What are some good things to cook when you are first learning how to cook?

Question

if you can, please provide a recipe

if you can provide a recipe and details

Answer 1

BEGINNER MASHED POTATOES

6 med. potatoes
1/4 c. butter or mayonnaise
1/2 c. milk
Salt
Pepper

Peel potatoes and boil in a pot of water until tender. Drain; add buttermilk until creamy. Add salt and pepper to taste

BEGINNER'S BISCUITS

2 c. self-rising flour
2 tbsp. mayonnaise
1/2 c. milk or buttermilk

Sift flour into mixing bowl. Add mayonnaise and 1/4 cup of milk. Stir with large spoon. Add more milk to get dough to thick consistency. Place heaping tablespoons of dough evenly spaced on a greased cookie sheet and cook at 400 degrees until biscuits are a light golden brown.

BEGINNERS OMELETTE

6 eggs, beaten
3 tbsp. butter
3/4 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
6 tbsp. milk

Melt butter in skillet. Mix well beaten eggs, salt, pepper, and milk. Pour this mixture into skillet and allow bottom to become light brown. At this point, tip skillet and with a spatula fold over in half and continue cooking for a few moments. As you progress you will want to add many ingredients in the middle of the fold such as jam, onions, green peppers, etc.

Answer 2

Potato Soup. This was the very first recipe I was taught to make all by myself and that was when I was around seven or eight years of old.

All it is is peeling the potatoes, cube them, and boil until done. Then you drain and mash the potatoes, adding butter and a raw egg. DO NOT let the potatoes sit until they get cold. Mash the potatoes while their still piping hot and add in the egg, stiring it in. The heat of the potatoes will cook the egg.

So now you've basically made mashed potatoes (funny thing is I learned my mother's recipe for mashed potatoes long after she taught me to make potatoe soup and realized she'd already taught me the recipe as part of making the soup). To turn it into soup add milk, enough to turn it soupy. Add a little salt and pepper to taste and put it back on the stove to heat up, thickening it a little. Be careful not to leave it on to long or the milk will curdle. Basically let it just start to boil then take it off.

Answer 3

There are plenty of recipes & instructions & even shows where you watch a chef. But all good cooks agree that there's a "feel" to things. So you've just got to do it.
The hard things to learn are cakes, roasts, everything that needs 8 people to eat it. Little children & young men will eat everything, you should practice cakes, serve your mistakes with a laugh. In five years you'll be taking layer cake to a party while your girlfriends are struggling with 3-can casserole.
Cook cook cook! The very worst is that you throw it out.

Answer 4

A great start is taking things you normally just throw together and try it homemade. Try to make your favorite flavors of purchased soups from scratch ( http://www.recipezaar.com/120324 ), home-made pasta sauces ( http://www.recipezaar.com/32844 ), cranberry sauce ( ), .etc.

Also buy a basic cook book (or go to the library) and just flip through and try things that look good. I recommend picking up Better Homes and Gardens' cookbook as a beginners choice. It has recipes ranging from easy to moderate difficulty, a ton of references and information, useful pictures, tested recipes, helpful conversions, and even some cooking lessons.

Answer 5

CASSEROLE:
1 cup diced carrots
3/4 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup chicken broth
1 can condensed cream of chicken soup
1 cup sour cream
3 cups cooked, chopped chicken
1/2 cup mushrooms
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper

TOPPING:
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
1/2 cup milk 1-1/4 cups shredded Cheddar cheese
Method
Casserole: In saucepan, combine carrots, onion, celery and chicken broth. Simmer 20 minutes. In 3-quart casserole dish, mix soup, sour cream, chicken, mushrooms, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Add simmered vegetables and liquid; mix well. Topping: In mixing bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add eggs, milk and 1 cup of the cheese. Mix just until well blended. Drop tablespoonfuls of the topping onto the casserole and bake in 350F oven for 40-45 minutes or until golden brown. Sprinkle with remaining cheddar cheese and return to the oven until cheese is melted.

Answer 6

When i first learned to cook the first thing i did was grilled cheese and tomato soup then i went to more things like beef and noodles with mashed potatos and corn bread, to homemade lazagna and other things

Answer 7

Veal marsala. Here's a video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkfqOVtMvHI

Answer 8

An omelet or eggs.

Answer 9

boil water