Anyone got any good recipes that are easy to cook and nutritious?

Question

I'm quite lazy when it comes to cooking, and many of my meals come out of the microwave courtesy of Tesco which is not ideal. However the alternative is fast food (which is worse)

I do cook things from time to time, such as steak/salmon/pork chops etc and do veg and potatoes too but there isn't so much variety with those few things.

Any ideas for anything else I should try?

Answer 1

Whatever you do make always make more of it and freeze portions of it. That way you have your own ready meals. In my freezer I have homemade lasagna, spagetti sauce ( made from sauteed peppers, onions, cougettes, a couple of tines of tomatoes and blitzed in a food processor then I use this in my lasagna and pizza topping), pizzas, curry, pancakes,
I read they book Cook for a day eat for a month by Deborah Taylor-Hough or look at the site http://groups.yahoo.com/group/frozen-assets/

Answer 2

Pasta is quick, easy and cheap and SO VERSATILE - you can either make or buy lots of different sauces and serve with many different things like salad, crusty bread... How about using a steamer to steam fish and new potatoes - tasty and healthy... A salad is also healthy and you could always add a grilled chicken breast or tuna or salmon steak to pad it out. Another good one is a stir fry - throw in pretty much anything. Experiment and enjoy! Some useful websites are Delia Smith online, www.bbc.co.uk/food or you could just do an internet search...

Answer 3

Try homemade Shake N Bake. Get a large plastic bag, dump in about a cup or so of any kind of bread crumbs and a packet of food seasoning. Every grocery store has a section with packets of powdered hollandaise, taco seasoning, gravy, mexican spices etc. My favorite is powdered ranch dressing.

With that much you can prepare one of those max paks of chicken, or several pork chops, whatever. Just drop them in one at a time, skinned or not acording to your taste. Shake, then remove and place on an aluminum foil-covered cookie sheet. Cook at 350 degrees for half an hour, turn them over, then cook for another half hour. Cut into one to make sure they're done and serve 'em up.

If you want to, you can dump a bag of tater tots or frozen fries onto another foiled cookie sheet and put them in when you turn the chicken. Eat what you like and put the rest in the freezer or fridge in ziploc bags for later.

Answer 4

shepards pie its easy and you can put half in the fridge for the next day.

fry onions and mushrooms in a pan add a bag of frozen mince
fry it till it goes nice and brown, add 2 tins of chopped tomatoes and 1/2 tin of sweetcorn then place a lid over the top for 5-10 Min's

then peel potatoes and chop in half boil then mash potatoes add milk and butter to taste

then go back to the mince and pour into a large enough dish
add the mash on the top then put in the oven for 30 - 45 Min's till cooked and nice and brown.

serve with veg and gravy

or

you could make toad in the hole this ones so easy

all you do is fry some sauages then get a yorkshire pudding batter mix (i buy mine in tescos) put the batter mix in a bowl with some water add an egg whisk with a fork put the saugaes in a baking tray pour the batter mix over the top put in in the oven for 30 mins
serve with veg and gravy

speggi bolanze is easy fry some onions, mushrooms, garlic, mince (100gms) add chopped tomatoes and peppers simmer for about 20 - 30 mins whilst cooking the pasta

Answer 5

Easy Salmon Cakes Recipe

Ingredients:

1/4 cup finely chopped red pepper
1/4 cup finely chopped green onion
1/4 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon seasoned salt
Cayenne (red) pepper to taste
1 beaten egg
12 ounces canned skinless, boneless pink salmon
1 cup dry bread crumbs, divided
3 tablespoons butter

Directions:

In small mixing bowl, combine chopped red pepper, green onion, mayonnaise, lemon juice, seasoned salt and cayenne pepper. Adjust seasonings to personal preference.

Stir in egg, salmon and 4 tablespoons bread crumbs. Refrigerate for 45 minutes to firm the ingredients.

Form mixture into 6 to 8 balls. Roll salmon balls in remaining breadcrumbs; flatten into cakes about 1/2-inch thick. Fry salmon cakes in melted butter over medium heat for 3 to 4 minutes per side.

Bon Appetit!

Answer 6

Beans on Toast. Cooking time: 3.5 mins

Take 1 tin of backed beans. open carefully and empty the contents into a microwaveable dish or a saucpan.

Cooking instructions - Microwave. a typical 850w, cook for 1.5 mins and stir then for a further minute.

Cooking instructions - Hob, heat on full power for 2 mins with a slice of butter, stir constantly.

While cooking take 2 sliced pan bread and place in toaster! once ready (golden) butter the bread and pour the beans onto the toast.

Enjoy!

Answer 7

yer baby mince saussage cassarole
its easy all you need to do is buy some minced saussage meat and put it in the bottom of a cassarole dish season with s + p then put a thin layer of thinly sliced apples and onions and celery, then on top of all that put a tin or 2 of chopped tinned tomatoes and let the juices drain through then get some if thinks it called swarts poppy and tomatoe sesamee seed flavoure it in a little green or yellow tub sprinkle all that over what you have in the cassorole dish then put a thick layer of mash on top of whats in the dish then put some gratted chesse on top of the mash with a bit of salt and pepper and bang in the oven gas mark 5 for around 1.30 hrs to 2 hr and god dam its nice my nan taught me it and nans are top cooks you will love it and best of all it cost less than a fiver to make PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU COOK IT OR EMAIL ME IF YOU GET STUCK WITH THE RECIPIE [e-mail]

Answer 8

tuna pasta bake?
cook tri coloured pasta till aldente (firm but not soft) and cool under cold water
stirfry 1 green, 1 red and 1 yellow pepper sliced
mix peppers, sweetcorn (tinned?) and tuna into the pasta
pour over cheese sauce (packet mix will do if you can't be bothered to make it from scratch)
top with grated cheese
sprinkle smashed up plain crips on top
throw it in the oven and heat through
CHEAP AND CHEERFUL AND TASTES GREAT

Answer 9

soups and stews are good for you, as well as being really easy to make. you can chuck in all sorts of fresh veg and can make them both up in big batches to freeze for later eating.

i personally don't think you need recipes for either as i just chuck in either what i feel like eating at the time, or whatever i've got in the kitchen.

Answer 10

Go to bbc.co.uk.food - use the search toggle - has hundreds of recipes from all their shows - I suggest ready steady cook or something for the weekend.