Discover the delightful flavors of summer with this light and healthy Smoked Salmon and Zucchini Carpaccio recipe. Thinly sliced zucchini is marinated in a zesty lemon and olive oil dressing, then layered with savory smoked salmon, olives, pickled onions, and capers. This dish is not only visually stunning but also bursting with freshness and taste. […]
Oyster Mushroom Carnitas: Easy Vegan & Gluten-Free Taco Recipe
Welcome back to The Petit Gourmet®! Today, we’re breathing new life into taco night with our innovative Oyster Mushroom Carnitas. This recipe is a godsend for anyone committed to a vegetarian, vegan, or gluten-free diet, presenting a delectable alternative to traditional meat-based dishes. Prepare to be amazed as we demonstrate how straightforward ingredients magically transform […]
Dominican Pork Locrio: A Flavorful Heritage Dish
Hey, my beloved peeps! Today, I’m whisking you away on a culinary escapade straight to the heart of the Dominican Republic with a recipe that’s gonna take your kitchen game to sky-high levels. We’re not talking just any ol’ dish; this is the full-on Dominican experience, from the first chop to the last scrumptious bite. […]
Sheet Pan Pork Chops, Brussels Sprouts, and Apples: A Midweek Inspiration
This recipe for sheet pan pork chops with Brussels sprouts and apples was sparked by my usual Wednesday trip to the supermarket. It’s during these trips that I decide on the fresh produce to include in the upcoming week’s menu. People often ask me how I come up with my recipes, and my answer is […]
Low-Carb Lasagna: A Traditional Recipe with a Modern Twist
If you’re craving lasagna but looking to cut back on carbs, this low-carb lasagna is the perfect solution. By swapping traditional pasta with #keto pasta made from almond flour, you can enjoy a delicious and healthier version of this classic dish. The versatile dough for this lasagna is the same as our #keto tortillas, which […]
Low Carb Spaghetti Squash Carbonara: A Delicious and Healthy Twist
Hey friends! Spaghetti squash is a game-changer for anyone looking to cut back on carbs without sacrificing flavor. This Low Carb Spaghetti Squash Carbonara is a fantastic alternative to the classic Italian dish. It’s just as creamy and delicious, but with a fraction of the carbs. Perfect for a cozy dinner that won’t weigh you […]
Celery root and stewed salami cups | healthy low-carb street food
Looking for a healthy, flavorful snack or main course that’s low-carb and utterly delicious? These Celery Root and Fried Salami Baskets are just what you need! Easy to make and packed with vibrant flavors, they are perfect for any meal. Ingredients for the celery root and stewed salami cups: For the Cups: For the Stewed […]
Seared scallops in Coconut Lime & Cilantro Emulsion Recipe | Creamy Coconut Foam Delight
Get ready to elevate your dinner game with this easy-to-make yet elegant Coconut Lime Scallops with Basmati Rice recipe! Delicate and tender scallops are perfectly paired with a creamy coconut sauce infused with zesty lime and savory garlic. The dish is finished off with aromatic coriander and a pinch of smoked paprika, all served on a bed of light and fluffy basmati rice. Whether you’re a seafood lover or just searching for a new dinner option, this recipe is sure to impress. Follow along with The Petit Gourmet and discover more comforting and hearty dishes to keep your taste buds delighted!
