Lemon tart or tarte au citron is a classic of French pastries. I often taste lemon tarts which are either too acid, or the lemon flavor disappears behind a too sweet lemon curd. You probably guess by now that I am rather demanding on my lemon tart. Now, the challenge today for me was to revisit the luscious lemon tart recipe, to make it not ...
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Moroccan Red Lentils and Mint Soup
When the outside temperature is above 20 degrees like today, you probably expect a recipe of chilled soup, like a gazpacho or vichyssoise. But hot soup and summer can be a match. This flavorful Moroccan-inspired lentils soup is scented with fresh mint and packed with veggies. While I typically cook green lentils in the winter, I use red lentils all ...
Strawberry Mint Chia Jam {Sugar Free}
Zero sugar or pectin needed to make this jam, thanks to the gelling power of the Chia seeds! By now you probably know that these tiny seeds are packed with omega-3 fatty acids and rich in fiber. I use them in smoothies, oat meals or even in baking. But what really matters when it comes to jam, is that Chia seeds take a jelly-like texture when ...
Making Perfect Fluffy Quinoa
For a long time I cooked quinoa in a way that it turned out systematically sticky and soggy. Since I intended to use it as a side dish not in my breakfast bowl, I was quite desperate with that mushy texture. Till the day I saw the light: quinoa must be cooked like couscous, not rice! ...
Gluten Free Bread that Looks Like And Tastes Like Bread
Being French, from the homeland of baguette, pain de campagne, Campaillou and other yummy breads, I am not very keen on commercial, bagged in cellophane gluten free breads. The texture is dry and crumbly, and you never get a decent crust. My dream is to bake gluten free bread that would deserve its place on the shelves of a French boulangerie, ...
Thai Green Curry with Aubergine and Kale {Homemade Curry Paste}
Raise your hand if you ever thought a gluten and dairy free diet doesn’t leave much to eat, or that adapted recipes just can’t be as good as the ‘traditional’ version… at least that is how it feels at first. We forget that billions of people cook everyday delicious dishes without gluten grains or cow’s milk, think Thai food for example. When I ...
Chocolate Eclairs, Gluten And Dairy Free S’Il Vous Plait
Every time I visited France over the past years, I rushed to a bakery to get fresh pastries and especially an éclair au chocolat, my favorite of all. ‘Éclair’ means ‘flash of lightning’, the perfect name for a pastry I tend to eat so speedily. Surely I wouldn’t give up on chocolate eclairs and its divine creamy chocolate filling, just because it ...
French Style Rabbit with Thyme and Tomatoes
On top of gluten and cow’s milk product, I cut down non-organic red meat from my everyday cooking. The main problem with industrial red meat (mostly cow, lamb and pork) is the growth hormones and the chemical toxins it contains, which are pro-inflammatory in nature and raise many health concerns. So what other meat to add to my menu? ...
Gluten Free Fresh Pasta
When I realized I wouldn’t eat gluten anymore, one of the first thing I worried about was pasta. I cannot imagine a world without pasta. Off-the-shelf dry pasta are usually made of corn or brown-rice flour - corn-based being the worse alternative to my opinion, really it’s nowhere close to the ‘real’ pasta. There is nothing wrong with store-bought ...
Apricot, Cashew and Coconut Granola
Granola was never part of my breakfast as a child. In France, we eat tartines in the morning, slices of bread with a (thick) layer of jam, or croissants and viennoiseries. After moving to Finland, layers of cheese, salami and cucumber appeared on my morning bread (see how you can get used to anything). Granola is a recent addition to my breakfast, ...