What are some easy recipies for someone that can't cook?

Question

I can't cook, at all, but I want to make a nice dinner for my boyfriend (he does all the cooking usually) What are some good meals that are straight forward and easy to make involving prefereably steak or beef, but a good pasta dish would be ok too... something beyond the obvious spaghetti or tacos would be great...Any other tips would be greatly appreciated as well. I'm asking on here because I tried looking at some cook books, but I couldn't figure out which ones would be easy, and which ones I would be likely to mess up.

Answer 1

QUICK 'N EASY CASSEROLE

1 lb. ground beef
1/4 tsp. salt
1 (24 oz.) frozen hash browns, thawed
1 can cream of mushroom soup
1 c. sour cream
2 c. shredded cheddar cheese
1 med. onion, chopped
2 cans French fried onions (opt.)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In heavy skillet cook beef with salt until browned. Drain grease and put in large bowl. Add potatoes, soup, sour cream, cheese and chopped onion. Mix well. Spread into a 13"x9" pan. Bake about 30 minutes. Top with fried onions. Bake 15 minutes more or until bubbly.

Answer 2

you could cook some egg noodles then cook some steak on a grill or in a pan(add pepper and salt) slice up the steak and put some pieces on top of the egg noodles. then pour some beef flavoured gravy on top! it's really good
here is an idea that wouldnt go good with the eggnoodles and steak, but it would go good on the side with something else. buy a role of the croissant dough that is already cut into triangles for you. mix sugar and cinnamon in a separate bowl. then spread butter onto each croissant triangle. than sprinkle some of the cinnamon sugar mixture on each triangle. Next, role the triangles to form the croissant shapes as directed on the package. You may wish to sprinkle any left over cinnamon sugar on top of the already rolled croissants. then bake the croissants as directed on the package! delicous!

Answer 3

The best and easiest thing I have found, (which I made for my boyfriend and had him asking for thirds!) is the boxed Jambalaya with Cheese from Zatarain's. You just cook it in a covered pot with water, and I like to buy a beef sausage which I slice into it five minutes before it is ready. I add a tomato and cucumber salad on the side, and this thing is awesome. Everyone thinks you have been slaving over the stove for hours, truth is it takes two minutes of your time and you can't go wrong.

Answer 4

I admire your honesty, which earned you a star!!! I'd go with Kimberley's "Easy n Quick Casserole"........have had it many times, and it's more assembling that actual cooking technique, which is great for the novice cook.......Give her the 10 points, you can make this one blindfolded and it will still come out great.....Enjoy!!! And, the leftovers are great too!!

Christopher

Answer 5

NOTHING is that difficult to cook with the RIGHT COOK BOOK----get one---follow the directions explicitly and you could actually turn out to be a VERY GOOD COOK.

Answer 6

Did you check Rachael Ray's website or the Food Network? She uses all easy recipes and her meals take 30 min. or less to make!

Answer 7

You can go to http://www.recipezaar.com and look for recipes. They have a star-rating system, so you can see which ones are good. Cooking is really just following recipes, and the rest comes from experience.

Answer 8

www.kraftfoods.com has some excellent, easy recipes. Simply type in the search string an ingredient, and it'll come up with all kinds of recipes. Most are extremely easy.

Answer 9

u should visit www.pioneerthinking.com , they have wonderful recipies and cooking solutions that might be helpful to u. good luck!

Answer 10

mac & cheese
pb & J
ramon noodle
toast
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