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    Home • Recipes • Meals

    Breakfast

    A typical French breakfast (le petit-déjeuner) is simple and mostly sweet: bread with butter and jam, brioche or a croissant, served with coffee, tea or hot chocolate. Many also enjoy fresh bread with cheese - no recipe needed, just good ingredients.

    Here you’ll find easy French breakfast recipes along with healthier, low-sugar ideas inspired by the French way of eating - from crêpes and baked treats like banana bread and muffins that work just as well for breakfast or teatime.

    Looking for something specific? Browse the recipe index to refine your search.

    • soft gluten free muffins made eggless with chia seeds, no added sugar and vegan - some with walnuts on top
      Gluten-Free Banana Muffins (No Sugar, Egg-Free)
    • slice of pudding in a puddle of vanilla cream custard topped with nuts and berries
      French Semolina Cake (Gâteau de Semoule)
    • healthy banana oat muffins are packed with moist fruits
      Healthy Banana Oat Muffins (no sugar)
    • sliced banana coffee cake, showing a beautifully moist crumb and topped with walnuts
      Healthy Banana Bread with Coffee (Low Sugar Recipe)
    • plate of square cut flapjacks made with honey, fruit and nuts
      Healthy Flapjacks Recipe (Without Added Sugar)
    • slice of cherry clafoutis - an easy recipe made with whole cherries
      Cherry Clafoutis - the Traditional French Custard Dessert
    • round pie dish with baked strawberries and almonds in a custard
      Strawberry Clafoutis with Almond Flour
    • blueberry clafoutis dessert with lemon and yellow edible pansies
      Blueberry Clafoutis with Lemon
    • holding a slice of raspberry clafoutis next to raspberries growing on bushes
      Raspberry Clafoutis (Light, Tangy French Dessert)
    • vanilla egg tarts known as Pasteis de Nata from Portugal, scorched tops dusted with cinnamon
      Easy Portuguese Custard Tarts Recipe (Pastéis de Nata) & The Best in Paris
    • glass bowls of rice puddings topped with golden sultana raisins
      French Rice Pudding (Riz au lait)
    • 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)
    • ramekin dishes filled with rice puddings topped with toasted flaked almonds
      Almond Milk Rice Pudding (Vegan)
    • smooth chocolate chia pudding with yogurt and made extra smooth by grinding chia seeds with spices instead of sugar
      Chocolate Chia Pudding with Yogurt
    • round crepe pancake perfectly cooked in a pan
      French Pancakes (French Crêpes)
    • spoonful of creamy orange curd, naturally thickened using egg yolks
      Creamy Orange Curd Recipe - A Perfect Crêpe Filling
    • golden little thick pancakes in a tea towel with one being spread with butter
      Scotch Pancakes (Scottish Drop Scones)
    • high rise cheesy scones piled on top of each other, surrounded by rosemary and spring onions
      Fluffy Cheese Scones Recipe
    • large apple cake showing moist inside with a slice removed, topped with a shiny glaze on a plate next to apples
      French Apple Cake - Joël Robuchon's Recipe
    • slices of chocolate marble cake for teatime
      Chocolate Marble Cake with Banana
    • halved muffin showing how light and moist they are, made with oat bran, sultana raisins and apple
      Healthy Bran Muffins with Apple
    • slice of glossy dark gingerbread topped with candied ginger
      Pain d'épices (French Gingerbread)
    • preparing jars of homemade granola for Christmas presents
      Christmas Granola (Granola de Noël)
    • pouring thick homemade hot chocolate from a jug
      French Hot Chocolate - How to Recreate The Parisian Love Potion
    • Round toasted custard tart with apples topped with an edible flower
      French Apple Custard Tart (Tarte Alsacienne aux Pommes)
    • classic Parisian brioche with a little head on top
      Classic French Brioche - Parisian 'Brioche à Tête'
    • cutting into fluffy smoked haddock fishcakes
      Smoked Haddock Fishcakes Recipe
    • stack of orange hued cottage cheese pancakes with pumpkin purée with dribbling maple syrup on a plate with blueberries
      Cottage Cheese Pancakes with Pumpkin
    • bowl of chocolate granola jug milk and raspberries
      Chocolate Coconut Granola Recipe (No Added Sugar)
    • cup of homemade granola topped with fresh blueberries next to a French newspaper at breakfast
      Healthy Homemade Granola (No Added Sugar)
    • bowl of pear crumble with chocolate
      Pear Crumble with Oats, Chocolate and Hazelnut
    • 4 pots of homemade French apricot jam with lavender and reduced in sugar
      French Apricot Jam with Lavender
    • fig jam with bread and cheese
      Corsican Fig Jam (Confiture de Figues): Step by Step Recipe
    • cheese and ham hot sandwich, sliced in half to see the soft insides and toasted texture on top
      Easy Croque Monsieur Recipe -The Hot French Ham and Cheese Sandwich
    • bowl of bright red rhubarb compote
      Rhubarb Compote (Compote de Rhubarbe)
    • mint omelette
      Corsican Mint Omelette (Omelette à la Menthe)
    • tray holding slices of toasted French toast or Pain Perdu in a boulangerie in France in front of baguettes
      Best French Toast Recipe (Pain Perdu)
    • moist banana nut bread made with ripe bananas, chestnut flour and walnuts
      Moist Banana Nut Bread - Low in Sugar
    • savoury waffles topped with smoked salmon, smashed avocado and soured cream
      Cottage Cheese Waffles - A Savoury, High Protein Breakfast
    • bowl of chunky apple compote, with a spoonful showing the specks of vanilla in it
      Easy Apple Sauce Recipe (French Apple Compote)
    • glass pots with coconut chia pudding topped with mango sauce, mango chunks and dates
      Coconut Chia Pudding with Mango
    • crispy cheese waffles served with a pot of honey and rosemary
      Cheese Waffles - Easy, Crispy and Cheesy

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