Selwa’s Marinated Roasted Chicken Recipe: A Family Favorite
Every family has that one recipe that’s passed down through friends, loved ones, and generations. For us, Selwa’s Marinated Roasted Chicken is that dish. Shared with us shortly after our wedding in 2002 by our dear friend Selwa, this recipe has been a beloved staple in our home ever since. Selwa is the wife of […]
Onion French Tart (Pissaladière): A Taste of Nice
This Onion French Tart, known as Pissaladière, is a cherished part of Nice’s culinary heritage, alongside classics like Salade Niçoise, Fougasse, Daube, and Ratatouille. The name Pissaladière comes from one of its traditional ingredients, “pissalat,” derived from “peis salat,” meaning “salty fish.” Originally posted in April 2015, I’ve recently given this recipe a fresh update […]
Best homemade easy meatballs
In my house, homemade easy meatballs are the way to go. My daughters can never agree on how they like them though! One loves her sauce-covered balls while the other prefers hers fried first before getting doused in tomato goodness 🍅 But whatever their preference is, everyone’s a winner when these delicious delights make an […]
Summer’s Tartine
Whether savory or sweet, tartine toasts are very popular. Easy and fast, these toasts or open-faced sandwiches appeal to everyone thanks to their infinite variations. As a result, in winter, you can prepare Tartiflette style with bacon, onions, and reblochon melted in the oven, in summer you can be dressed with candied tomatoes, fresh goat […]
Make this Cheese Fondue at home
This homemade fondue is easy to make and you will taste a classic in your own kitchen. People that had limited access to fresh food during the winter months, therefore, began using aged cheeses and bread during this period so Cheese fondue was born as a solution. As the fall wore on, the cheese aged, […]
Delicious Moroccan Meatballs Tagine recipe with Tomato Sauce and Eggs
Hey foodie friends! Today, I’m thrilled to share a dish that’s a true celebration of flavors: Moroccan Meatballs Tagine with Tomato Sauce and Eggs. This delightful dish, also known as Kefta’s Tajine with Eggs, is like a Moroccan take on shakshuka, featuring juicy, zesty meatballs simmered in a rich tomato sauce. It’s easy, affordable, and […]
Braised Belgian endive
This Braised Belgian endive recipe is also known as Endives with ham, chicory gratin, endives au gratin, and endive roulades. Originally from Belgium and then popular in the north of France. It’s funny how simple is to change a habit when you put your mind to it. Before beginning the keto diet, I was most […]
Turkey zucchini lasagna
To begin this year with a great recipe, today I share with you this Turkey zucchini lasagna. Super easy to make and delicious. First, begin to cut lengthwise the zucchini, I used my mandoline. And lay a layer on the bottom of a greased baking dish. Then add the cooked turkey. Then add the tofu […]
Cuban pork tenderloin
For us Dominicans, the main course of Christmas dinner is unmistakably the pork. For families that are not very numerous a pork loin is more than enough. That’s why today we bring the roasted Cuban pork tenderloin for a small family. The trick of this recipe is for me, the marinade, we make it Cuban […]
Chorizo and sweet Plantain stuffed turkey breast
When cooking for the festivities, Turkey is the star dish of most households. We wanted to give a bit of a Latin twist to our recipe this year, so we decided to stuff our turkey breast roulade with sweet plantain and chorizo. Unlike the green plantain, the yellow or ripe one (also called maduros), is […]
Veggie quinoa lunch bowl
Veggie quinoa lunch bowl This is one of the easiest recipes ever to make. You just have to make the bowl base, today I chose quinoa, but it can totally be: mix of greens, lettuce, zucchini or carrot noodles, grains, lentils. You just choose your favorite things to place on top of the bowl base […]
Cobb Salad
The Cobb salad is a main-dish American garden salad typically made with chopped salad greens, tomato, crisp bacon, boiled, grilled or roasted chicken breast, hard-boiled eggs, avocado, chives, Roquefort cheese, and red-wine vinaigrette. Various stories exist recounting how the salad was invented. One says that it came about in the 1930’s at the Hollywood Brown […]
Zucchini cucumber cilantro gazpacho
Still very warm weather here in the DR and a perfect way to cope with the heat that having this perfect Zucchini cucumber cilantro gazpacho. So sadden about the horrible news from Las Vegas, my thoughts are with all the victims and their families, I can’t stop thinking, do we really need to have civilians owning […]
Easy wonderful Pil Pil Shrimp
Hello, hello! it’s been ages since I last wrote some lines here! the truth be told! I just got back to my home. It has been a long summer but a really fun one! Today I want to share this easy wonderful Pil Pil Shrimp recipe. As I told you on my last mail, We were […]
Bacon spinach quiche
Among with the caramelized onions quiche this was the most popular item sold on my bakery! Yes, if you didn’t knew it yet, I owned a bakery called “Le Petit Gourmet” thus the name of this blog! We sold, bread, sweet and savory pastries, on the savory side, we sold lots of quiches and buttery […]
Eggs with chorizo
So, there are mornings when you don’t really feel like eating much, but there are days when you wake up and you crave something consistent and rich! these one of the answers to that question! Eggs and chorizo! Spicy. Savory. Smooth. Chorizo is a variety of sausage made of pork, hailing from Spain but […]
