Honestly, whatever I could find in the kitchen that I thought might taste nice together. After having experienced how long it takes to cook certain ingredients and what manner of applying heat is the best for them separately, I think I've sort of... developed my cooking skills enough to pull it off.

There's... rice and chicken, a vegetable stock, and carrots, and onions, green beans... oh, broad beans. Excellent, and have such great shelf life.

Potatoes... peas, and a whole slew of herbs from our kitchen window.

[ He sort of reminisces as he goes through the ingredients, remembering each one as he'd prepared them and slid them into the pot. ]

And you're right, the recipes are dreadful. Better to get them from someone like Misty, or Ignis.