Main meals
Dishes anyone can make!
Cantonese rice
A classic dish in our house.

Ingredients
- Rice (ideally organic Basmati)
- Sweet peas
- Carrots or sweet potatoes or pumpkin
- Ham cut into small pieces
- Sesame seeds toasted
- Soja sauce
- Rice vinegar
Cook rice, peas and carrots separately. Rice takes approximately 10 minutes (check the instructions on packaging). Peas are best steamed, takes around 6 minutes when boiling. Pumpkin is best cut in half and placed under grill in over until skin browns, then peeled and cut into small pieces. Sweet potatoes and carrots cook about the same time, faster when already cut in pieces. Mix all, add olive oil, vinegar and soja sauce. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Crozets
This is an alternative for pasta and rice made with buckwheat flour.


Ingredients
- 1 pack of crozets
- 200ml cream
- Grated cheese
- Sausages
- 400gr frozen spinach
Cook crozets first (they take a bit longer than pasta). Steam spinach and add sausages in the water at the bottom for the last 2 minutes of cooking time. Mix all.
Salted cakes
Many different cakes can be made with your silicone long pan. Check out 'Les cakes de Sophie' (Sophie Dudemaine), a classic recipe book in French homes.


Basic ingredients for all cakes
- 3 eggs
- 150gr flour
- 1 sachet of baking powder
- 100ml oil (olive or rapeseed or nut)
- 125ml milk (oatmeal or coconut)
- 100gr grated cheese (emmental)
- Salt & pepper
Mix eggs + flour + baking powder + salt & pepper. Add oil and milk (slightly warm). Add cheese and then ingredients of choice (see below). Pour in silicone long pan. Cook in oven at 180° for 45 minutes.
Variations:
With cheese & nuts: add 150gr grated cheese (or a mix of cheeses) + 30gr chopped nuts + fried figues (optional) + 50ml Armagnac (optional). Cut figues in pieces and let swell in Armagnac.
With tuna and tomato: add 1 large can of tuna + 2 fresh tomatoes (or can peeled tomatoes) + 6 leaves of basil chopped. Peel tomatoes and remove seeds, then fry in oil 15 minutes. Add basil.
With ham and cheese: add 200gr ham + 75gr green olives both chopped.
With mushrooms, raw ham (prosciuto, etc), tomme cheese (ideally brebis or goat): add 100gr mushrooms (chopped and fried) + 100gr tomme cheese chopped + 100gr ham chopped. Mix these ingredients then add to mixture.
Bolognese pasta sauce
One of Louis' favorite dishes.

Ingredients
- 400gr minced beef
- 1 oignon
- 2 garlic cloves crushed
- 4tbsp red wine
- 2 carrots grated
- 3 cans of tomato coulis
- 1 tbsp ketchup or 1tsp sugar
- Optional: 6 drops of Tabasco, Soja sauce
Fry oignons and garlis. Add minced meat. When brown, add wine. Let heat through, then add carrots, tomatoes, ketchup and remaining ingredients. Salt & pepper. Let simmer (not boil) at low heat for 15-30 minutes. The longer it simmers the better the taste. Just verify there is enough liquid. If needed add water or stock.
Salad in tins

Ingredients
- 1 tin each of chick peas, red beans, corn, tuna
- Pasta or rice
If very hungry, add boiled eggs and cheese cubes. For the sauce, mix 1 yogurt + 1 pot of mayonaise + lots of curry powder.
Fajitas
Another easy way to remember eating vegetables is to buy everything to make fajitas and the ingredients as per instructions mentioned on the packaging.
- Chose good quality meat (label rouge for chicken or organic, same for minced beef)
- Buy organic tomatoes, pepper, oignon and green salad
- Avocado
- Fresh organic cream
Spaghetti & courgettes
Living alone in a small student flat without freezer and little motivation often implies few vegetables are eaten. And FYI fries are not vegetables!! Nor is ketchup:)
- 150-200gr (1/3 of pack)*
- 1 large courgette (squash) grated (not peeled if organic)
- Parmesan
- Fresh or dried tomatoes if available
Cook pasta according to instructions on pack until firm. Add the grated courgettes and finish cooking. Serve with olive oil and Parmesan. If you have some, add dried or fresh tomatoes.
*note that wooden spoons with a hole serve as measuring for pasta for one person.