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 …
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 …
Bolognese & white sauce lasagna
Here’s a comforting and delicious recipe for Italian-style lasagna, inspired by Big Mamma’s recipes. A very tasty meal! The trick is to mix the béchamel …
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 …
Roasted red bell pepper dip
A new recipe to end the summer with a touch of sweetness: a poivronnade (or roasted red bell pepper dip). You can use it warm …
Roasted cherry tomato, mozzarella and basil cake
Here is a recipe for a summer cake, with a hint of Margherita pizza with its 3 main star ingredients: mozzarella, tomatoes and basil! The …
Thin French zucchini & onion pie
Here is a very easy and original recipe to cook zucchini. This thin & slightly spicy pie can be eaten hot, warm or cold! Enjoy !
Zucchini risotto
Here’s a summer version of risotto, with zucchini as the star ingredient! An easy and quite quick recipe to prepare, perfect if you have a …
Meadowsweet pudding
A very easy recipe that will allow you to discover the subtle taste of the meadowsweet, this white flower that gives a note of almond …
Kuku sabzi (Persian omelette with fresh herbs & barberries)
There are many kinds of “kuku” (or koukou) in Persian cuisine: it’s a kind of spicy vegetarian patty with fresh herbs and eggs, and other …
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 …
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 …
Pumpkin, cinnamon & hazelnut muffins
Pumpkin (or squash) is definitely one of my favorite ingredient for fall recipes, that can be used both for savory recipes and desserts! Here I …
Pear, spinach shoots, parmesan & nuts salad
Here is a recipe for a sweet and sour autumn salad. A very simple and quick salad to prepare, but also very tasty! This recipe …
Sudanese eggplant caviar with peanuts (al-aswad)
Here is a delicious Sudanese-inspired recipe: eggplant caviar with peanuts. The peanuts go very well with the eggplants! Enjoy it hot, warm or cold, with …
Quinoa salad, roasted squash, cream cheese, pomegranate, spices & seeds
Here is a very easy recipe for a dish with tangy and oriental notes that combines both sweetness and freshness, for a tasty transition between …
Eggplant parmigiana (Parmigiana di melanzane)
Eggplant parmigiana is a bit like vegetarian lasagna, with the different layers that make up this dish: tomato sauce, aubergine, mozzarella and parmesan. It is …
French Ratatouille
A “traditional” ratatouille recipe, where every vegetable is first cooked separately. A simple recipe to prepare and very delicious! You can serve your ratatouille with …
Blueberry & almond pie
An easy summer recipe, combining blueberries and almond for a delicious dessert! Made with wild blueberries, this recipe is even better, but you can also …
Apricot and rosemary pie
A quick, tasty and vegan pie! Rosemary adds freshness and pairs very well with the apricot! With a little touch of almonds to complete this …
Persian broad beans with dill and eggs (Baghali Ghatogh)
Here is an original recipe from Iran. Broad beans subtly flavoured with dill and served with fried eggs. A tasty, healthy and easy to prepare …
Pistachio mini madeleines
A simple and tasty recipe for pistachio-flavoured mini madeleines! You can of course make this recipe in standard sized madeleine tins (you will simply have …
Eggplant, broad beans and cheese bruschetta
An easy recipe for a nice summery bruschetta. Along with a small salad, will make a perfect light meal. A delicious way to prepare eggplants, …
Persian tomato & cucumber salad (Shirazi salad)
Shirazi salad is a popular Iranian dish, originating in the city of Shiraz. There are several versions of this salad depending on the regions of …
Japanese style eggplant (Nasu Dengaku)
A very easy, tasty and healthy recipe to cook eggplants. It is strongly inspired by the Japanese recipe “Nasu Dengaku” (see notes below). You can …
Yellow split pea stew with dried Persian lime (vegetarian Khoresh Gheymeh)
This recipe is a vegetarian / vegan version of the well known Persian stew called Khoresh Gheymeh which usually contains lamb meet (gheymeh means minced …
Rhubarb and almond pie, Conticini style
A beautiful and delicious rhubarb and almond pie, very much inspired by the recipe of pastry chef Philippe Conticini. It takes time to make it …
Homemade vegetarian pizza with mushrooms, artichokes, red onions & scamorza (la Pizza di Jojo)
A delicious recipe for homemade pizza, with a light, crispy and chewy dough. A great combination of ingredients, which you can adapt according to your …
Open faced asparagus and smoked cheese sandwich
I like to make an open faced sandwich for a light dinner and serve it with a small green salad on the side. Here I …
Black sesame panna cotta with red fruits
Panna cotta is originally an Italian recipe. As you can tell by the name (panna cotta means cooked cream)… But this version is a Japanese-inspired …
Fava beans falafel
A simple falafel recipe with fava beans and chickpeas: a nice dish for spring season. I don’t put a lot of chickpeas to preserve the …
Asparagus risotto with mushrooms and broad beans
A perfect spring risotto with asparagus and broad beans as guest ingredients… Easy to prepare and very tasty. You should definitely try if you are …
Vegetarian gyoza & vegetable stir-fry
A double Asian-inspired recipe. Vegetarian gyoza (even vegan) with homemade dough and vegetable stir-fry to serve with the gyoza. Not so complicated and delicious. Follow …
Cannelloni with ricotta, spinach & smoked scamorza
A simple and basic recipe of cannelloni filled with a ricotta & spinach mixture and topped with smoked scamorza slices. Very gourmet! Buon appetito
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 …
Asian stir-fry noodles with veggies and tofu
An easy and healthy Asian recipe that you can customize in many ways. I give you some ideas at the end of the recipe.
