Unexpected guests! No time to cook? Here’s an idea Quick meals to prepare and economical for a receipt “to pot luck.
Know receive is the first gesture of good manners. But when it comes to how to hold dinner for visiting friends? How to be prepared to offer a presentable meal for a new relationship initially invited for an aperitif?

Adopt an attitude consistent with the tradition of “pot luck”
In the eighteenth century, the hanging basket on the hearth allowed to simmer the dish of the day. The unexpected visitor was invited “to take pot luck” by his good fortune, he might or might not have the chance to get one day of cooking rich and generous. This tradition always involves ideas of welcome and warmth.
To put your guests at ease last minute, must be able to prepare Quick meals that does not involve too much time for preparation in the kitchen. The meal should be simple to give the impression that it was enough to share what was already planned, “the pot”.

In fact, you’ll be able to plan ahead and ready for any eventuality.

Know store ingredients available “in case”
For recipes (for four people), it suffices to have:

• a few cans of 400 g of tuna in brine or in whole crumbs 2 cans whole tomatoes or crushed, 2 or 3 boxes of veal dumplings natural 1 or 2 cans of fruit in natural, possibly a bowl of ratatouille or Eggplant cooked
• Frozen products: onions (fresh onions agree of course, but their use will take longer)
• Some spices and other basic products: garlic pepper and parsley, chives, dill, lemon juice, salt, pepper, olive oil, liquid honey
• 2-3 fresh use very common: heavy cream, 4-6 unsweetened yogurt nature, possibly seasonal fresh fruit

Preparation time: 5 minutes
A 400g tuna
3 tablespoons cream 1 lemon
Chives, dill
Salt, pepper

Put all ingredients in a bowl, mix well.
You will serve the rillettes in individual ramekins with slices of toast.

Dish: a recipe for dumplings with tomato
2 or 3 boxes of veal dumplings
2 cans whole tomatoes or crushed

Saute a generous amount of onions by covering the entire surface of a large skillet. When golden, add the dumplings and drained tomatoes. Add salt and pepper; add garlic and parsley (or parsley) in good quantity. Simmer over low heat for 30 minutes (or even 45 minutes if possible).

You can replace one of the boxes of tomatoes or eggplant ratatouille.
This dish can be served with a green salad.

Dessert: fruit yoghurt and honey
Mix the yogurt with four tablespoons of honey in one or two small bowls.
Arrange the drained fruit or fresh fruit chopped into cups or small individual bowls.
In time, your guests will pay the yogurt over fruit.

Get organized to save time.
First fry the onions in the pan.
Meanwhile, prepare the rillettes.
Add the ingredients for the dish of dumplings.
Before reducing the fire, prepare the yogurt with honey and fruit.
Simmer the dish of dumplings and join his guests.

A meal prepared fast and simple that will not let suppose that it was not entirely improvised. One meal reviving the tradition of “pot luck”, according to this expression of the seventeenth century, “the fuss”, which meant “quite frankly” … even if ultimately you have managed to cheat a little for the pleasure of your guests.