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    Quick Easy Recipes

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

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    • 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)
    • two rows of whole sardine fish stuffed together in a roasting dish with fresh parsley
      Roasted Fresh Sardines (Sardines Farcies)
    • 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
    • spoonful of creamy orange curd, naturally thickened using egg yolks
      Creamy Orange Curd Recipe - A Perfect Crêpe Filling
    • whisking up a homemade mayonnaise with wasabi paste
      Wasabi Mayonnaise - Make it Homemade!
    • creamy lemon sauce poured over roasted white asparagus, served with potatoes and roast chicken
      Creamy Lemon Sauce for Chicken
    • easy berry dessert make with an elderflower cream and toasted like a creme brulee
      Easy Berry Dessert with Elderflower Cream
    • stirring a thick, glossy light yellow sauce in a pan
      Beurre Blanc Sauce (Classic French Butter Sauce)
    • 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)
    • 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)
    • a half Cantaloupe melon scooped out and filled with Port as a simple French starter
      Melon au Porto: Easy French Cantaloupe Recipe
    • 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
    • baked tomato tart with french niçoise olives, basil and a green salad
      French Tomato Tart with Mustard - An Easy Summer Lunch from Provence
    • 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
    • slices of toasted bread with cheese, nuts, lettuce and bacon
      Warm Goat Cheese Salad (salade de chèvre chaud)
    • plate composed of a classic French salad Nicoise with many ingredients next to a basil plant and French baguette
      Classic French Niçoise Salad Recipe from Nice
    • tossed green salad with seasonal fresh vegetables such as arugula, avocado and other greens with toasted nuts and seeds
      Simple Green Salad - The Best All-Rounder, Seasonal Side
    • green beans tossed in basil, French vinaigrette, almonds, shallots and white peach
      French Green Bean Salad with White Peach
    • Parisian salad with ham, Emmental, hard-boiled eggs, dry-fried mushrooms and mustard vinaigrette
      Parisian Salad (French Ham and Cheese Salad)
    • Traditional French citronnade lemon drink made with lemons, water and sugar
      Citronnade - French Homemade Lemonade 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)
    • land and sea salad with a savoury beet macaron
      French Charcuterie Plate Land and Sea (Salade Terre et Mer)
    • jar of bright pink pickled radishes with bay leaves
      Pickled Radishes Without Sugar - Quick Refrigerator Pickles
    • pouring dark chocolate sauce over crepes
      Chocolate Sauce Recipe - with Chocolate
    • large wine glasses with marinated strawberries in orange liqueur and orange topped with vanilla Chantilly cream
      Strawberries Romanoff (Fraises Romanoff)
    • round crepe pancake perfectly cooked in a pan
      French Pancakes (French Crêpes)
    • 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)
    • shallow bowl of white poached vanilla peaches topped with homemade raspberry puree and vanilla ice cream with some fresh lemon verbena leaves
      Peach Melba - Authentic French Recipe
    • 2 scoops of rhubarb sorbet topped with a dried rhubarb chip
      Rhubarb Sorbet Recipe with Rose
    • bowl of bright red rhubarb compote
      Rhubarb Compote Recipe (Healthy & Lower Sugar)
    • asparagus spears like sun rays on a tart
      Asparagus Tart with Puff Pastry
    • dish of halved apricots baked with lavender and French honey
      Baked Apricots with Honey and Lavender
    • Baked cherry clafoutis dessert in a round dish topped with powdered sugar and flaked almonds
      Cherry Clafoutis Recipe - Traditional French Custard Dessert
    • Glass dishes filled with rhubarb fool swirled into Greek yogurt with ginger and honey
      Rhubarb Fool with Ginger and Yogurt
    • whole sea bream fish in a baking dish topped with tomato sauce, roast garlic cloves, lemon slices and potatoes
      Sea Bream Fish Baked Provençal Style (Dorade à la Provençale)
    • small individual asparagus clafoutis with parmesan sauce basil top
      Asparagus Clafoutis - Easy French Spring Recipe
    • pouring thick homemade hot chocolate from a jug
      French Hot Chocolate - How to Recreate The Parisian Love Potion

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      Crème Anglaise Recipe (Classic French Vanilla Custard Sauce)
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