Test Your Recipes On Me

[Edster]

OK, as you may or may not know I have recently split up with my missus (still waiting for new offers ;) ) and to put it bluntly I'm a total cooking virgin.

Use this thread to post some recipes that I can try. Not ones that are too difficult please. I need FULL instructions to help me along - timings, oven temperatures etc.

When I get my new place I will give them a try and mark them out of 10. Well, maybe that's not fair as I may have cooked them badly.

Anyway, please avoid things like fish and peppers as I don't like them.

Over to you...

:) :)

If anyone has webcams then maybe we could both cook at the same time and you could show me what to do? Hehehe.

[LadyTempy]

am kind of afraid to ask this - but maybe you can tell us what kind of stuff you do like?

[Edster]

lol. Don't be afraid of the Edster. I'm not BOOts!!

All meats, vegetables, garlic. Everything apart from fish and peppers really. Well, all sea-food.

[grlnamedsu]

OK, as you may or may not know I have recently split up with my missus (still waiting for new offers ;) ) and to put it bluntly I'm a total cooking virgin.

Use this thread to post some recipes that I can try. Not ones that are too difficult please. I need FULL instructions to help me along - timings, oven temperatures etc.

When I get my new place I will give them a try and mark them out of 10. Well, maybe that's not fair as I may have cooked them badly.

Anyway, please avoid things like fish and peppers as I don't like them.

Over to you...

:) :)
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If anyone has webcams then maybe we could both cook at the same time and you could show me what to do? Hehehe.

Hah!! Great idea... Cooking with The Edster Tuesdays at *pm on PBS

[BOOtS]

lol. Don't be afraid of the Edster. I'm not BOOts!!

All meats, vegetables, garlic. Everything apart from fish and peppers really. Well, all sea-food.You are very funny:tongue: :tongue:
Do you like (PIGGY-N-A-BLANKET) EASY!!LOL,LOL:tongue: :tongue:
just take a wiener and some dough wrap the wiener up then stick it in the oven or microwave, in the oven 20 min. in the microwave 3 min. There is your dinner! enjoy!!!:tongue: :tongue:

[grlnamedsu]

You are very funny:tongue: :tongue:
Do you like (PIGGY-N-A-BLANKET) EASY!!LOL,LOL:tongue: :tongue:
just take a wiener and some dough wrap the wiener up then stick it in the oven or microwave, in the oven 20 min. in the microwave 3 min. There is your dinner! enjoy!!!:tongue: :tongue:

Thats it Boots make him a gourmet cook!! lmao

[Edster]

And don't forget I'm a COMPLETE novice! How do I make dough?! lol

[Ms Angie]

Sometimes I like to have dessert before dinner :wink: so here is one of my favorites....Peanut Butter/Banana Cream Pie

Start with a frozen pie shell (pastries not being one of my strong points) cooking it, following the directions on the box. While it is cooking, take 1 cup of icing sugar and just about a 1/4 of a cup of peanut butter and mix them together in a bowl, until you have little wee peanut butter balls (adding a bit of icing sugar if needed). Now prepare one cooked banana pudding and follow the directions on the box for that, too, making the filling for your pie. When the pie shell comes out of the oven, place most of the peanut butter/icing sugar balls on the bottom (saving a bit to sprinkle on the top of the finished pie), making the first layer of your pie. Then pour in the banana pudding, still warm. Place this in the refrigerator for a few hours to chill. Once chilled, cover the top with whipped cream (I prefer Cool Whip...less work!) and sprinkle the remaining peanut butter/icing sugar on top, and it is ready to serve. Enjoy! :smile:

[Edster]

Sounds good Ang. I will try that one.
Anyone got any nice main courses too? I need convincing that it's better to cook than get ready meals...
:)

[Emmylou]

Easy Ed buy the ready made packet sauces all u have to do is add the meat and sometimes some veg, Not hard to cook really most easiest of food and 1 of my fav is chicken rice and boiled potatoes.

[glidbetter]

As a long standing bachelor, staple diet is of course ready cooked...
But on a sunday mornin, mushrooms fried in beer, bacon fried in coke and a healthy portion of scrambled eggs goes a loooooong way!

Other than that, barbeque ribs chucked under a grill for 20 min and those rice packs ith the veggies and stuff in just thrown in boiling water for 15 min is also a good one...

[dippy]

easiest n best meal i ever ate.



pick up the phone

invite friend round for drinks

go shopping for a little bit of what ya fancy

arrange ingrediants nicely on kitchen top

splash water on face 1 min before friend arrives

act dumb, little weepy, beg for help


Enjoy your meal.

[Bruce]

Lobster Bisque is great That's my speciality...and alchohol.

[jostal]

easy cheap and delicious well thats discribes me now for some cooking yes I said cooking hehehe

Ed buy some stewing steak its quite a cheap cut of meat about 500g. night before cut off fat and cut into cubes, do some root veg chop them up too, onions, carrots, parsnips, swede even mushrooms pop them in oven proof dish with a lid mix a couple of beef stock cubes as discribed on the pack add a dash of red wine put it in the fridge. Before work pop it in the oven for 30 mins on gas mark 6 then turn it down to the lowest setting.... Hey presto when you get home the house will smell gorgeous and you'll have a hot meal.
Better still you could drive a little bit further down the M6 and I'd cook the tea! :tongue:

[butterfly]

Hey Edster.........I just ran across this thread and thought I'd share this favorite recipe with you:

Chicken Breasts with Portabella Mushrooms

Spray a glass baking dish lightly with cooking spray.

Place 4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts in the dish.
Spread the contents of a 4 oz can of mushroom steak sauce (you will find it near the canned mushrooms) over the chicken breasts. Cut 3 or 4 Portabella mushroom caps into 1/2 inch cubes. Place over the chicken breasts in the dish.
Sprinkle garlic powder or garlic salt to taste. (or a little Thyme is good instead of the garlic, if you prefer)

Bake in 375 oven for approximately 25 minutes (until chicken is no longer pink and juices run clear)

Remove from oven and move mushroom pieces aside slightly. Cover each chicken breast with a slice of Provolone cheese and return to the oven for a few minutes to melt the cheese nicely. Remove from oven and serve with your favorite side dishes.

This recipe is quick, yummy and low in fat.

[doyle_rock]

I am getting hungry now, lol. No but seriously, I am getting really hungry. I'll see what I can find to try out on you Ed.

[Edster]

Thanks very much. That sounds soooo delicious. Now, microwave meal again or cook some chicken?...

[Suze]

Cook properly! Don't cheat....

Personally I nearly always cook from scratch