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    Home • Recipes • Meals

    Light Lunches

    Collection of healthy light lunch recipes that use fresh ingredients - from French soups (for thermos lunches), omelette, galettes, tarts and pasta to salads.

    Known as 'le déjeuner' in France, served between 12-2pm, these days it's lighter but traditionally, such as weekends with family, this is a bigger affair - see Main dishes, sides and salads.

    Looking for something specific? Browse all recipes to refine your search.

    • Easy Croque Monsieur Recipe -The Hot French Ham and Cheese Sandwich
    • Raw Carrot Salad Moroccan Style
    • Cottage Cheese Waffles - A Savoury, High Protein Breakfast
    • Sweet Corn Soup - Restaurant Style
    • Easy Cheesy Cornbread with Corn (No Sugar)
    • French Tomato Tart with Mustard - An Easy Summer Lunch from Provence
    • Simple Green Salad - The Best All-Rounder, Seasonal Side
    • White Asparagus Recipe: French Clafoutis with Lemon
    • Pan-Fried Mackerel with French Mustard
    • Crispy Whole Roasted Cauliflower with Cheese Sauce
    • Smoked Haddock Fishcakes Recipe
    • Roast Beetroot Salad with Apple and Smoked Mackerel
    • John Dory Fish - Easy Pan-Fried Recipe
    • Roquefort Salad with Pear, Apple and Walnuts
    • Classic Niçoise Salad - With the Real Ingredients
    • Mediterranean Stuffed Zucchini (Courgettes farcies)
    • Roasted Fresh Sardines (Sardines Farcies)
    • Corsican Cheese Lasagna (A Lazy Cannelloni au Brocciu Recipe)
    • French Pea Soup (Potage Saint-Germain)
    • Thin Buckwheat Pancakes (Galettes de sarrasin)
    • Leek and Potato Soup (potage Bonne Femme)
    • Apple Horseradish Sauce: Perfect for Smoked Salmon
    • Goat Cheese Pasta (Creamy Sauce with Walnuts)
    • Cheese Waffles - Easy, Crispy and Cheesy
    • Creamy Lemon Pasta Sauce
    • Watercress Soup (Soupe au Cresson)
    • Pure Vegetable Soup (Soupe de légumes)
    • Stuffed Mini Pumpkins (Jack Be Little Farcies)
    • Warm Goat Cheese Salad (salade de chèvre chaud)
    • Nettle Pesto (Pesto d'Orties)
    • Asparagus Puff Pastry Tart
    • Cullen Skink - Traditional Scottish Smoked Haddock Soup
    • Creamy Mushroom Soup (façon Cappuccino)
    • French Charcuterie Plate Land and Sea (Salade Terre et Mer)
    • Savoury Pumpkin Tart with Mushrooms
    • Onion Tarte Tatin - With or Without Cheese
    • Corsican Mint Omelette (Omelette à la Menthe)
    • Asparagus Clafoutis with Parmesan Sauce
    • Fluffy Cheese Scones
    • Fresh Alsatian Egg Noodles (Nouilles à l'Alsacienne)

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