An easy winter menu to serve you

Simple but effective and balanced recipes

Because we are not all Cyril Lignac or Hélène Darroze behind the stove; because we don’t have time; because we’re tired… In cooking, there are a thousand good reasons to go as simple as possible. The key is to have enough nutrients on the plate so that the menu is balanced.
As a starter, for example, you can opt for a salad or soup, which will count as a portion of vegetables. Starting the meal with sources of fiber is also better for digestion. Be careful, since we’re talking about vegetables, we remember to buy seasonal products. In winter, we want to see leeks, carrots, squash and cabbage on the menu.
For the dish, you will need at least a source of protein and a starch. It can be a fish fillet, a steak or a hard-boiled egg, accompanied by rice, pasta, potatoes, it’s up to you.
Finally, we obviously think of dessert to end our meal on a gourmet note. In the easy desserts category, we focus on very simple cakes to make with flour, sugar, eggs and butter. Depending on the season, we add fruits, nuts, spices… Easy, right?

Your easy winter menu

We were talking to you about seasonal salads, this is good because the starter will be a cauliflower and apple salad. The combination of the two works wonderfully since the sugar in the fruit helps to attenuate the strong flavor of the cauliflower.
As for the recipe, nothing complicated. Roast the cauliflower florets in the oven, cut the apples into quarters, mix everything together and serve with a vinaigrette.
If you don’t have time, we advise you to skip cooking the cauliflower and grate it. You will obtain a sort of crunchy cauliflower “semolina”, which will work just as well in salad.
Another tip, if you really don’t like cauliflower, or apples (it happens), take inspiration from this recipe but use other vegetables. For example, it can become an endive-pear salad.

Let’s move on to the dish: Morteau sausage and sweet potatoes. Here, again, we have chosen an easy recipe, which does not require any particular technique or cooking. The potatoes are cut in half, drizzled with oil, then roasted in the oven, while the sausage is boiled in water. You don’t even have to watch while it’s cooking. Isn’t life beautiful?

We finish with dessert, which as we promised, is as simple as it is delicious. It is indeed a pecan and spice cake. The only particularity of the recipe is that the nuts are placed at the bottom of the mold with a little brown sugar and butter, before pouring the batter on top. After cooking, turn the cake over and obtain a beautiful caramelized crust. Tip to remember.

Enjoy your food !