French style Gratin Potatoes
Here’s a classic recipe with guaranteed success for a creamy, delicious and easy-to-prepare gratin dauphinois (gratin with potatoes, onion, garlic cream, whole milk and nutmeg)! …
Roasted celery-root slices with zaatar
Here’s a quick and easy, yet original recipe that might just reconcile you with celery-root (or celeriac). When roasted in the oven, the taste is …
Fried potatoes, Swiss chard, olives & pine nuts
Here’s a quick and easy recipe with potatoes and chard leaves, brightened up with spices and olives. You can add legumes and/or protein for a …
Butternut, ricotta, mushrooms & pine nuts tart
Here’s a recipe for a simple, thin tart that’s both graphic and delicious. It can be served as a starter with a small green salad, …
Seared scallops, pomegranate and Brioche French toast
Here’s a gourmet and festive recipe for preparing scallops in an original and beautifully presented way! The acidity of the pomegranate and the sweetness of …
Roasted vegetables with orange and rosemary
Here’s a delicious and easy recipe to prepare tasty vegetables that you can adapt according to the season (see some suggestions at the end of …
Vegetarian ‘Petit Salé’ (lentils & carrots stew)
Here is a recipe inspired by the French recipe “Petit Salé”, a stew containing pork, carrots & lentils, but without animal proteins! This vegetarian and …
French pie with spinach & cheese
This is a very simple recipe for an express spinach pie with a little seasoning to give it a kick and goat or sheep cheese …
Blood Orange and Almond Upside Down Cake
This is a delicious and tangy Sicilian-inspired cake recipe. The almond and the orange are a perfect match! This dessert is perfect for bringing a …
Carrot cake
There are different types and recipes of carrot cakes, but all these versions usually contain the following key ingredients: carrots, cinnamon, nuts, and some yummy …
Creamy red kuri squash and chestnut soup
Here is a simple and very tasty recipe for a creamy soup made with red kuri squash, chestnuts and shallots. A starter for a festive …
Roasted butternut squash with yogurt & pomegranate sauce
Here is a recipe inspired by the famous chef Ottolenghi: in this original recipe, this meal is made with roasted eggplant halves seasoned with a …
Chicken cooked in lemon juice from my childhood
A simple recipe, with deliciously tangy notes, that will be appreciated by young and old alike! Serve the chicken with rice for a perfect combo …
Red kuri squash and potatoes with green & black olives
Here is a simple recipe to cook your autumn vegetables with a Mediterranean touch that will remind you a little of summer… You can adapt …
Pie with chestnut cream mousse, pear and tonka bean compote & caramelised hazelnut
Here is a homemade recipe for a gourmet dessert combining pears, tonka beans, chestnuts and hazelnuts. It will be perfect for a festive meal with …
Cream of celeriac soup with mushrooms & hazelnuts
Here is a recipe inspired by a delicious velouté tasted in a great Uruguayan restaurant… in Paris! The key ingredients of this recipe: celeriac, mushrooms, …
Vegetarian osso buco
My favourite part of osso buco is not the meat… but the vegetables part. So here’s a recipe that takes the ingredients and seasoning of …
Carrot, onions & sheep milk cheese pie
Here is a simple but delicious recipe for a carrot, onion and sheep milk cheese tart. An original way to eat carrots (or to recycle …
Squash, mushroom & chestnut puff pie
I propose here a pie with an autumnal / winter flavours filling. A recipe that can be used as a festive meal, or simply to …
Christmas tiramisu sponge cake
Here’s an original recipe for tiramisu lovers! A “christmas log” tiramisu: this is how we call French cakes in the shape of a log that …
Maafe with vegetables (vegan peanut stew)
Maafe (tiga dèguè na) is a very popular dish in Mali and other African countries. Maafe refers to a sauce made from peanut paste or …
Japanese vegetarian curry
Japanese curry (also called “kari”) is a popular dish in Japan, yet coming from India. The story goes that an Indian (Rash Behari Bose, a …
Express Indian-style samosas
Samosa is a dish originating from Central Asia and the Middle East. They probably come from Persian cuisine, the dish having then spread to the …
French lemon meringue pie with hazelnut
A recipe that takes some time and can be a bit technical (especially the meringue part) but following the detailed steps, you will bake this …
Walnut pie
Walnut pie is a speciality from several French regions, each region having its own version. Here I propose a pie with shortcrust dough, walnut filling, …
Squash, ricotta, spinach and mushrooms lasagna
Delicious vegetarian lasagna made with a squash puree, red onions and mushrooms, a spinach bechamel, with cheese on top… Takes some time, but definitely worth …
French vegetarian Shepherd’s pie with lentils
This recipe is inspired from the French version of the British “Shepherd’s pie”, which is called Hachis Parmentier (as Parmentier made French people eat potatoes, …
Spinach curry with cottage cheese / Palak paneer
Palak paneer is a healthy and delicious Indian meal. It is made with cheese (paneer)and a creamy spinach (palak) sauce / puree. You can prepare …
King cake with almond cream and applesauce
The traditional French dessert Galette des Rois (King Cake) is traditionally served on Epiphany and usually during the whole month of January. It is mostly …
Spicy cake with parsnip, nuts raisins & dates
This recipe is originally inspired by the classic carrot cake, but instead of carrot, I use parsnip. I also add some dates to bring more …
Smooth leek top soup
A simple and yet delicious way to recycle leek tops in a healthy zero waste soup! Enjoy.
