These eggplants are a Greek traditional dish but here we have its light version! The eggplants at the end are candied and their filling has also candied onions cooked in a tomato sauce! Veggies become candied thanks to the long cooking in the oven! It’s really good and light because they don’t have much olive oil! Give it a try and you will adopt the recipe without a question!
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This is a light tzatziki that is made with a fresh French cheese called fromage blanc (coming from sheep it’s better)! If you can’t find it abroad use light Greek yogurt! The light version is much better than the full fat version! Give it a try and see :-)
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This is a fine sauce that is easy to make and it uses ingredients that can be found easily at the house: tomato puree, canned tuna, and rosemary for some extra flavor! It’s really good and can help you when you run out of inspiration, time or ingredients!
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These chicken breasts are very easy to make and really tasteful :-) Use a mild and rather sweet mustard if you can’t find the French old fashioned mustard but it also works well with Dijon mustard! It’s very flavorful and quick to make!
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Lentils the Greek way are cooked as a soup or as a dish and they are made with tomato puree, onion and garlic and they have some bay leaf for extra flavor! You serve it with some red wine vinegar or Xérès vinegar and it’s really good! They are different from the lentils as we eat them in France and this recipe has better taste! But the lentils themselves are better in France than those in Greece and they cook faster! Give them a try and let me know!
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This is a very moist veal that is cooked with onions, garlic, green peppers and carrots! It’s reaches extra tastefulness with its lemony mustard sauce, perfumed with oregano! It can be served with potatoes or rice and it’s a great meal for special occasions or for everyday!
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These artichokes are cooked along with potatoes, carrots, onions, and peas, and they are perfumed with dill and have the taste of lemon! It’s a Greek traditional dish and it’s very special and unusual but so tasty!
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As you might know the frittata is an omelet cooked in the oven and it’s really good! This version has leeks, spinach, onions, cream and cheese (feta and gruyere or French comté)! It’s perfumed with dill and has the taste of a spanakopita (a Greek pie with spinach) without the phyllo crust! It’s really good and quite easy to make!
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These scallops have a nice sauce made with citrus fruits like grapefruit and orange! It’s a recipe coming from the cooking school of the Ritz in Paris, so you really don’t want to miss it ;-) And it’s easy to make! So, why aren’t you making it yet?
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This is a fine cod filet with a wonderful sauce that is a bit spicy and goes very well with the cod! Besides the tomato puree the sauce has onions, garlic, and red peppers and it’s seasoned with thyme and bay leaf ;-) To bring some spiciness we add some “pili-pili” pepper or some French Espelette pepper, if you can’t find either try some chili powder ;-) It’s really good and rather straightforward to make ti!
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