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  • Dark and white molten chocolate cake

    Posted on Sunday November 1st, 2009 at 10:02 in Chocolate, cheap, desserts, Easy, white chocolate, eggs

    Today is my blog-anniversary! I can’t believe it’s already been 1 year since I started French Cooking for Dummies. Let me tell you I’ve been enjoying it a lot. I don’t always find time to cook and be ready to take a nice pi...

  • Salmon shirred eggs/ oeufs cocotte au saumon

    Posted on Thursday July 30th, 2009 at 17:32 in Easy, eggs, brunch, chives, salmon, starters

    This baked eggs with salmon recipe is perfect for a brunch or a nice 'entrée'. As a starter, it would also be great with a glass of good white wine. In French, we call them 'oeufs cocotte' which would be translated as 'chick eggs' (special thank to ...

  • Molten chocolate cake

    Posted on Friday July 10th, 2009 at 06:11 in Chocolate, cheap, desserts, Easy, eggs

    Everyone knows chocolate is great for improving the mood... So why should you refrain from eating it?! Get ready, this molten chocolate cake recipe is a killer! ;-) The one on the picture could have been baked a little less so the center would have ...

  • Soft cooked egg and bacon salad

    Posted on Friday June 26th, 2009 at 13:46 in salad, cheap, Easy, vegetarian, eggs, bacon, side dishes, lemon, mustard, starters

    I love making brunch on week-ends. You get out of bed too late to have breakfast and still be hungry at noon. Or you get up at noon, it's too late to call it breakfast but you're still not ready to have lunch ;-) . This soft cooked egg and bacon sala...

  • Olive and feta cheese meatballs

    Posted on Saturday June 13th, 2009 at 14:04 in cheap, Easy, cheese, eggs, meat, onion, Main Dishes, olives, capers, tomatoes, feta

    Here is a recipe I like to make often. It's fast, easy and really tasty! I love Mediterranean flavors and these ones really enhance a good beef meat. I used green olives, but it's only a matter of taste, you can replace them by black olives if you pr...

  • Chocolate floating islands

    Posted on Sunday May 3rd, 2009 at 08:18 in Chocolate, cheap, desserts, vegetarian, eggs

    This recipe is a variant of the traditional French floating islands served with 'crème anglaise'. It's a great classic in French cooking : here is the chocolate version!...

  • Spinach soufflés

    Posted on Tuesday February 10th, 2009 at 16:32 in vegetarian, cheese, eggs, garlic, side dishes, spinach, nutmeg, shallots

    We always hear soufflé is very difficult to make. The truth is, it’s very difficult to get it to the table all nice and up but it is still very good even if you never get to that part . You can see mine got down before I took the picture and ...

  • Ham and cheese crepe / Galette complète

    Posted on Monday February 2nd, 2009 at 16:51 in cheap, cheese, eggs, ham

    On Frebruary 2nd Candlemas is celebrated in many parts of the world eating pancakes. In France, we eat crepes. There already is a sweet crepes recipe on this site, Candlemas is the perfect occasion to share with you the most famous galette (crepe mad...

  • Tiramisu

    Posted on Thursday January 15th, 2009 at 14:20 in coffee, cheap, marsala, sweet, eggs, dessert, tiramisu, mascarpone

    I know Tiramisu is not French but it’s so easy to make, it definitely has a place on this blog It’s an amazing Italian dessert; if you’ve never tried that, what are you waiting for?! Preparation Time: 15mn   +1h or 2 in the fridge...

  • 2nd basic : les oeufs (eggs) mimosa

    Posted on Sunday November 2nd, 2008 at 12:13 in cheap, Easy, eggs

    This one is probably the cheapest and easiest appetizer to make. All you need is 5 mn, eggs and mayonnaise... This recipe has a thousand versions as well, add it bacon and it changes everything!Preparation Time : 5 mn - Boiling Time : 10 mnIngredient...