French Vegetarian Recipes

"Ratatouille is usually a savoury vegetable stew cooked on top-of-the-stove ... but roasting in the oven intensifies the flavours. For a main course, serve this with salad and crusty bread. (I enjoy it on top of shredded lettuce with a dollop of yogurt cheese.) The recipe comes from Bonnie Stern's MORE HEARTSMART COOKING."

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Ingredients: pepper, fennel bulbs...

"Headline: BREAD MACHINE RESCUES MEAL FROM BOREDOM! Never again will you purchase French bread from the store. Impress your friends and neighbors with a warm loaf, laugh delightedly when the compliments start rolling in. COOKING TIME includes rising time, too."

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Ingredients: eggs, warm water, milk...

"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...

"Egg custards are quite simple to prepare, provided you follow the recipe directions! Avoid using excessive heat which will ruin the texture, stir the mixture constantly when cooking over direct heat & watch the mixture carefully as it thickens. I'm making this on Valentine's Day - its one of my hubby's favourite desserts!!"

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Ingredients: eggs, granulated sugar, milk...

"Not sure where the original version came from but this includes my tweaks over the years. The results are a lovely crepe than can used for entreés or desserts without having to worry about fat and calories. Bon appettit! For those following Weight Watchers, it's 2 points per serving."

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Ingredients: egg whites, powdered sugar...

"One of the most requested vegetable accompaniments that I serve in the Auberge; simple & easy to adapt to personal tastes - they are finished off in a flash before serving. If you are not fond of garlic, don't add it......the same with basil, it's just that I find the two work very well together with the sweetnes of the carrots!"

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Ingredients: creme fraiche, dried basil...

"A refreshing light dessert, serve with light cookies. Originally from "French Cooking - Eileen Reece"."

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Ingredients: raspberries, strawberries...

"This is wonderful if you love apples and yogurt. Adapted from a recipe by the US Apple Consumers Association."

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Ingredients: cinnamon, plain low-fat yogurt...

"This is made in the bread machine and baked in the oven. Follow your bread machine directions. If you don't have a french bread setting just remove dough from the machine before the final rising stage and shape as directed."

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Ingredients: fast-rising active dry yeast, salt...

"I lived in Paris for 4 months and in Valladolid, Spain for 6 months as a student and in both cities, the traditional everyday breakfast was this (although some adults have black coffee rather than chocolate milk!). In Spain I lived with a local family and everyone had a variation of this breakfast each day. It really hits the spot and with some fruit..."

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Ingredients: chocolate milk, strawberry jam...

"From Cooking Light. Tasty!"

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Ingredients: fresh flat-leaf parsley, kosher salt...