Home cooking
France
103 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
Cabillaud en Papillote (Cod Baked in Parchment with Vegetables)
Couscous au Poulet et Legumes (Chicken and Vegetable Couscous)
Couscous aux Legumes (Vegetable Couscous)
Poulet Basquaise (Basque Chicken with Peppers and Tomato)
Salade de Fruits Frais (Fresh Fruit Salad)
Steak Hache et Haricots Verts (Beef Patty with Green Beans)
Veloute de Potiron (Creamy Pumpkin Soup)
Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
Blanquette de Poulet (Chicken in White Sauce)
Compote de Pommes (French Apple Compote)
Garbure (Southwest French Cabbage, Bean and Duck Confit Soup)
Jambon et Puree (Ham with Mashed Potatoes)
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)
Biscotte Beurre-Confiture (French Dry Toast with Butter and Jam)
Bol de Fromage Blanc, Muesli et Fruits (Fromage Blanc Bowl with Muesli)
Cereales au Lait (Breakfast Cereal with Milk)
Chocolat Chaud (French Hot Chocolate)
Compote de Pommes (French Apple Compote)
Confiture de Fraises Maison (Homemade Strawberry Jam)
Crepes Sucrees (Sweet Wheat Crepes)
Fromage Blanc aux Fruits Rouges (Fromage Blanc with Red Berries)
Gaufres Maison (Homemade Waffles)
Jus d'Orange Presse (Fresh-Squeezed Orange Juice)
Oeuf a la Coque (Soft-Boiled Egg with Vegetable Sticks)
Lunch, without deciding twice
Aubergines au Four (Roasted Aubergine with Thyme and Garlic)
Betteraves Vinaigrette (Beetroot with Mustard Vinaigrette)
Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
Blanquette de Poulet (Chicken in White Sauce)
Boudin Noir aux Pommes (Blood Sausage with Sauteed Apples)
Cabillaud en Papillote (Cod Baked in Parchment with Vegetables)
Carottes Rapees (French Grated Carrot Salad)
Carottes Vichy (Glazed Carrots)
Celeri Remoulade (Celeriac in Mustard Mayonnaise)
Compote (Stewed Fruit Dessert)
Confit de Canard (Reheated Duck Confit with Sarladaise Potatoes)
Couscous au Poulet et Legumes (Chicken and Vegetable Couscous)
France, dish of the day
Tarte aux Poireaux (Leek Tart)
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)
Betteraves Vinaigrette (Beetroot with Mustard Vinaigrette)
Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
Blanquette de Poulet (Chicken in White Sauce)
Boudin Noir aux Pommes (Blood Sausage with Sauteed Apples)
Cabillaud en Papillote (Cod Baked in Parchment with Vegetables)
Carottes Rapees (French Grated Carrot Salad)
Carottes Vichy (Glazed Carrots)
Celeri Remoulade (Celeriac in Mustard Mayonnaise)
Compote (Stewed Fruit Dessert)
Confit de Canard (Reheated Duck Confit with Sarladaise Potatoes)
Couscous au Poulet et Legumes (Chicken and Vegetable Couscous)
Under thirty minutes
Baguette Tradition au Beurre (Fresh Tradition Baguette with Butter)
Betteraves Vinaigrette (Beetroot with Mustard Vinaigrette)
Biscotte Beurre-Confiture (French Dry Toast with Butter and Jam)
Blanc de Poulet Grille et Haricots Verts (Grilled Chicken Breast with Green Beans)
Bol de Fromage Blanc, Muesli et Fruits (Fromage Blanc Bowl with Muesli)
Boudin Noir aux Pommes (Blood Sausage with Sauteed Apples)
Cabillaud en Papillote (Cod Baked in Parchment with Vegetables)
Carottes Rapees (French Grated Carrot Salad)
Carottes Vichy (Glazed Carrots)
Celeri Remoulade (Celeriac in Mustard Mayonnaise)
Cereales au Lait (Breakfast Cereal with Milk)
Chocolat Chaud (French Hot Chocolate)
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.