Homemade vegetarian burritos
An easy recipe to make homemade tortillas and a vegetarian filling, and serve them like burritos. You can serve the burritos with a salad, rice, …
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 …
Violet syrup
When it’s the season, going on a walk and picking up some violet flowers is a really nice activity! These flowers have a very delicate …
Crème Brûlée (Burned cream)
Burned cream, also know as Crème brûlée, is a traditional French dessert, made of a rich custard usually flavored with vanilla, and topped with sugar …
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, …
Vegan chocolate mousse
Aquafaba is the viscous water in which legume seeds like chickpeas have been cooked. Thanks to its composition, it can replace egg whites for several …
Roasted tandoori vegetables
Tandoori is a mixture of spices used for cooking with a tandoor (clay oven) in traditional Indian cooking. Usually it is mixed with yogurt. Meat, …
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 …
Red kuri squash, comté & walnut cake
A delicious cake with squash, comté cheese and walnut kernels sprinkled with sesame and squash seeds. A nice snack or appetizer. You can also serve …
Spinach and chickpea curry (Palak chole)
Palak chole (also called chana palak) is a delicious Indian meal. It is made with chickpeas, spinach, tomato puree and spices of course. With its …
Naan (Indian bread)
If you are addicted to Indian food, you should try to make your own naan. Follow the steps below, you’ll see how simple it is, …
Almond cake, financier style
Don’t know what do to with your egg whites? You are an almond lover? Try this recipe! Inspired by the traditional French cake “financier”, this …
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 …
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 …
French custard pie with pistachio
A French custard pie with shortcrust dough to which I like to add pistachio, like an oriental touch to a classical French “flan”. Delicious! You …
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 …
Pear and almond pie
This pie is called in French “Bourdaloue tart”. It’s a typical French pastry, composed of a shortbread pastry, garnished with almond cream and poched pears. …
Oriental blancmange
This recipe is halfway between the Persian dessert recipe “Yakh dar Behesht” (literally: ice cream in paradise) and the Lebanese dessert “Mouhalabieh” (which would itself …
Stuffed pastries, empanadas style
This recipe is inspired by Argentinean empanadas, especially for the beef stuffing. You can try with any kind of stuffing! In this recipe I gave …
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 …
Cake from Ardèche with chestnut cream & chocolate
This recipe is adapted from the French “gâteau ardéchois” recipe, a typical cake made with chestnut cream. It is traditionally made without chocolate or almond …
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 …
Eggplant with walnut and pomegranate sauce
This recipe is inspired from a traditional Persian recipe called “Koresh-e fesenjān” which is a chicken, walnut and pomegranate stew. I adapt it to a …
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 …
Vegan chili (Chili sin carne)
A recipe inspired from Marie Laforêt’s vegan chili (from the book “Vegan”). It contains vegetables, kidney beans, soybean proteins and a really nice seasoning. Enjoy!
Old style apple & plum pie
A delicious vegan pie with apples, plums and blueberry jam ! The dough is very easy to prepare with a bit of crunchiness.
Persian eggplant & walnut dip (kashk-é bâdemjân)
“Kashk-é bâdemjân” is a typical and famous Persian dish. It’s a sort of dip with eggplant, walnut and yogurt. Kashk means yogurt whey, it’s a …
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 …
Rhubarb and cherry pie
Very simple summer pie: shortcrust dough, rhubarb and cherry… It goes very well together, but you can also change the fruits if you want! Enjoy!
Tomato pie
A simple vegetarian tomato pie with few ingredients: puff pastry, tomatoes, mustard, mushrooms, comté cheese and herbs… Follow the steps and add some other ingredients …
Zucchini, Sheep milk cheese & mint quiche
A simple quiche with shortcrust pastry, zucchini, mint and sheep milk cheese. You can adapt the ingredients.
Cold Lithuanian beetroot & cucumber soup (Šaltibarščiai)
This a very typical soup from Lithuania that is not only super easy and quick to prepare, but very healthy and original! It’s a perfect …
Yogurt cake with acacia flowers
A classical yogurt cake upgraded with acacia flowers and honey and poppy seeds! An easy, original and healthy recipe.
Nettle pesto
There are so many recipes to make pesto! If the traditional recipe normally features basil, it’s also possible to make pesto with other greens. Here …
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 …