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Help me learn to cook dinner
Hat:
Ok so after a year or so of bar work, I have not actually cooked a dinner in a long time. Whenever I have had to cook something it has been spag bol (do not be mistaken into thinking this is the same thing as spaghetti bolognaise though) or some kind of cheap stir fry knocked up from meat, vegetables, noodles and hoi sin sauce. The other day, I went shopping and realised I have practically no idea how to cook up a nice filling evening meal.
This is where you come in, QC forum. What do you like to cook for dinner? How do you cook it? Bear in mind that while I have been cooking for myself for years, I have usually taken care of breakfast and housemates have done dinner for me. I don't know how to cook a roast. I wouldn't have the slightest idea how to make a salad. I basically cook rice the same way I cook pasta and it is deeply unsatisfying on many levels.
I have a cookbook with some nice recipes but unfortunately they usually require ridiculous utensils, obscure ingredients and a massive sinking of time, whereas I am a student on a budget just low enough to mean I buy single ply toilet paper, but just high enough that the idea of eating 2 minute noodles every day is not an option.
I know you all cook dinner you all look so well fed, come on, let her rip.
KharBevNor:
I like to cook an array of delicious meats.
allison:
Things you should know:
- A handful of spaghetti 1 inch in diameter is enough to feed one person
- 2 cups water + 1 tbsp butter/margerine to 1 cup rice. Rinse rice a few times. Boil the water and butter, add rice, cover, cook for 13-15 minutes. Let the rice rest for at least 5 minutes. Fluff and serve.
- The easiest bread to make is Irish Soda Bread. It's great with soup or stew. This is a great recipe, but skip the currants and glaze.
- Learn to make chili. It's cheap, healthy and filling.
- Get a meat thermometer
- The easiest kind of roasted meat is pork tenderloin. They are pretty cheap at the grocery store, fairly low in saturated fat and pretty delicious. Get an oven-safe dish, toss in the pork and if you want, coat with some kind of store-bought marinade (goes particularly well with honey mustard marinades). Roast at 450oF 25-30 mins per pound of meat. Its internal temperature should be around 170o.
Google, Recipezaar.com, Cooks.com, Recipetips.com, Finecooking.com...these all provide pretty user-friendly, easy, step-by-step recipes.
CLEAN AS YOU COOK.
imapiratearg:
Chili is basically the most delicious thing ever.
Hat:
Tell me more about this Chilli
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