Beef Kefta brochette
Beef Kefta brochette This is ground beef mixed with cumin, paprika, minced onion, parsley, coriander and garlic. Kefta is an easy way of making your children eat vegetables without even noticing. Some families add often to this recipe chopped mint leaves, hot paprika and cinnamon, sometimes I tried doing a chicken version of this recipe […]
Fig & cheese tart
I was invited to a birthday party and I didn’t knew what to get for the host, I know He loves cheeses so I got him a Slate Cheese Serving Board and I baked him a fig and cheese tart! Not familiar with figs? Although not juicy, the fig is an incredibly luscious fruit, with a […]
Ham, Parmesan, arugula, cherry tomatoes tartine
I first publish this recipe on 2015 but it is the perfect fix for a quick and easy meal so here it is again! An open sandwich, also known as an open face/faced sandwich, bread baser, or tartine consists of a single slice of bread with one or more food items on top. An […]
Crepes
Sunday morning!! Always the same 2 questions: Can we have croissants or can we make crepes? most of the Sundays we go to the bakery closest to our house and buy croissants but sometimes we’ll do the crepes with the girls! so my job here will be making the dough along with the girls and […]
The Benefits of Eating Healthy Chicken Vietnamese Salad
I know, I know. You’re thinking, “yet another healthy salad??” But trust me on this one. This Vietnamese chicken salad is packed with flavor and is oh-so-healthy. Plus, it’s perfect for a low-carb diet! So what are you waiting for? Dig in! My husband Patrick used to talk about this restaurant called Le Tonkin, which […]
Sticky Honey Sriracha Chicken Wings
Sticky Honey Sriracha Chicken Wings Happy Memorial day folks! how was your weekend? Well, yesterday in the DR was Mother’s Day, so Happy belated Mother’s Day to all Dominican moms reading this!! 👐👐👐👐👐👐. Today is a chill Monday! perfect for a cool old grill or roast meal, and this wings are perfect for today! you […]
Moroccan Tomatoes and Pepper Salad (chouchouka)
Moroccan Tomatoes and Pepper Salad (chouchouka) My husband and eldest daughter, are obsessed with this Moroccan Tomatoes and Pepper Salad (chouchouka)! They eat it warm, cold, as if! they don’t care. They love it, I can put it even for school lunch and her lunch box comes back empty every time! Not to be confused […]
Healthy chicken Shawarma wrap
Healthy chicken Shawarma wrap Hello friends! How was your weekend? Happy belated Mother’s Day to all the mothers reading this! you and I share the most wonderful 24/7 job in the whole wide world! tiring, is it? yes but totally rewarding. Today I bring you a recipe that is not only healthy but flavorful and […]
Fluffy gluten-free pancakes
I am using Bob Red’s Gluten Free 1-to-1 Baking Flour to make these fluffy gluten-free pancakes for this mother’s day brunch. I know I know, moms work 24/7, 365 days a year, but we have chosen to thank mothers all over the world this one day. What better way to thank your mom than a […]
Tostones with garlic mojo
Tostones with garlic mojo I don’t know if you have had tostones before (twice fried green plantains) but if you haven’t get your platanos as quickly as you can. Tostones are the comparable to French fries for people living in Latin America specially in the Caribbean. Tostones are green plantains that are fried, then smashed to […]
40 colorful recipes for a Mexican celebration
40 colorful recipes for a Mexican celebration Hello, hello Dear Monday, Be gentle. How was your weekend? did you follow up the French elections last weekend? A lot of crazy going on in the world. I hope French show us not everything is lost to madness next Sunday. Sometimes I wish I could return back […]
Wonderful spring sprouts pearl couscous salad
Happy Monday folks!How was your weekend? I do hope that better than mine, having rain all weekend long ended in an unexpected visit to the ER with my youngest daughter and her sprained Ankle. Nothing to worry about, she’ll wear a fiberglass cast for 3 weeks, nothing big! Mixed green veggies with pearl couscous is […]
Easy and fun arugula pesto pasta salad
Easy and fun arugula pesto pasta salad There are endless variations of pesto: basil, arugula, spinach, kale, cilantro… The pine nuts can be replaced with some walnuts, hazelnuts, macadamia or almonds. A healthier way of adding tons of flavor to your pasta, potatoes, raw veggies, rice salad, toasts, I mean the possibilities are endless.
Bocaditos de papas y bacalao para la cuaresma
Bocaditos de papas y bacalao para la cuaresma Hace poco estuve en un taller culinario acerca de las papas de Papas de USA, que me encantó, aprendimos cómo manejarlas, sus valores nutritivos y los diferentes tipos de papas más utilizados en la cocina latina. Las papas están llenas de nutrientes, como vitamina C. Una papa […]
Crunchy breaded eggplant parmesan
Crunchy breaded eggplant parmesan Hello friends! how have you been?? Good I hope! Can you believe St. Valentine’s is here!! It has been a busy but a good week. Next week my husband and I are celebrating our 15-year wedding anniversary, and we are celebrating with a romantic trip to the big apple, just the […]
Easy Lebanese spread
I was looking for something different and fun to prepare for a group of friends that are coming over to watch the game together. So, I decided to make an Easy Lebanese spread, a mezze or meze (a selection of small plates, usually served in Lebanon, Turkey, Greece, and lots of other countries). For this […]