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    Home • Recipes • Types of Recipe

    Quick Easy Recipes

    Quick and easy recipes that are fast to make in about 30 minutes or less.

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    • long-stemmed cocktail glasses filled with light and fluffy strawberry mousse topped with strawberries and served with French tuile cookies
      Strawberry Mousse (Mousse à la fraise)
    • creamy lemon sauce poured over roasted white asparagus, served with potatoes and roast chicken
      Creamy Lemon Sauce for Chicken
    • green asparagus spears baked in a roasting tin topped with toasted hazelnuts
      Oven-Roasted Asparagus
    • 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)
    • sliced banana coffee cake, showing a beautifully moist crumb and topped with walnuts
      Healthy Banana Bread with Coffee (Low Sugar Recipe)
    • Scooped out Maltese orange filled with chopped strawberries and orange and served in a bowl of crushed ice
      Strawberries with Orange (Fraises à la Maltaise)
    • 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)
    • glass bowls of rice puddings topped with golden sultana raisins
      French Rice Pudding (Riz au lait)
    • bowl of horseradish sauce with grated apple next to a pot of French creamed horseradish sauce and salmon
      Horseradish Sauce with Apple: Perfect for Smoked Salmon
    • a frying pan of sliced Savoy cabbage leaves glistening with garlic and caraway seeds
      Sautéed Savoy Cabbage (Easy, Healthy)
    • Stirring a pot of corn polenta made creamy with butter and Parmesan cheese
      Creamy Corn Polenta with Parmesan
    • wraps standing upright on a black plate showing spirals of smoked salmon, cream cheese, greens and toasted seeds next to fresh parsley
      Gluten-Free Wraps with Buckwheat
    • ramekin dishes filled with rice puddings topped with toasted flaked almonds
      Almond Milk Rice Pudding (Vegan)
    • side dish of fragrant long grain rice with a hint of cloves
      How to Cook Basmati Rice on the Stove
    • folded thin chocolate crepe pancakes 2 with designs
      Chocolate Crêpes Served French Style
    • smooth chocolate chia pudding with yogurt and made extra smooth by grinding chia seeds with spices instead of sugar
      Chocolate Chia Pudding with Yogurt
    • bright orange glazed carrots in butter and fresh parsley cooked Vichy style
      Vichy Carrots (French Glazed Carrots) Without Sugar
    • stirring a thick, glossy light yellow sauce in a pan
      Beurre Blanc Sauce - With or Without Smoked Tea
    • round crepe pancake perfectly cooked in a pan
      French Pancakes (French Crêpes)
    • white chocolate mousse in a bowl with rose petals and love heart macaron
      White Chocolate Mousse with Rose
    • spoonful of creamy orange curd, naturally thickened using egg yolks
      Creamy Orange Curd Recipe - A Perfect Crêpe Filling
    • Moroccan handpainted bowl filled with a raw carrot salad topped with fresh mint, toasted nuts and seeds next to oranges and a Moroccan teapot
      Raw Carrot Salad Moroccan Style
    • golden little thick pancakes in a tea towel with one being spread with butter
      Scotch Pancakes (Scottish Drop Scones)
    • high raised round buttery biscuits with a rough texture with air-holes
      French Butter Cookies (Palets Bretons)
    • glazed chocolate coffee cakes, extra fudgy served with a cup of coffee
      Easy Chocolate Coffee Cakes
    • spoonful of creamy homemade Tartar sauce made with shallot, spring onions, gherkins, capers
      Homemade Tartar Sauce (Sauce Tartare)
    • slices of toasted bread with cheese, nuts, lettuce and bacon
      Warm Goat Cheese Salad (salade de chèvre chaud)
    • halved muffin showing how light and moist they are, made with oat bran, sultana raisins and apple
      Healthy Bran Muffins with Apple
    • Champagne glass with a lemon cocktail at Harry's Bar Paris
      French 75 Cocktail Recipe (The Classic from Paris)
    • cauliflower cream soup topped with florets and parsley candlelit
      Cauliflower Cream Soup (Crème Dubarry)
    • whisking up a homemade mayonnaise with wasabi paste
      Wasabi Mayonnaise - Make it Homemade!
    • cherry sauce on a plate with a large sour cherry in the middle
      Simple Cherry Sauce for Duck to Dessert
    • whisking a hot parmesan cream sauce in a saucepan next to a block of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese
      Parmesan Cream Sauce
    • chocolate disks topped with dried fruits and nuts
      Mendiants (French Chocolate Disks)
    • dipping skewers of bread and cauliflower into a pot of cheese fondue
      French Cheese Fondue Savoyarde - and How to Serve it
    • pouring thick homemade hot chocolate from a jug
      French Hot Chocolate - How to Recreate The Parisian Love Potion
    • golden brown cheddar cheese biscuits, thin cookies great for an aperitif.
      Cheese Biscuits (Sablés au fromage)
    • a white plate with parmesan cheese crisps and orange aged gouda cheese crisps with glasses of wine at a holiday table
      Parmesan Crisps Recipe - Quick and Easy in the Oven

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