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    Home • Recipes • Winter Recipes

    Easy Comfort Winter Recipes

    • Apple Oat Crumble - Healthy Recipe
    • Vanilla Poached Pears - Be Bold with Coffee
    • Chocolate Marble Cake with Banana
    • Smoked Garlic Soup with Rocket (Arugula)
    • French Lemon Tart (Tarte au citron)
    • Potato Gratin Savoyard (Without Cream)
    • Sticky Toffee Pudding - Extra Lush with Apple
    • Galette des Rois (French King Cake)
    • Roquefort Salad with Pear, Apple and Walnuts
    • Moist Banana Nut Bread - Low in Sugar
    • French Almond Cake (Le Saint-Germain)
    • Salted Caramel Macarons
    • Creamy Lemon Ice Cream (Glace au citron)
    • Gratin Dauphinois (Creamy Potato Gratin)
    • French Pea Soup (Potage Saint-Germain)
    • Chicken Tagine with Prunes
    • Thin Buckwheat Pancakes (Galettes de sarrasin)
    • Healthy Banana Oat Muffins (no sugar)
    • French Apple Tart with Puff Pastry (Tarte fine aux pommes)
    • Corsican Veal Stew with Red Peppers (Vitellu incu pivaroni)
    • Roasted Pineapple with Sticky Vanilla
    • Healthy Flapjacks (Barres de céréales)
    • White Chocolate Panna Cotta with Rose
    • Leek and Potato Soup (potage Bonne Femme)
    • Apple Horseradish Sauce: Perfect for Smoked Salmon
    • Pain d'épices (French Gingerbread)
    • Gingerbread Men and Decorating Ideas (Biscuits Speculoos)
    • Canelé Recipe (Cannelés de Bordeaux)
    • Christmas Granola (Granola de Noël)
    • Chocolate Beetroot Cake (Fondant Chocolat-Betterave)
    • Cranachan Parfait - A French Twist to the Scottish Dessert
    • Goat Cheese Pasta (Creamy Sauce with Walnuts)
    • Carrot Cake Muffins
    • Oatmeal Breakfast Cookies - Healthy Recipe
    • Milk Chocolate Crème Brûlée with Passionfruit
    • Creamy Lemon Pasta Sauce
    • Coconut Macaroons (Rochers Coco)
    • Watercress Soup (Soupe au Cresson)
    • Coq au Vin (Chicken Casserole in Red Wine)
    • Pear Crumble with Oats, Chocolate and Hazelnut

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