Recipe Contest!!

So, my darling readers , I need your help. Soon I´ll be moving into my own house, and that means cooking for myself. LET FREEDOM RING. It´s been a long, sometimes painful few months eating other people´s food. (Did you read the Ngobe Cookbook?) But on the eve of my culinary independence, I must confess some trepidation. In the U.S., I am no master cook, but I can navigate the basics. Here, I am presented with the challenge of no fridge or oven and markets that stock only the essentials (though Almirante does have some legumbreros that have a good fly-free selection of produce). Anyway, I need your help brainstorming recipes, and I am sensing my adult readers in particular can help. Here are some guidelines for the contest:

1) No meat. No, I didn´t go vegetarian, but I might as well have. On the rare occasion that I buy meat, I´ll know how to cook it.
2) Nothing refrigerated. But powdered milk is a good friend of mine, and remember eggs don´t really need to be in the fridge.
3) Suggested ingredients:
-Beans, beans beans. Lentils and Red Kidneys are my favorite.
- Pasta or rice.
- Simple veggies- onions, peppers, celeries, carrots, garlic, things that can sit on my shelf for a few days. Extra points if you use yucca.
- I have access to most common spices in the Changuinola supermarket. Favorites: chili, curry, basil, salt, pepper etc. Basics are best.
4) I will be cooking on a two-burner range with an attached gas tank. Plan accordingly.
5) Keep it simple, this is Peace Corps not Food and Wine magazine. These do not have to be culinary masterpieces. A one- dish stir-fry or good pasta sauce is more than enough.

Please submit all recipes to me by email at cvbasham@gmail.com by January 20. Don´t be shy! The best recipe will be delicious, simple, and reasonable to make for one person. Winner(s) will receive something special and Panamanian (artisan jewelery, a chakara bag, open for suggestion), which can be sent to the States and mailed accordingly in March when my brothers visit. I am serious about this. Think of something or just Google. I don´t have the time and anyway, there is no such thing as an original recipe (except maybe for Bush´s baked beans.)

Best of luck and if I receive no entries, I will assume you all want me to starve to death.