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French Side Dishes

French Classic Side Dish: Gratin Dauphinois

Gratin Dauphinois

Today, we’re featuring a classic French side dish — the gratin Dauphinois. The gratin Dauphinois is a hearty rustic side dish. This dish comes from the Dauphiné, an old Southeastern region of France (now made of the French departments of Isère, Drôme, and Hautes-Alpes). People living in this region are called Dauphinois — hence the […]

Potatoes Boulangere (Pommes de Terre à la Boulangère)

Potatoes Boulangere

Potatoes Boulangere (Pommes de Terre à la Boulangère) Today, we’re featuring a rustic flavorful and healthy French side dish that goes very well with any white meat but also marries well with a good steak or lamb. The potatoes boulangere side dish can be seen as a healthy variation on the classic French gratin Dauphinois since potatoes […]

Classic French Stew: Boeuf Braisé aux Carottes (Braised Beef with carrots)

Boeuf Braise aux Carottes

Today, we’re featuring a simple French classic stew recipe — the boeuf aux carottes (braised beef with carrots). A braised beef with carrots is a delicious dish that gives great aroma to your home as you are cooking it. It also warms up our bodies and hearts when we are eating it! It’s even tastier […]

Peach Preserves Recipe

Peach Preserves Recipe

Peach Preserves Recipe – A Spoon of Summer Peaches are summer fruits but how about bringing a slice of summer to your fall and winter? We have an easy peach preserves recipe for you that could do just that.  Fall has been here for about a month but you may still be in luck and […]

Brown Rice with Fresh Thyme (Riz Complet au Thym)

Brown Rice - Riz Complete

Brown rice has not been part of the Art of the Home recipe journal (cahier de recettes) for a long time. In fact, we did not care for it very much until we discovered this way of cooking it. We did try to cook it from time to time, as we would white rice, but […]

Quick and Easy Sauteed Tomatoes à la Provençale

tomatoes Provencal

To bring a little bit of Provence to your table, we suggest the following quick and easy sauteed tomatoes à la Provençale recipe. Art of the Home sauteed tomatoes à la Provençale is a very versatile and healthy side dish. Tomatoes à la Provençale can be served with either meat or fish. They are also great companions […]

Ratatouille à la Provençale (Ratatouille Provençale)

ratatouille

Fresh and quality products are often the main ingredients of any great recipe. Last summer, we had so much pleasure strolling around this indoor local farmer’s market to pick up the tomatoes, zucchinis, eggplants, and peppers we needed to make our ratatouille provençale recipe. The colors and beauty of this vegetable market stand (étale) is so cheerful– […]

Cinco de Mayo Easy Guacamole

avocado guacamole

Today, we are bringing some south of the border sunshine in the kitchen with an easy Cinco de Mayo guacamole. Homemade guacamole is easy to make and perfect to accompany nachos, homemade tortilla strips, or grilled steak kebabs. Sure you can serve this for Cinco de Mayo next week but it’s a nice appetizer for […]

Easy Sautéed Provençal Vegetables (Poêlée Méridionale)

Provencal vegetables

How about a 3 steps colorful and flavorful low calorie side dish to brighten up your fall weekly dinners? Easy to make, this delicious side dish is sure to bring a little bit of the Provence sunshine to your table – always a plus as the days are getting shorter and shorter. Art of the Home sautéed […]

Braised Fennel Recipe

Braised Fennel

How about a delectable aromatic fall vegetable to add to your fall menus? Let us suggest picking up some fennel (fenouil) for a delicious braised fennel recipe (fenouils braisés). Very satisfying and with a unique licorice flavor, fennel will make any meal you serve feel special. It marries especially well with fish and seafood. In […]

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