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French Vegetarian Recipes

 

 

Most French flavors begin with a mirepoix (pronounced "mire-pwa", a mix of carrots, onions, and celery, proportionally in 2 parts onion, 1 part carrots, 1 part celery. It is variety of soups, stews, stocks, and sauces. French flavors rely heavily on fresh herbs, including thyme, parsley, tarragon, garlic, bay leaves, nutmeg, white pepper, and a bouquet garni (pronounced "bukay-garnee"). A bouquet garni can be tied with string and dropped into the soup, or placed in a muslin bag or cheesecloth to flavor it. You can add a note of lemon grass, ginger root, fennel, juniper berries, peppercorns, or cloves to the bag. Other flavors include sea salt, black pepper, onions, celery, carrots, and mushrooms. Accompanied with a good loaf of french bread, it is a fulfilling meal. Other foods related to French cuisine is lentils, white beans, fresh greens, and potatoes.

 

Did you know? Julia Child was the face of French cuisine, but she was not French; she was born in Pasadena, California, parentage by her father a Princeton professor, and her mother, an heiress of Weston Paper Company. 

 

 

Experience the romance of French cuisine with our vegetarian recipes.

(Naturally) French Onion Soup

Ingredients:

  • 1/2 C         Soy Butter

  • 4               Onions, sliced, various colors: yellow, white, red

  • 2               Garlic cloves

  • 2               Bay leaves

  • 3 T            Flour

  • 8 C           Vegetable Broth

  • 1                Baguette, sliced

  • 1                Packet Veggie cheese

 

Directions:

1 Melt butter in a large pot on medium heat.

2. Add the onions, garlic, bay leaves, thyme, salt to taste.

3. Cook till onions are tender and caramelized, appoximately 25 minutes.

4. Discard the bay leaves and thyme sprigs.

5. Dust the onions with flour and stir.

6. Turn the heat down to medium low so the flour does not burn, and cook for ten minutes.

7. Add the vegetable broth, bring the soup back to simmer and cook for ten minutes.

8. Season, to taste with salt if need be.

9. When you are ready to eat, turn on the broiler oven.

10. Arrange the broiler slices on a baking sheet in a single layer.

11. Sprinkle the baguette slices with the Veggie cheese and broil until bubbly and golden brown, 3 to 5 minutes.

12. Ladle the soup in bowls and float several of the veggie cheese slices on top.

Lentil Soup

Ingredients:

  • 1 lb     Lentils     

  • 1 c      Celery (diced)

  • ¼ c     Vegetable Oil   

  • 1 c      Carrots (diced)

  • 2 T      Herbs N’ More  

  • 1 med Onion (chopped)

  • 1 T      Cumin

  • ¼ c     Chik N’ Seasoning

  • 1 sm   Bay Leaf              

 

Instructions: 

   1.  Prepare lentils according to cooking instructions in large pot.  

   2.  Double the water portion for soup.

   3.  Bring to hard boil for 10 minutes.  Reduce head and add oil, cumin, bay leaf and salt, then cover and simmer for 45 minutes. 

   4.  Then add celery, onions, carrots and chik seasoning, allow to simmer stirring occasionally till veggies are tender. 

          

Chikn Style Seasoning

Ingredients:

  • 1 1/3 C           Nutritional Yeast Flakes

  • 3 T                 Onion Powder

  • 2 1/2 t            Garlic Powder

  • 2 t                  Sea Salt

  • 1/2 t               Celery Seed or Celery Flakes

  • 2 T                  Italian Seasoning (marjoram, thyme, rosemary, savory, sage, oregano, basil)

  • 1 1/2 t             Paprika

  • 1 T                  Parsley Flakes

 

Directions:

Blend together and store in an airtight container.

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