Anybody have any good recipes for a fairly new cook?

Question

It can main dishes, desserts, appetizers, whatever

Answer 1

There are so many to pick from! The best thing I could ever recommend to a new cook is to pick up "The New Best Recipe" cookbook -- from the publishers of Cook's Illustrated magazine. It's a marvelous, basic cookbook that doesn't get too crazy with its recipes, and, best of all, goes into the science of cooking. So much of cooking is intuitive, and understanding the "why" of a recipe is the key to becoming a really good cook.

Amazon link is here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0936184744/sr=8-1/qid=1153248217/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-9403441-9769561?ie=UTF8

Answer 2

Easy chicken and noodles

1 pkg of bowtie or penne noodles
1 lb chicken breast, diced and boneless
1 onion, peeled and diced
1 can cream chicken soup
sour cream, optional
salt/pepper

Cook noodles acording to the package.

While the noodles are cooking, in a skillet add 3 tsp of oil. On med/high heat sautee the diced onions and mushrooms for 3 minutes. Add the chicken and cook for 5-10 minutes.

Add cream of mushroom soup into meat mixture, mix well.
Lower heat to med/low. Cover and let cook for 15 minutes, stirring occassionally. When meat is cooked, turn off heat. Add a few dollops of sour cream and mix. Cover and wait for noodles to be cooked.

Drain the noodles, and serve meat over a plate of noodles
Serves 2-3



SPINACH SALAD
2 bunch fresh spinach washed and dried, or cheat and get the prewashed ones at the market
1 c dried cranberries
1/2 cup chopped pecans or walnuts or both.
1/4 c sunflower seeds
feta cheese
a viniagrette dressing

Mix ingredients together and add dressing before serving.
serves 4-6


YANKEE POT ROAST
Pot roast using the slow cooker is the only way to go!

5 lb chuck roast
2 pkg lipton onion soup mix, dry
2 cans cream mushroom soup, campbells
1 whole celery bunch, diced
2 onions, diced
4 whole carrots, peeled and cut
5 potatoes, peeled and cut in 1/2
1 crushed garlic cloves
5 tbsp flour
1 Reynold's slow cooker liner, optional

The slow cooker liner makes cleaning up a snap!
In the crock pot, add cream mushroom soups, 2 cans of water, the lipton dry soups, flour and mix the ingredients well.

Add the roast and the garlic. Mix around til covered with soup mix. Add the onions and veggies. Add water to barely cover the veggies (remember the water level may go up during cooking!).

If potatoes won't fit, then cook them separately (ie: roast, mashed, etc.) Cover and turn crock pot to medium.
Cook 6-8 hours and it will be so tender!
Serves 4-6


JELLO DESSERT
1 pkg large jello
coolwhip
fresh fruits

Make the jello as on the package but use 1/2 cup less water per package. In a non metalic bowl, add jello and Add fresh fruit like fresh strawberries, grapes, chopped apples. Let it chill for 4-6 hours. Mix up the jello and add 1/2 tub of cool whip. Add more if desired. Mix well, and its like an ambrosia.

Serve in glass cups and top with more fresh fruit.

Answer 3

Main Dish: CREAMY NOODLES & BEEF CASSEROLE

1 lb. wide egg noodles
1 & 1/2 lbs. ground beef
1 (8 oz.) container fresh mushrooms, rubbed lightly with towel to
clean, and sliced into thin slices
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. pepper
1 (15 oz.) can tomato sauce
16 oz. softened cream cheese
1/4 cup sour cream
1/3 cup thinly sliced green onions
1/2 cup Parmesan cheese

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cook noodles according to pkg. directions and drain. Simmer ground beef and drain the fat; add salt, pepper, and tomato sauce to skillet under medium heat; cook until mixture is heated through, then remove from heat. Cream the cream cheese and sour cream together; add green onions, and stir together well with cooked noodles in a large bowl. In a greased 13x9" baking pan, layer noodle mixture and then ground beef mixture; top with grated Parmesan cheese and bake 30 to 40 minutes. Serves 8.


Dessert/side dish: EASY FRUIT SALAD

1 can sweetened, condensed milk
1 (21 oz.) can cherry pie filling
1 (20 oz.) can crushed pineapple in unsweetened juice,
undrained
1 container Cool Whip

Chill all ingredients first, then mix them together thoroughly in a large bowl; refrigerate finished fruit salad at least one hour.

Answer 4

First marinade her over night in apple and mustard sauce cook on 220 for two hours basting every 20 minutes serve with fries onion rings and fresh peas

Answer 5

Yeah Toast.Here You take a piece of bread and put it in the toaster for your desired amount of time then you take it out when it's done and put butter or jelly on it if you want.

Answer 6

yes rice... and some soy sauce if u like to go global.. u will have a wonderful japanese meal if u steam some cabbage or lettace to go with it.. remember two cups of water for every cup of rice...
M u A h:)