#easy beginner cooking

[indnwitch]

Cajun pasta;

Spice mix; 1 teaspoon each of the following.

Smoked paprika

Onion powder

Garlic powder

White pepper

Black pepper

Sea salt

Oregano

This will be used to season any chicken, sausage, shrimp or tofu You’re adding to the dish as well as the sauce.

In a large skillet cook and season your choice of protein, cook fully and set aside. While your choice of pasta boils, finely dice a shallot.

Roughly Chop and de-seed whole yellow or red bell pepper along with a fresh tomato, I remove the core, seeds and skin from my tomato before chopping.

Drain your pasta and set aside to cool. In a LARGE heated skillet melt some butter about tea-tablespoons worth along with a teaspoon or a squeeze worth of tomato paste and the diced shallot. Let it cook down for five to ten minutes depends on how hot your pan is.

Add in a cup and a half of heavy cream, your protein, and your vegetables. Let the heavy cream come to a steady bubble stirring occasionally before adding 2/3 cup of Parmesan cheese and the rest of your spice mixture. Mix and let it come to a bubble again before adding in your pasta and mixing it very well together.

Boom baby it’s literally that easy! Pro tip I used pre cooked grilled chicken from the grocery store and just seasoned it up in a pan at home.

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Cooking Tip #3

The easiest way to get your family to eat more fruits and veggies is to not cook at all!! Simply rinse the fruits and veggies and give a quick chop to any that need it like cucumbers or carrots and set them on the table in a serving dish. If you want you can further entice them with a yummy and healthy yogurt dill dip or a sweet peanut butter honey dip.

You’ll be surprised how many disappear as your family casually grabs a handful of blueberries as they go in and out of the kitchen!!

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Grandmas Zucchini Casserole

Ingredients:

6 cups sliced zuchinni

1/2 cup shredded carrot

1/4 cup chopped onion

1 (8oz) box of herb stuffing mix

1/2 cup melted butter*

1 cup sour cream

1 can of condensed cream of chicken soup*

Recipe:

Preheat over to 350°

Cook zucchini, carrots and onion in salt water for (about) 5 minutes until softened. Drain well.

Combine the sour cream and soup, then fold in the cooked vegetables.

Separately from the veggie mix, mix melted butter and stuffing

Spread half of the stuffing onto bottom of casserole dish. Layer on the vegetable mixture, then top with remaining stuffing.

bake for 25-30 minutes

Notes:

original recipe calls for margarine, feel free to use either of choice

can be easily substituted with any "cream of ___" soup. To make vegetarian, use any vegetable option such as mushroom or celery.

If "cream of ___" soups aren't as accessible, you can probably substitute it with a basic roux and cream cheese/cream or halfnhalf with bullion or seasonings mixed in :)

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Easy Cooking, Egg n Pasta

Full title: Easy Cooking in detailed steps, boiled Egg & Pasta. (For one person).

Note: This recipe might look long and complicated, but I promise it’s an easy recipe. I just broke down the steps into many smaller ones, in order to make them as easy to understand as possible for people - even if they should be complete beginners at cooking.

For this recipe you will need: A smaller saucepan, 2-3 Eggs, a pinch of salt, a spoon, random smaller bowl, water, and half (0,5) of a cup of pasta. Also, an alarm. (Most people can set alarms on their phone, but alternative alarms work as well).

Total cooking time: 10-20 minutes, depending on how quick your stove is.

[Picture ID: Example of a cup to use for the pasta. If you can’t see the cup in the picture, use a cup roughly the same size as your fist. Picture ID Ended.]

Tip: The spoon you will need in this recipe is for some slow mixing and in order to take out the eggs from the boiling water. I recommend a wooden spoon for this, because wood doesn’t lead heat. However, if you don’t have a wooden spoon you can still use a normal one. Just be careful not to burn yourself on the water.

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Recipe Steps:

. Read through the entire recipe before starting for real.

. Use the toilet before you start to cook, and then wash your hands thoroughly. [ That way you don’t need to run in the middle of cooking. ]

. Take out everything you need (see the list above), and place where you cook. (NOT on the stove though. It could cause scratches to the stove and/or start a fire if you’re unlucky.)

. Lightly rinse 2-3 eggs below running water.

. Place the 2-3 eggs into a fairly small saucepan.

. Fill the small saucepan with just enough water to cover the eggs.

. Add a pinch of salt in the saucepan with water.

. Place the saucepan with water on the stove. The saucepan should just barely cover the stove hob, or as close as possible. (The “circles” on top of your stove.) 

. Turn on the heat for your chosen stove hob. Use the heat-stage before the hottest on your stove. (Usually 8 of 9, or similar.)

. Prepare half (0,5) of a small cup of pasta. If you’re hungry you can fill it almost all the way up.

. Prepare a timer for 6 minutes. (Do NOT turn it on yet). This alarm is to give you medium to hard-boiled eggs. If you prefer looser eggs, set the alarm a bit earlier, but I’m going to use 6 minutes for this recipe.

. Once the water start to bubble, to boil, turn on the alarm. - - - - If the water hasn’t started to boil after 10 minutes, check/make sure you didn’t accidentally turn on the oven or the wrong stove “circle”.

. Pour the Pasta into the boiling water and eggs.

. Slowly blend/mix the pasta and eggs once in a while.

