What is a good meal for a beginner to prepare?

Question

I want 2 learn how to cook this summer since i don't have a job. Problem is I don't know what to cook. Any ideas on any SIMPLE AND EASY recipes. I know how 2 make spaghetti and hamburgers. Thanx!

Answer 1

I am wondering if you have ever seen the Food network channel? If you havent see it, try to watch it, you learn many things from these talented chef and you will learn food vocabulary that is valuable for a begginer such as yourself. If you dont have a television or a cable, go to foodnetwork.com this website is full of every dish imaginable. What a way to spend summer, learning to cook, that is a very wise decision. By the end of the summer you will not be a beginner anymore. Goodluck, have fun and eat well.

Answer 2

Pasta dishes and casseroles are good, easy beginner stuff.

For mac cheese: Cook macaroni. Slice tomatos, and buy LOTS of grates cheese (your choice of kind). Layer pasta, cheese, tomato, and sprinkled salt and pepper, in a dish. Top with more cheese. Repeat until you fill the dish. Bake in the oven until top begins to crust and brown. Voila!

If you're ready to try your hand at browning meat, look up Shepherds/Cottage Pie. Brown meat & flavor (who use worcester sauce and ketchup), make mashed potato. In a dish, put the meat on the bottom, mash on top. Cheese optional. Bake for about an hour. Reheats very nicely.

Soups and stews can also be great beginner stuff. Ancient recipe: Look at what you got, throw it in the pot!

And if you want to try for dessert, cookies and brownies are pretty reliable as long as you get them out of the oven in time.

The secret to good cooking is to follow your gut. I start by going through the spice drawer and smelling the different herbs to get a feel for what I want. Remember: You can always add more... but you can't take it out.

Avoid: Recipes involving complicated sauces, meats you don't know how to handle (uck), and expensive ingredients while you're still learning.

And when in doubt, take something you already know how to make, and play around with it. My mashed potatos win over everyone else's because I dared to put in more pepper and onion salt (and a tch more butter).

Good luck! :)

Answer 3

Home cooked chicken parmesan is pretty simple. Use chicken breasts, and in 3 separate bowls put bread crumbs (Italian or Japanese Panko), then in the next bowl 1-2 beaten eggs with a little water beaten in, and the last bowl should have flour seasoned with salt and pepper. Dip chicken in flour first, then egg mix, then bread crumbs and put in a skillet with hot oil to fry until golden brown. Then move the chicken breasts to a large rectangular baking pan. Place 1 thin slice of ham on each breast and then 1 slice of smoked provolone cheese on top of that. Cover all with a canned spaghetti sauce and then some grated parmesan on top of all. Bake at about 350 until hot and bubbly. About 45 minutes, give or take. Serve with fettucine alfredo. Most people are impressed by this dish and it's very simple. You can even make it when camping, by using a dutch oven for the baking time. Good luck.

Oh, and Teriyaki chicken is pretty simple, also called "Shoyu chicken" because it is one part "shoyu" also called soy sauce, to one part brown sugar, and a clove or two of garlic and some fresh or even powdered ginger, plus about a 1/2 cup water. Put ingredients in a deep sauce pan with a couple pounds of chicken thighs (breasts dry out) bone in or out, and simmer for about 45 minutes to an hour. Keep an eye on it so it doesn't boil over. Serve with Cal-Rose short grain sticky rice and your choice of vegetables.

Answer 4

You can do French Pancakes

Ingredients for French Pancakes
4 tablespoons sugar
4 tablespoons vegetable shortening
½ cup flour
2 eggs
½ tablespoon lemon extract
1 cup milk

Instructions
Heat vegetable shortening and mix other ingredients gradually to them, bake in six small vegetable shorteninged plates for 5 minutes.
When done, put jam between every alternate one, and serve high on a dish.

Answer 5

Breakfast food is always good to learn to make. Different types of ways to fix eggs is a plus. Pancakes a definite one. I have found that pancakes turn out perfect on one of those flat griddles. Also gravy is good to learn to make--practice that. Then try things like ribs and chicken --those can be prepared in all different ways. I love to fix pork chops and meatloaf. So, think about what you like to eat and try to make what you prefer.

Answer 6

learn how to make an omelet - you'll be a pro chef if you can do that! Go to Foodtv.com and look up omelet on the show How to Boil Water. You should also learn how to make chocolate chip cookies - use the recipe on the back of the nestle chocolate chips package. GL

Answer 7

Look up Moosewoods Cookbooks on line or in a book store. They have a TON of vegetarian recipies and some with fish. Each one is better than the next.

Answer 8

learn a casserole very easy and one dish and the mac and cheese recipe is the best

INGREDIENTS:
2 (10 ounce) packages frozen chopped broccoli
3 cups instant rice
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
1 (10.75 ounce) can condensed cream of chicken soup
1 1/4 cups water
1 (16 ounce) package processed American cheese, cubed
1 tablespoon butter
1 bunch celery, chopped
1 large onion, chopped
salt and pepper to taste

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DIRECTIONS:
Cook broccoli and rice according to package directions. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
In a medium saucepan over low heat, mix cream of mushroom soup, cream of chicken soup, and 1 1/4 cups water. Gradually stir in cheese until melted. Be careful that the cheese doesn't burn.
Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat, and saute celery and onion until soft.
In a large mixing bowl, combine broccoli, rice, soup and cheese mixture, celery and onion. Season with salt and pepper. Pour mixture into a 9x13 inch baking dish.
Bake in the preheated oven for 45 minutes, until bubbly and lightly brown.
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4 cups elbow macaroni, cooked and drained
2 cups grated cheddar cheese
3 eggs, beaten
1/2 cup sour cream
4 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk

6-8 servings Change size or US/metric
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1 hour 5 minutes 10 mins prep

Answer 9

since u know how to make spaghetti let me tell u a recipe that involve speghetti first make the speghetti the way u normally do with out the sauce and season to taste then slice some chicken breast in small cubes season to taste and fry it in little oil finaly put it all together and put some soy sauce int and walla u got chicken lo mein u can also sub the chicken for other meat

Answer 10

MAGDALINAS VALENTINE CHICKEN

4 boneless skinless chicken breast
2 cans Campbell's condensed golden cream of mushroom soup
1/4 chopped yellow onion
milk (1) one soup can's amount

flour seasoned with garlic powder, season salt, pepper, and (dill weed) optional.

Season and flour 4 chicken breasts and fry in skillet with vegetable oil till done.

Drain and remove excess grease from skillet.

Combine chopped onion, milk, Campbell's condensed golden cream of mushroom soup, 2 tbsp of seasoned flour in skillet with cooked chicken breasts.

Simmer on medium heat till onions are soft.