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StittsvilleJame
Warlord
I'm so glad I know how to cook, and have all the appliances, utensils, and tools to do it properly. I couldn't imagine not being able to make tasty treats whenever I wanted them.
I made some pretty decent stuffed mushrooms the other day. Take 12 big mushrooms, break the stems out. Chop the stems finely, and toss into a pan with a tsp of hot oil with a tbsp of minced garlic. Once they're done (moisture is gone, careful not to burn the garlic!) mix it with about 1/4 cup of cream cheese, sprinkle of paremsan, pinch of cayenne pepper, black pepper, and onion powder. Stuff that into the mushrooms where the stems were, and bake at 350 for aout 20 minutes.
Also, good advice for the non-cook: Buy yourself a slow cooker. It's easy to make many yummy meals, and as easy as throwing it all into the cooker and walking away for 6 hours.
EDIT - found this I posted a while back in a recipe thread. Try it. Trust me, you will love it.:
pizza.
Not just any pizza, mind you, it's special.
I start by making pulled pork. To do this, take some pork, and throw it in the slow cooker. I used pork tenders last time (4 good sized ones), as I got sick of always having to pull pork off the shoulder bone I usually use, and I think it turned out much better.
Add about half a bottle of your favourite barbeque sauce. I used Cattle Boyz bbq sauce, because that's what the wife picked up at the grocery store. It's tangy, and not overly sweet, with some subtle fruity undertones.
Add to that 4 tablespoons of honey. The best to use is liquid honey, not creamed, but creamed will do if that's all you have (it will melt anyways).
Throw in a couple pinches of freshly ground black pepper, a small chopped red onion, and put the slow cooker on low for 6 or 7 hours.
Once the pork is good and cooked (blah blah internal temperature blah blah blah), take it out of the slow cooker, and drain the onions of all the now super liquid-y bbq sauce / honey etc. Use two forks, and pull the pork apart into small peices, ripping it with the grain. Throw that back in the slow cooker with the onions. Add a half cup of bbq sauce, a tablespoon of honey, and mix it really well to get it all covered in the sauce. Leave it in the slow cooker for another hour or so, and your done. This is really good on fresh dinner rolls, with a slice of provalone or some other cheese. It also freezes well for later use (like making a pizza!)
Anyways, to make the pizza, you take some of the pork and put it on a naan bread with some bbq sauce thinly spread on it.
Add some hot peppers (I prefer jamaican hot, but there pretty spicey. You can use jalapenos for less spice, or even a sweet pepper if you don't like any spicyness).
Cover that with mozza, and then put a few red onions on top, or whatever other toppings grab your fancy (perhaps a tiny bit of bacon and some sliced tomatoes?).
Cook that bad boy up until the cheese on top is nicely melted, and feel the awesomeness go into your belly.
I made some pretty decent stuffed mushrooms the other day. Take 12 big mushrooms, break the stems out. Chop the stems finely, and toss into a pan with a tsp of hot oil with a tbsp of minced garlic. Once they're done (moisture is gone, careful not to burn the garlic!) mix it with about 1/4 cup of cream cheese, sprinkle of paremsan, pinch of cayenne pepper, black pepper, and onion powder. Stuff that into the mushrooms where the stems were, and bake at 350 for aout 20 minutes.
Also, good advice for the non-cook: Buy yourself a slow cooker. It's easy to make many yummy meals, and as easy as throwing it all into the cooker and walking away for 6 hours.
EDIT - found this I posted a while back in a recipe thread. Try it. Trust me, you will love it.:
pizza.
Not just any pizza, mind you, it's special.
I start by making pulled pork. To do this, take some pork, and throw it in the slow cooker. I used pork tenders last time (4 good sized ones), as I got sick of always having to pull pork off the shoulder bone I usually use, and I think it turned out much better.
Add about half a bottle of your favourite barbeque sauce. I used Cattle Boyz bbq sauce, because that's what the wife picked up at the grocery store. It's tangy, and not overly sweet, with some subtle fruity undertones.
Add to that 4 tablespoons of honey. The best to use is liquid honey, not creamed, but creamed will do if that's all you have (it will melt anyways).
Throw in a couple pinches of freshly ground black pepper, a small chopped red onion, and put the slow cooker on low for 6 or 7 hours.
Once the pork is good and cooked (blah blah internal temperature blah blah blah), take it out of the slow cooker, and drain the onions of all the now super liquid-y bbq sauce / honey etc. Use two forks, and pull the pork apart into small peices, ripping it with the grain. Throw that back in the slow cooker with the onions. Add a half cup of bbq sauce, a tablespoon of honey, and mix it really well to get it all covered in the sauce. Leave it in the slow cooker for another hour or so, and your done. This is really good on fresh dinner rolls, with a slice of provalone or some other cheese. It also freezes well for later use (like making a pizza!)
Anyways, to make the pizza, you take some of the pork and put it on a naan bread with some bbq sauce thinly spread on it.
Add some hot peppers (I prefer jamaican hot, but there pretty spicey. You can use jalapenos for less spice, or even a sweet pepper if you don't like any spicyness).
Cover that with mozza, and then put a few red onions on top, or whatever other toppings grab your fancy (perhaps a tiny bit of bacon and some sliced tomatoes?).
Cook that bad boy up until the cheese on top is nicely melted, and feel the awesomeness go into your belly.
Oerdin
Deity
Okay here's the situation. My parents went on their annual trip to Mexico today, and will be gone approximately a month. My brother and I have minimal cooking ability.
We can't just be eating fast food the entire month, so does anyone have any recipes for good food, or recommendations of food stuff? As I typed, we don't have much cooking ability, but we should be competent enough to follow simple instructions.
Thank you all in advance.
Some ideas:
-Grill up some cheap meats; you can buy 20 frozen burgers for $10 or so carne asada for $4-$6. Sausage is always cheap and good as is marinaded chicken.
-Beans & rice are always cheap, filling, easy, and tasty if you spice it up properly. Just look online for a recipe.
-A great deal of Italian food is actually very simple to make as the idea is to let the ingredients do the talking and just to not screw up their delicious natural flavors. You can find tons of recipes online or digging around the house will likely yield at least one old Italian cook book.
-Pancakes and scrambled eggs are so simple and they make a great breakfast. Even if you over pay a dozen eggs are only $1.99 and often you can find them for just $0.99 on sale while a box of bisquick (or generic version) is $3-$4 for a box large enough to last you for years.
-Pot roast is almost impossible to screw up, it tastes great, and it is very inexpensive. All you do is put the ingredients in the slow cooker, turn it on, then come back 6-10 hours later when it's done.
-Salad in a bag is cheap and relatively good tasting especially if you add some diced tomato, croutons, and maybe a bit of cheese. It's a good way to get veggies into meals without putting much effort into it.
-Sandwiches. No really, they require no cooking skills to make, they taste good, they're pretty cheap, and they take next to no time to make.
Cashie
King
3 eggs per person, some milk. Extras: grated cheese, (add Nando's sauce for best eggs ever)
mix them in bowl with a fork. It's better to 'scramble' them first, don't go overboard.
heat some butter in the frying pan, chuck the mix in the pan, watch if for a while, turn over when they've cooked a bit.
My eggs are more like an omelette than anything else. Serve with lettuce or some kind of greenery (and/or bacon, sausages, toast).
When camping, I often mix together pasta, cup-a-soup and some sort of meat in a pan and cook until the pasta's soft and the meat seems ready to eat (the right colour, firm texture, etc). That'll do you for quite a few variations.
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