Lent Recipes: French Food

French cuisine has a reputation for being elegant, and for many people that translates to "complicated to prepare." But as Rebecca Franklin, the About.com Guide to French Food, demonstrates in her collection of French recipes for Lent, simple ingredients can be quickly assembled to make a delicious and satisfying, yet light, meal. These are recipes that you will want to work into your regular rotation, even once Easter has come!

You can find Rebecca's French recipes for Lent, as well as Lent recipes from other About.com food Guides, in Lenten Recipes: Meatless Recipes for Lent and Throughout the Year.

(Photo of Provencal Tomato Rice Soup, © Rebecca Franklin, licensed to About.com, Inc.)

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