I receive a fair number of emails and comments from many of my friendly readers asking for advice on what to eat in France. Or what not to eat. Or how to say “I don’t want to eat cheese” in French. You get the picture.
I’m happy to say I’ve always responded individually to these inquiries, mostly because that’s just good manners, but also because as a joyful vegan, I’m more than happy to help out. It can be intimidating when you don’t speak or read a language but want to eat yummy, healthy food. I also know that some of you are too shy to ask, so I’m hoping to put a few product reviews up for you kids – we’ll call it the “What to eat in France” series. Just to be clear, these are not sponsored posts, these are just things I like (or don’t like) to eat and you might like, too!
Today I bring you my favourite quick lunch or snack…
These are my favourite tartines – Wasa toasts with some Bjorg vegetable spread.
Wasa toasts aren’t French, they aren’t even Swedish anymore, but Italian, but they are still yummy. Full of fibre, low in calories. I slather them with one of these :
All-natural, all-organic and super yum. Bjorg makes other flavours, but my two favourites are the terrine forestière and terrine aubergine, “Forest spread” and “Eggplant spread”. They actually both taste pretty similar, and are made mostly of nutritional yeast and mushrooms, but also have onion, potato starch, garlic tomato purée, etc. It’s thick and spreadable like peanut butter, and is considered a little stinky by some, but we don’t notice. Guppy loves these spreads on bread or for a sandwich, so they are kid approved, too.
They come in 125g tins that need to be refrigerated after opening, but if you’re looking for a great quick lunch while visiting the sites just pick up a baguette and a tin of Bjorg spread and you’ll have a great lunch for about two adults. Round it out with some fresh grapes or other easily-protable fruit from one of the many vendors you’ll see and you’ll be set.
Don’t forget to comment here for some chocolate if you’d like a little taste of France!
Bon appétit!
Musings From The Fishbowl 
There’s a similar veggie pate over here that I just adore, but sadly, it contains gluten. Sniff. Boo hoo! Yours looks great, though. 🙂
Ha ha, although Wasa has been owned by the Italians for some 10 years now, I still like to tell people these are Swedish. 🙂
I would love to taste the Bjorg spreads, which I have never seen or heard of. They sound a bit like Tartex, which I like, but rarely buy – so I’ll keep this in mind if/when I visit France. 🙂
They are kind of similar to Tartex I believe!
You’re so good to help vegan travellers out!
We have similar crispbread here but I have never tried any of the vegetable pastes/spreads we have available. It looks like a great snack for when you need something quick!
I love those crisp breads. One of those with some of that spread is pretty much a perfect snack!
I never knew Wasa was from Italy after all of these years!!! Hmmm. Thanks for sharing the spreads it’s also nice to have a good spread available for whenever someone unexpected pops in to visit.
Well, they were Swedish, but then Barilla bought them out, so I guess technically they’re Italian.
Oh, I haven’t seen those last time I was in France, but I’ll certainly keep my eyes open for them next time! Comme tu dis, elles seraient parfaites avec une baguette pour un pique-nique pas compliqué et délicieux!
I love Wasa toast and try to always keep some on hand, especially in winter when the weather can make it a bit inconvenient to go out and buy bread.
Those spreads sound amazing! I don’t think we have anything like that over here…
Those vegetable spreads sound delicious, and I am a longtime lover of wasa toasts. I’ll definitely have to keep this in mind for when I (eventually) get to France.
Thank you so much for all the wonderful vegan advice and recipes, I love reading your blog. I would like to recommend Musings From The Fishbowl to friends- vegan, vegetarian or otherwise and highlight how great your blog and recipes are. Do you have a Facebook page?
Thank you. MFTF doesn’t have a Facebook page yet…I kind of had one for about 10 mintues yesterday, but was a little freaked out when I found out they could keep the rights to my pictures. Debating the matter for the time being. Thanks for stopping by!
Oh yum, I’ll be looking out for those when I’m in Paris!