French Dinner Party Recipes

"This is the easiest and one of the most impressive chicken dishes I make. Serve with grated parmesan at the table."

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Ingredients: pepper, fettuccine...

"This one's a truly memorable dinner without a lot of time spent in the kitchen."

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Ingredients: pepper, rib eye steaks...

"...from THE REALLY GOOD FOOD COOK BOOK. You won't believe how wonderful this mousse is! You can serve it at the most elegant dinner parties or at family dinners and, I promise you, it will be all gone."

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Ingredients: chocolate chips, confectioners' sugar...

"Bearnaise Butter melts over hot grilled or broiled steaks of your choice, making for a delicious entree that tastes like you really slaved (but you didn't). We love our steaks very rare (black & blue), but the butter's great and enhances everything from rare to well done steaks. Perfect for company! Make sure you have some bread to soak up the..."

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Ingredients: steaks, fresh lemon juice...

"This recipe comes from Paula Deen. It tastes exactly like the boursin cheese sold at stores, for a fraction of the cost! I like to serve this spread with buttery crackers. You could also use it to make sandwiches, etc... The prep time does not include softening of cream cheese, butter or the refrigeration time."

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Ingredients: cream cheese, dried basil...

"This french inspired salad utilizes blue cheese, thinly sliced apples, and sunflower seeds to perk up a traditional spinach salad. Artisanal cheese works best here as well as a tart apple. Recipe from Vegetarian Times."

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Ingredients: cider vinegar, cracked black pepper...

"Found this in a Lady's Home Journal a couple of years ago. Very quick and very good!"

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Ingredients: Dijon mustard, boneless chicken breast halves...

"I call this my magic shrimp. You can have this done in 21 minutes. And it's true restaurant quality."

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Ingredients: fresh cilantro, garlic, oil...

"Haricots verts are green beans that are small, slender, and a vivid green. While haricots verts is french for "green beans" regular green beans can be substituted and the cooking time adjusted to increase by 5 minutes. This recipe was adapted from a popular cooking magazine and posted for the 2006 Zaar World Tour - FRANCE"

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Ingredients: French haricots vert, olive oil...

"This is a simple and versatile recipe. It lends well to any type of white fish, such as: perch, tilapia, whitefish, halibut, etc... It might even work well with salmon, but I haven't tried that yet. I love the crusty, delicious almond coating. If you can't find panko, you could try regular bread crumbs. I like to serve this alongside wild rice and a..."

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Ingredients: eggs, fish fillets, panko...

"There is a book about "Why French Women Don't Get Fat" that says French ladies eat yogurt daily and that helps them to eat less of the fattening stuff. I am all for anything that helps me eat less- ie NOT GET FATter..... So here is a great recipe I found using fresh yogurt and fruit preserves to ward of the cravings!"

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Ingredients: fruit preserves, mint...