French recipes with 300 or fewer calories

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…

Potato and Sweet Potato au Gratin with Herbs

This is not the lightest recipe I've made, but it's a real treat when you are having guests and want to…

Spicy Shrimp on Spinach

We made this as one of the dishes at our annual stay at the Koehler Winery near in Los Olivos near Santa Barbara. Everything we made was delicious,…

Mushrooms with Butter, Garlic and Croutons

This is a delicious and easy to make mushroom dish. It tastes as good as fancy stuffed mushrooms, but is half…

Apricot Clafoutis copyright 2011 art of living.PrimaMedia,Inc/Maria Liberati

This recipe is from my latest book and winner of the Gourmand World…

Miner's Mush

My French Canadian grandma used to make this for my dad and all his siblings. It has become a Jordan family staple. I like it with the anise, but…

Mushroom, Tomato, and White Bean Ragout

This is a delicious companion to grilled fish, steak or chicken. It is beautiful, healthy, and flavorful.

Mango Gateau with peaches and cream

A Gateau is a French style sponge cake traditionally made with cream and may be a multilayered cake. I made…

Scallops in Scallion Nests

This is an attractive, flavorful dish, ideal as the first course for an elegant dinner. The scallions, which are cooked briefly in boiling water and…

Sauteed Spinach with Garlic

This is a delicious and healthy dish that takes 5 minutes to make and goes with almost anything--asian, mediterranean or american. Barefoot…

Creme Brulee

My claim to fame. Not quite so traditional, I use whole eggs and milk to lighten it up a little bit.

Simple Sole Meuniere

I seem to have a fetish with dover sole right now. It’s so plentiful and inexpensive, I keep looking for different ways to cook it. This easy…

Sauce Diable

Serve with my Roasted Loch Duart Salmon with Chanterelle Mushrooms

NUTELLA AND BANANA CREPES

Making a crepe is not as intimating as one would think. You can make these crepes for breakfast or as a snack. You can stuff the crepes with sweet…

Roasted Pineapple Sauce