vegetarians, please note that cheeses used need to be changed accordingly, as parmesan and chèvre goat's cheese are not strictly vegetarian.

    Looking for something specific? Pick your menu from the full recipe index to refine your search.

    • classic Parisian brioche with a little head on top
      Classic French Brioche - Parisian 'Brioche à Tête'
    • pan of fresh pasta noodles with goat cheese sauce, parsley and walnuts
      Goat Cheese Sauce for Pasta with Walnuts
    • large round tart with pumpkin, mushrooms and topped with walnuts
      Savoury Pumpkin Tart with Mushrooms & Chestnut
    • traditional French leek and potato soup or potage bonne femme served unblended and without cream in a lion's head porcelain bowl
      Leek and Potato Soup (potage Bonne Femme)
    • Baked apples recipe that's French, stuffed with raisins, honey and almonds and split at the top in an ovenproof dish
      French Baked Apples Recipe
    • plate with eiffel tower and circle of caramel sauce around a shiny creme caramel
      French Crème Caramel (flan aux oeufs au caramel)
    • Round toasted custard tart with apples topped with an edible flower
      French Apple Custard Tart (Tarte Alsacienne aux Pommes)
    • stack of orange hued cottage cheese pancakes with pumpkin purée with dribbling maple syrup on a plate with blueberries
      Cottage Cheese Pancakes with Pumpkin
    • spoonful of creamy homemade Tartar sauce made with shallot, spring onions, gherkins, capers
      Homemade Tartar Sauce (Sauce Tartare)
    • glass bowls of rice puddings topped with golden sultana raisins
      French Rice Pudding (Riz au lait)
    • large trifle bowl made with macarons and topped with fresh vanilla cream, blueberries, raspberries and strawberries and decorated with macaron shells
      Macaron Sherry Trifle with Berries
    • bowl of homemade vegetable soup made with fresh vegetable chunks and a short cooking time
      Homemade Vegetable Soup (Soupe de légumes)
    • a large spoonful of apple crumble showing perfectly cooked apples in vanilla topped with a golden crisp oat crumble
      Apple Crumble with Oats
    • pumpkin spiced macarons
      Easy Pumpkin Spice Macarons Recipe
    • raspberry macarons with a white chocolate ganache and raspberries, sitting on top of each other next to roses
      Raspberry Macarons (White Chocolate Ganache Filling)
    • high raised round buttery biscuits with a rough texture with air-holes
      French Butter Cookies (Palets Bretons)
    • pan of cooked spaghetti, tossed with a creamy lemon pasta sauce with parmesan and poppy seeds
      Creamy Lemon Pasta Sauce
    • cup of lemon ice cream with strawberries
      Creamy Lemon Ice Cream (Glace au citron)
    • galette des rois French puff pastry almond cake glazed and decorated with a paper crown
      Traditional Galette des Rois Recipe
    • spoonful of creamy orange curd, naturally thickened using egg yolks
      Creamy Orange Curd Recipe - A Perfect Crêpe Filling
    • mini cup of creamy ice cream with a sprig of lemon verbena leaves
      Lemon Verbena Ice Cream (Glace à la verveine)
    • whisking up a homemade mayonnaise with wasabi paste
      Wasabi Mayonnaise - Make it Homemade!
    • individual ice cream with candied fruits on plate with lavender, apricot sauce and a macaron
      No Churn Ice Cream with Candied Fruit (Glace Plombières)
    • scoops of dark grey ice cream topped with black sesame seeds and redcurrants, served with a sesame tuile cookie
      Black Sesame Ice Cream
    • pasta bowl of egg noodles tossed in olive oil, butter, garlic, herbs and garlic
      Fresh Alsatian Egg Noodles (Pâtes d'Alsace)
    • easy berry dessert make with an elderflower cream and toasted like a creme brulee
      Easy Berry Dessert with Elderflower Cream
    • cracking in to a milk chocolate crème brûlée showing a delicious set custard topped with a thin caramelised crust - served with halved passionfruits
      Milk Chocolate Crème Brûlée Recipe
    • close up of salted caramel macarons with a thick filling
      Salted Caramel Macarons
    • bowls of bright green watercress soup
      Watercress Soup (Soupe au Cresson)
    • stirring a thick, glossy light yellow sauce in a pan
      Beurre Blanc Sauce (Classic French Butter Sauce)
    • black bowl with a thick and creamy carrot soup, thickened with rice and topped with a sprig of fresh parsley and pinch of ground coriander
      Creamy Carrot Soup (Potage Crécy) without the Cream
    • a frying pan of sliced Savoy cabbage leaves glistening with garlic and caraway seeds
      Sautéed Savoy Cabbage (Easy, Healthy)
    • plate of square cut flapjacks made with honey, fruit and nuts
      Healthy Flapjacks Recipe (Without Added Sugar)
    • French Semolina Cake (Gâteau de Semoule)
    • bright orange mini pumpkins baked and stuffed
      Stuffed Mini Pumpkins - The Most Versatile, Easy Recipe
    • large plate with thinly sliced heirloom tomatoes, both red and yellow, topped with olive oil, spring onion or cebettes, herbs and seasoning with a Provencal backdrop
      Tomato and Onion Salad (Carpaccio de Tomates)
    • large pot with a baked rice pudding covered in a thick caramel skin, spooning out a creamy mixture underneath with cinnamon and a traditional French Fallue brioche
      Baked Rice Pudding Recipe (French Teurgoule)
    • baked peach without skin and stuffed with a mixture of amaretti or almonds and raspberries
      Baked Peaches with Amaretti
    • Stirring a pot of corn polenta made creamy with butter and Parmesan cheese
      Creamy Corn Polenta with Parmesan
    • large tomatoes in a roasting tin baked with garlic and herbs from Provence
      Slow Roasted Tomatoes with Garlic and Herbs from Provence
    • baked tomato tart with french niçoise olives, basil and a green salad
      French Tomato Tart with Mustard - An Easy Summer Lunch from Provence
    • slices of toasted bread with cheese, nuts, lettuce and bacon
      Warm Goat Cheese Salad (salade de chèvre chaud)

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