. Lower the heat on the stove one (1) step. [ Example, now 7/9 instead of 8/9. ]

. Read the pasta package or have someone tell you how long the pasta needs to boil. This will usually be around 6-12 minutes, but it depends on the kind of pasta you’re using. If you don’t know how long the pasta needs to boil, assume it needs 8 minutes. 

. When the alarm sounds, turn it off and immediately set a new alarm for the remaining time of the pasta. Assuming you set the alarm to 6 minutes for the eggs, the pasta should now have roughly 1-4 minutes left depending on what kind of pasta you used.

. Immediately after you set the new alarm, use the spoon to CAREFULLY! take out the eggs from the boiling water, and place the eggs in a small bowl with cold water.

. When the pasta alarm sounds, turn off the alarm. . Turn off the stove.

. Peel off the egg shell(s). - They should have cooled down enough to do so now, but if not, change their water to give them cold water again for a few seconds.

. Once the eggs are peeled, carefully drain/pour out the water from the pasta into the sink.

. Pour the pasta onto your dinner plate/into your dinner bowl. . Place the peeled eggs on top of the pasta. Time to eat, you’re done.

. Optional: If you want to eat this as a simple soup instead, pour a cup of milk into your bowl and add some spices of your own choice.

And/or you can add a vegetable/fruit to eat alongside if you want to, but this is a basic recipe you can cook to at least get both needed calories and protein into your body.

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Possible Questions you might Have:

. “I need to use the toilet (again), but the water is boiling! What do I do?” - Answer: If you just need to take a quick pee, lower the heat two (2) steps and Run to make sure you get back before the alarms goes off. Rise the heat two (2) steps when you get back again and maybe add a count to 20 to the time after the alarm goes off. Alternatively, if you live with someone else you can ask them to guard the food while you’re in the toilet.

. “The boiling water is overflowing! What do I do!?” - Answer: Carefully lift the saucepan off the “circle”, so the saucepan now only stands half-way on it. Lower the heat one (1) step, count to 20, and then blend/mix the water at a slow pace as you place the saucepan back fully onto the stove “circle”.

. “Why should we add salt to the egg water?” - Answer: Without going into the detailed science behind it, the salt makes the water start to boil quicker. It also acts as a light “spice” for the pasta. If you choose to add more spices later, the salt also acts as an enhancer to the the spices.

. “Why did you make this?” - Answer: I keep seeing people on Tumblr who don’t have any idea on how to cook and/or are too worried to try. This is a basic recipe, sure, but I broke it down to smaller steps to make sure even complete beginners have a chance to follow along. We all start somewhere.

Cooking is a life-skill, and we all need to know some basics.

“Why pasta and eggs of all things?” - Answer: Because they’re cheap food who cover a lot of nutrients your body needs. Boiled food in general also has a lesser risk of becoming BAD and/or dangerous to eat even if you screw up a little bit. If you’re a beginner, this takes off a lot of pressure, because the vast majority of times you can still eat the boiled food you screwed up a little.

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If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I’ll be happy to help if I can. 👍🏽 //Jezzica.

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Repeating the Same Boring Meals? Here's the First Step to Meal Prep for a Week!

Image Credit: Kad

Cooking is art......an inspiring experiment (well, that's just my perspective) but it'll really help if you see it that way. Sure, you'll get tips to level up your kitchen game, but I want you to hit that sweet spot where, as you’re thinking about tonight’s dinner, you suddenly know what you’ll be whipping up two or three days from now effortlessly (yeah, I'm serious.....no kidding)

Mix and Match

Lightly steam or roast a bunch of veggies, cook some grains like rice or couscous, and prep proteins like chicken, tofu, or beans. Now, you’ve got a set of ingredients for endless possibilities!

Change the game by switching up sauces, spices, or combinations. Monday can be a plain rice bowl with veggie or chicken sauce, then maybe beans with a bit of couscous and sauce on Tuesday. Next, you can toss everything into a stir-fry for a whole new flavor adventure.

Later you can use carrots, peas, fresh chili or ground nuts for your sauce instead of veggies like spinach, celery, or broccoli. Tubers like sweet or Irish potatoes can accompany those sauces.

The trick is to first get those basics boiled, steamed, roasted, or fried and stashed in your fridge or somewhere….anywhere….lol…. just preserve them properly. (Get what I mean?)

In case you still find this explanation confusing, chat me up in the comment section. My next blog will reveal and explain more on the second step!

Signing out, kad

[zillennialwoman]

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[indnwitch]

Cheap meals to feed your family;

Tuna goes a long way and a family pack of canned tuna is 2 dollars, weather you make a poor man’s sushi bake, regular soup and sandwiches, or a Mac salad with tuna in it, it’s a great and cheap source of protein.

Hot dogs and baked beans , this was something my grandparents made growing up. It’s literally a can of baked beans and a pack of hot dogs cut up and mixed in. You heat it on the stove and eat it with a vegetable or bread.

Box mac and cheese, bag of frozen broccoli, and some grilled chicken strips make for an excellent and cheap meal. Kid approved

Spaghetti and meatballs a classic and it stretches

Black beans and rice or any rice dish because rice is cheap and abundant.

Crockpot soup, any soup recipe like chicken noodle or wedding soup will last you a while in your crock pot.

Grilled cheese and canned tomato soup. Seasoning can make the cheapest meal a solid ten

Peanut butter and jelly, it’s simple but sometimes simple is all you can do and as long as you and your family is fed that’s all that matters.

Quesadillas and rice or beans as a side.

[pransy123]

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6 Tips For New Vegans (Beginner's Guide To Going Vegan)

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