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    Easy & healthy (mainly French) recipes by type of diet: gluten-free and low gluten dishes, plus vegetarian and vegan recipes.

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    • pouring thick homemade hot chocolate from a jug
      French Hot Chocolate - How to Recreate The Parisian Love Potion
    • slice of purple carrot cake topped with cream cheese frosting
      Purple Carrot Cake
    • bowl of creamy broccoli cheese soup topped with grated broccoli and served with Parmesan crisps
      Broccoli Cheese Soup
    • a large slice of chocolate cake topped with a rum glaze, toasted flaked almonds and gold leaf
      Almond Flour Chocolate Cake (Gâteau Reine de Saba)
    • 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
    • bowls of bright green watercress soup
      Watercress Soup (Soupe au Cresson)
    • 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)
    • 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)
    • 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)
    • stack of thin buckwheat crepes showing typical hole texture and dark colour of flour
      Buckwheat Crepes (Galettes de sarrasin)
    • glass dish of chocolate mousse with cherries
      French Dark Chocolate Mousse (Mousse au Chocolat)
    • raspberry macarons with a white chocolate ganache and raspberries, sitting on top of each other next to roses
      Raspberry Macarons (White Chocolate Ganache Filling)
    • plate with eiffel tower and circle of caramel sauce around a shiny creme caramel
      French Crème Caramel (flan aux oeufs au caramel)
    • 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)
    • 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)
    • saint-germain cake, an almond tart with rum French speciality
      French Almond Cake (Le Saint-Germain)
    • Stirring a pot of corn polenta made creamy with butter and Parmesan cheese
      Creamy Corn Polenta with Parmesan
    • Blanquette de veau, a creamy French veal stew, bubbling in a pot with carrots, mushrooms, pearl onions and topped with parsley
      French's Favourite Veal Stew (Blanquette de Veau Recipe)
    • large crock pot with French beef stew in red wine, known as Boeuf Bourguignon
      Le Boeuf Bourguignon: How to Make Burgundy Beef Stew like the French
    • oval dish with chicken in red wine and vegetables with a French baguette
      Traditional Coq au Vin (Chicken Casserole in Red Wine)
    • sweet corn soup restaurant style like in Paris - a creamy chowder topped with herb leaves, pumpkin seeds, smoked salmon and fried corn
      Sweet Corn Soup - Restaurant Style
    • slice of cheesy cornbread topped with corn, bell pepper and red onion roasted on top
      Easy Cheesy Cornbread (No Sugar, No Mix)
    • vibrant red tomato bubbling sauce with veal and vegetables in a crock pot
      Corsican Veal Stew with Red Peppers (Vitellu incu pivaroni)
    • a slice out of a golden leek pie to see inside the crust
      French Leek Pie (Flamiche) - A Classic Vegetarian Recipe
    • close up of salted caramel macarons with a thick filling
      Salted Caramel Macarons
    • 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

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    Author and home cook in Paris. Scottish and French, I've spent 30+ years in Paris sharing lighter, flavourful recipes with less sugar. No fancy techniques - just real food we eat at home. Plus take away my travel tips to taste France like a local.

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