Vegetarian korma (Navratan korma)
If you love Indian food, cashew nuts, and veggies, this recipe is for you! Vegetables cooked in a delicate sauce with cashew nuts and spices. …
Authentic maroilles pie from north of France
The maroilles tart, or maroilles flamingo tart, is a culinary specialty of Thiérache and Avesnois (two regions in the North-East of France). Served as a …
French crepes rolled and stuffed with mushrooms & ham
This recipe was created in the 50s in Amiens (North of France) by the cook Marcel Lefèvre. It is today a dish considered as a …
Puff pastry Christmas tree
A perfect recipe for Christmas season! Serve this dish as an appetizer or starter. If you make the dips yourself, then you’ll have a infinity …
Cinnamon rolls
A classic for pastries and cinnamon lovers! Here I suggest you different filling versions 🙂 You’ll see how simple it is, but also how good …
Zero waste broccoli mash
A simple zero waste recipe to turn your broccoli stalks into mash! I also suggest some other zero waste recipes with broccoli stalks: soup, wok, …
Chickpea and vegetables Tagine
This recipe is inspired by Moroccan Tagine. It can be prepared with many vegetables. You can adapt it to seasonal vegetables and to what you …
Roasted potatoes with herbs
A very simple recipe to prepare delicious potatoes! Try it and adopt it!
Vegan lentils & mushroom Stroganoff
Initially, Stroganoff is a traditional Russian recipe made with beef, usually called “Beef Stroganoff”. The beef is marinated and then braised in a sauce made …
Crustless quiche with swiss chard, mushrooms & mozzarella
An healthy and simple quiche without crust and garnished with swiss chard leaves, mushrooms and mozzarella. You can also replace the swiss chard with spinach. …
Leek, mushroom and bacon pie
A delicious salted pie with leek, mushrooms and bacon bits, topped with hazelnuts and gouda chips. Very easy to prepare and comforting on cold winter …
Grandma’s pumpkin pie
This recipe is inspired by the pumpkin pie my grandmother used to make. It was simply a leavened dough (“yeast raised dough”) with a pumpkin …
Tangy & spicy cauliflower cream soup
A very simple and healthy cauliflower soup. The cashew nuts make it very creamy and the seasoning brings it a very nice tangy touch. Enjoy!
Porcini mushrooms, walnuts and ricotta ravioli
Pasta and mushrooms, two ingredients I love, and maybe you too also 🙂 When it comes to combining them, it makes delicious recipes, such this …
Persian red lentil stew with spices
Dal adas (دال عدس ), reminiscent of the famous Indian dahl, is a very popular meal originating from Southern Iran. The current recipe is inspired …
Butternut soup: thai, fall & oriental versions
Squash in general is a vegetable you can find in many cuisines, such as Asian, Oriental, or European cuisines. That’s why there are so many …
Spaghetti squash with vegetables
I love cooking spaghetti squash! It’s an easy vegetable to prepare and with its flesh like spaghetti you can cook it in many different ways! …
Endive, apple, cheese, nuts & seeds salad
A simple and healthy salad which is perfect for the winter / endive season. I usually serve it as a light dinner with egg and …
Red kuri squash gratin with cheese
This recipe is inspired by French tartiflette (a dish from Savoy, in the French Alps, which is made with potatoes, lardons, onions and reblochon cheese). …
Walnut cake
When it’s walnut season and you don’t know what to do with all these walnuts? Well you could try this simple and healthy walnut cake …
Pesto with carrot tops
A delicious way to recycle carrot tops! The zero waste recipe is really simple. You can eat this pesto with a slice of bread, some …
Strawberry, apple and rhubarb crumble
A crumble mixing fruits for a dessert full of flavours! Follow this easy recipe and adjust it to the ingredients you have.
Thin French apple pie with fig jam, almond and pistachio
A simple, delicious, thin French apple pie recipe! I use fig jam to replace sugar and also because the pie doesn’t become too dry while …
Sweet persian rice (shirin polo)
This recipe inspired from Persian cuisine is a mix between shirin polo (sweet rice) and morassa polo (jewel rice) but without meat. They are holiday …
Persian potato patties (kuku sibzamini)
Before giving you the recipe, I would like to point out that this recipe can be highly customized according to the spices you like and …
Apple cake
This recipe is inspired from the French apple cake called “patrouillard”. The Patrouillard was originally an apple cake from the North of France. This recipe …
Soba noodles with butternut squash, mushrooms, spinach & tofu
A Japanese inspired vegan recipe that you can easily adapt according to the ingredients you have. You can indeed replace the vegetables according to the …
Green thai curry with veggies
This recipe is a vegan green thai curry: it is made with green curry paste, vegetables and tofu. You can adapt the vegetables according to …
Flammekueche
This is a traditional recipe from the East of France (Alsace). A thin crust with bacon bits, onions, sour cream and whipped cottage cheese. You …