French side dishes recipes

Zucchini & Cheese Gratin

Delicious and beautiful...the French way. Serves 4-6 Prepared in 25 minutes Cooks in 35 - 45 minutes.

Baby Carrots with Black Olives

can't believe something as simple as this actually needs a recipe, just posting it to remind myself if nothing else courtesy patricia wells and…

Buttered Brussels Sprouts

Brussels sprouts get a bad rap. Opponents of the vegetable swear it tastes like metal. Or worse, like feet. But when coated with the right…

Mornay Sauce

The French cheese sauce, prepared in a microwave.

Béchamel Sauce

One of France's mother sauces, prepared in a microwave.

Velouté Sauce

One of France's mother sauces, prepared in a microwave.

Ratatouille

This was given to me by a friend of a friend from Provence. They called it authentic. Apparently there is discussion about this but ...it's easy…

Lemon Tarragon Sauce

excellent accompaniment to chicken dishes, such as Feta Stuffed Chicken Breast

Lorraine Potatoes

Garlic Sauteed Spinach

Couscous Aux Legumes (Couscous and Vegetables)

Potatoes With Parsley and Garlic - Pommes Parsillade

These are the fantastic potatoes you've probably had in a french bistro...the ones that weren't pommes frites…

Simple to Make, Very Versatile and Deliciously Skinny, Roasted Ratatouille

Rata­touille is a sim­ple and healthy veg­etable dish usu­ally loaded with…

Veloute

* Velouté sauce, also one of the mother sauces, in many ways is also considered to be a white sauce. The difference between velouté and béchamel is…

Sauce Supreme

* Variation of a Velouté sauce