The recipe cards in your box were designed to make cooking easy for you, without pressure or complications.

But once you understand the basics, you can start cooking more freely: adapting, substituting, measuring, experimenting... and most importantly, gaining confidence.

In this bonus, I'll guide you as I would a friend in the kitchen: simply, clearly, with concrete benchmarks.

The quantities indicated here are generally for 2 people (or 1 person with leftovers).

🥕 1. Oven-Roasted Vegetables

A simple, practical, and excellent recipe for learning the basics.

Basic Quantities (2 servings)

• 500 to 600 g total vegetables
  (e.g., 2 carrots + 2 potatoes + 1 onion)
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 level teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 1 teaspoon herbs or spices

How to cut

Try to cut pieces of similar size.

Hard vegetables:

(carrot, potato, sweet potato)

➡ cut into small pieces about 2 cm

Soft vegetables:

(zucchini, bell pepper, onion)

➡ slightly larger pieces

This way, everything cooks at the same time.

Cooking

• Oven preheated to 200°C
• 30 to 40 min depending on vegetables
• mix halfway through cooking

Easy Seasonings

Classic version

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• salt
• pepper
• herbes de Provence

Gourmet version

Add at the end of cooking:

• 20 g grated Parmesan

Sweet and savory version

Add before cooking:

• 1 tbsp honey
• 1 tsp mustard

How to tell if it's ready

Insert a knife into a potato or carrot:

• if it goes in easily = ready
• if it's hard = 5 to 10 more min

To make a meal

Add:

• 2 eggs
• or 150 g chicken
• or 80 g feta
• or 120 g raw rice to cook separately

🍲 2. Vegetable Soup

An incredibly useful basic to know.

Basic Quantities (2 large bowls)

• 400 to 500 g vegetables
• 1 medium onion
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 600 to 750 ml water or broth
• 1 tsp salt (to adjust)
• pepper

Simple Method

Step 1

Sauté the sliced onion with oil for 3 to 4 min over medium heat.

Step 2

Add the chopped vegetables.

Step 3

Add water: just level with the vegetables or slightly above.

Step 4

Cook for 20 to 30 min.

Step 5

Blend.

Combination Ideas

Mild classic

• 3 carrots
• 1 leek
• 2 potatoes

Creamy

• 2 zucchini
• 1 onion
• 2 tbsp cream cheese

Nourishing

• 2 carrots
• 100 g red lentils

Winter

• 500 g pumpkin
• 1 onion

Finishing (highly recommended)

Add after blending:

• 1 to 2 tbsp cream
• or 1 tbsp olive oil
• or 20 g Parmesan
• or croutons

If it's too thick

Add 50 ml of water at a time.

If it's bland

Add:

• pinch of salt
• pepper
• drizzle of olive oil

🍳 3. Sautéed Vegetables

Quick, useful, and adaptable for everyday.

Basic Quantities (2 servings)

• 400 to 500 g vegetables
• 1 to 2 tbsp oil
• 1 tsp salt
• pepper
• garlic or herbs if desired

Example Combinations

Colorful

• 1 zucchini
• 1 bell pepper
• 1 onion

Gourmet

• 250 g mushrooms
• 2 handfuls spinach
• 1 clove garlic

Rustic

• 2 pre-cooked potatoes
• 1 onion
• 1 carrot

Simple Method

Step 1

Heat the pan with oil for 1 min.

Step 2

Add the vegetables.

Step 3

Cook without stirring for 1 to 2 min.

Step 4

Stir and repeat.

Step 5

Total cooking time: 10 to 15 min depending on vegetables.

To add flavor

Simple

• salt
• pepper
• garlic

Gourmet

• 10 g butter at end of cooking
• 20 g Parmesan

Asian style

• 1 tbsp soy sauce

Fresh

• juice of 1/2 lemon

To make a meal

Add:

• 2 eggs
• or 150 g chicken
• or 120 g tofu
• or 120 g cooked rice
• or noodles

👨🍳 What I'd like to teach you

The quantities are there to guide you.

But with time, you'll naturally make:

• a little more vegetables
• a little less water
• more spices
• according to your taste

And that's progress.

🎯 Small challenge

Remake a recipe this week keeping the same quantities, but change:

• a vegetable
• a seasoning
• or the accompaniment

Little by little, you will become autonomous.