Home cooking
France
101 dishes, kept by 4 cooks who put their own weeknights on the shelf.
The France shelf
What France cooks when it is cooking for itself.
One catalog, seen from one kitchen. The shelf opens on what households here cooked this week and closes on what gets made in twenty minutes, because that is what a weeknight actually looks like.
Cooked most this week
Oeuf a la Coque (Soft-Boiled Egg with Vegetable Sticks)
Julien
8 min
Compote de Pommes (French Apple Compote)
Julien
20 min
Blanquette de Poulet (Chicken in White Sauce)
Amelie
55 min
Carottes Vichy (Glazed Carrots)
Amelie
25 min
Cereales au Lait (Breakfast Cereal with Milk)
Colette
3 min
Compote (Stewed Fruit Dessert)
Colette
15 min
Croque-Monsieur (Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwich)
Colette
15 min
Galettes Bretonnes Jambon-Oeuf-Fromage (Buckwheat Crepes with Ham, Egg and Cheese)
Colette
25 min
Gratin de Chou-Fleur (Cauliflower Gratin)
Julien
40 min
Jus d'Orange Presse (Fresh-Squeezed Orange Juice)
Oeufs Brouilles a la Creme (Creamy Scrambled Eggs)
Pain au Chocolat (Chocolate-Filled Pastry)
Colette
5 min
Butter, patience, and a good knife. That is most of what I know.
Breakfast, so nobody decides at dawn
Baguette Tradition au Beurre (Fresh Tradition Baguette with Butter)
Colette
5 min
Biscotte Beurre-Confiture (French Dry Toast with Butter and Jam)
Julien
3 min
Bol de Fromage Blanc, Muesli et Fruits (Fromage Blanc Bowl with Muesli)
Cereales au Lait (Breakfast Cereal with Milk)
Colette
3 min
Chocolat Chaud (French Hot Chocolate)
Julien
5 min
Compote de Pommes (French Apple Compote)
Julien
20 min
Confiture de Fraises Maison (Homemade Strawberry Jam)
Amelie
40 min
Crepes Sucrees (Sweet Wheat Crepes)
Julien
20 min
Gaufres Maison (Homemade Waffles)
Jus d'Orange Presse (Fresh-Squeezed Orange Juice)
Oeuf a la Coque (Soft-Boiled Egg with Vegetable Sticks)
Julien
8 min
Oeufs au Plat (Fried Eggs)
Lunch, without deciding twice
Aubergines au Four (Roasted Aubergine with Thyme and Garlic)
Amelie
40 min
Betteraves Vinaigrette (Beetroot with Mustard Vinaigrette)
Amelie
15 min
Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
Colette
25 min
Blanquette de Poulet (Chicken in White Sauce)
Amelie
55 min
Carottes Rapees (French Grated Carrot Salad)
Julien
10 min
Carottes Vichy (Glazed Carrots)
Amelie
25 min
Celeri Remoulade (Celeriac in Mustard Mayonnaise)
Amelie
20 min
Compote (Stewed Fruit Dessert)
Colette
15 min
Croque-Monsieur (Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwich)
Colette
15 min
Croque Vegetarien (Grilled Mushroom, Tomato and Cheese Sandwich)
Julien
20 min
Endives au Fromage (Belgian Endive and Cheese Gratin, Meatless)
Colette
40 min
Epinards a la Creme (Creamed Spinach)
Amelie
20 min
France, dish of the day
Moules-Frites (Mussels in White Wine with French Fries)
French home cooking, and on the plate it is the dish at the centre.
Tonight's dinners
Aubergines au Four (Roasted Aubergine with Thyme and Garlic)
Amelie
40 min
Betteraves Vinaigrette (Beetroot with Mustard Vinaigrette)
Amelie
15 min
Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
Colette
25 min
Blanquette de Poulet (Chicken in White Sauce)
Amelie
55 min
Boudin Noir aux Pommes (Blood Sausage with Sauteed Apples)
Julien
25 min
Cabillaud en Papillote (Cod Baked in Parchment with Vegetables)
Colette
30 min
Carottes Rapees (French Grated Carrot Salad)
Julien
10 min
Carottes Vichy (Glazed Carrots)
Amelie
25 min
Celeri Remoulade (Celeriac in Mustard Mayonnaise)
Amelie
20 min
Compote (Stewed Fruit Dessert)
Colette
15 min
Confit de Canard (Reheated Duck Confit with Sarladaise Potatoes)
Colette
30 min
Couscous au Poulet et Legumes (Chicken and Vegetable Couscous)
Colette
75 min
Under thirty minutes
Baguette Tradition au Beurre (Fresh Tradition Baguette with Butter)
Colette
5 min
Betteraves Vinaigrette (Beetroot with Mustard Vinaigrette)
Amelie
15 min
Biscotte Beurre-Confiture (French Dry Toast with Butter and Jam)
Julien
3 min
Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
Colette
25 min
Bol de Fromage Blanc, Muesli et Fruits (Fromage Blanc Bowl with Muesli)
Boudin Noir aux Pommes (Blood Sausage with Sauteed Apples)
Julien
25 min
Cabillaud en Papillote (Cod Baked in Parchment with Vegetables)
Colette
30 min
Carottes Rapees (French Grated Carrot Salad)
Julien
10 min
Carottes Vichy (Glazed Carrots)
Amelie
25 min
Celeri Remoulade (Celeriac in Mustard Mayonnaise)
Amelie
20 min
Cereales au Lait (Breakfast Cereal with Milk)
Colette
3 min
Chocolat Chaud (French Hot Chocolate)
Julien
5 min
Or start from the recipes
Plan a week from France
Dinejot builds the week around this kitchen: the same spice tolerance, the same effort on a Wednesday, and the things nobody at your table will eat, left out by construction.