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All Systems Go 14 Sep 2006 12:56

Simple Dishes
 
My diet is appalling and the ranges of foods is so limited it's a wonder I'm still alive. the problem I have is that I have amost no knowledge of how to make food.

I was wondering if any of you have any simple recipies for well, anything. I'm trying to widen my palette so pretty much anything can be in there, but it's got to be simple to make.

Any ideas?

Ste 14 Sep 2006 13:02

Re: Simple Dishes
 
These are the meals i usually cooked at uni:

Sweet and sour Chicken:

Fry chicken breast in oil, when cooked through add sweet and sour sauce, cook rice, eat.
Also works with pork.

Chicken curry

Fry chicken breast in oil, when cooked through add curry sauce, cook rice, eat.

Bolognese kind of thing

chop up onion and fry, add mince, wait until cooked stirring to make sure all of it cooks, add courgette/mushrooms/whatever you want, add chopped tomatoes or dolmio/other tomato sauce, cook pasta.
eat

I haven't become much more imaginative since getting into the real world. I hate spending a load of time in the kitchen if I'm just cooking for myself.

pig 14 Sep 2006 13:35

Re: Simple Dishes
 
Macarroni Cheese

You can do two versions, version A which takes ages but is amazing or quick and simple B.


For B get a bag of macarroni pasta, about 500g, get some colemans cheese sauces (2 packers) and some milk. Bring the pasta to boil at the same time, make the cheese sauce, just basically stir the milk into the packet sauce. Make the sauce quite creamy, I always think its better to be thick than thin.

Grate a shit load of cheese (cheddar works well).

Drain the pasta.
Put it in a caserole dish or something similar.
Pour the sauce over it.
Mix it up.
Put the cheese on top of it.

Slip it under the grill if it will fit or in the oven for 5 minutes.

It will come out gorgeous, quick, easy, 15 minute dish which feeds 4-6 people.

Ste 14 Sep 2006 13:41

Re: Simple Dishes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by pig
I always think its better to be thick than thin

[yahwe] SUCCESS [/yahwe]

Marv 14 Sep 2006 13:45

Re: Simple Dishes
 
Buy pasta and ready made sauce you just stick in the mircowave for about 1min.

Get some chicken breast and fry it while cooking the pasta, then mix it and the cooked sauce up together and wack it on the pasta.

Nice, easy & quick :-)

Welshy 14 Sep 2006 14:00

Re: Simple Dishes
 
http://www.getstuffed.info/ << was an ace cookery show aimed at students. Used to be on in the the early hours of the morning. A few great recipes there - a little scary sometimes though...

Malice 14 Sep 2006 19:53

Re: Simple Dishes
 
Quick and easy...

Italian Sausage
French Roll
Your favorite tomato sauce
mozzarella cheese

Grill the sausage
Place the sausage in the roll
Smother with tomato sauce
top with grated cheese.

Wrap the whole thing in aluminum foil and stick into a preheated oven (350degrees)
until the cheese is melted.

(garnish with fresh sliced olives...green for a real zest!)

Enjoy!

Malice 14 Sep 2006 19:56

Re: Simple Dishes
 
Oh! One more...

Deli sliced Roast Beef
a french roll (do you see a theme yet?)
Cream cheese
sliced pepperoncini peppers

No directions here...just make the damn sandwich.

mmm mmm good.

vampire_lestat 14 Sep 2006 22:19

Re: Simple Dishes
 
bangers and mash

put some saussages in the oven for 25 mins or so

whilst these are in the oven, peel some potatoes (6 will do 4 people with reasonable size portions)

chop potatoes into inch cubed size peices, or a different size dependant on the type of spud

put in pressure cooker, when up to pressure do for 6 mins

take out of pressure cooker and put the potatoes through a ricer, adding enough milk and butter to get the texture how you want it

stir the mash

eat a hearty meal.

vampire_lestat 14 Sep 2006 22:20

Re: Simple Dishes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by pig
Macarroni Cheese

You can do two versions, version A which takes ages but is amazing or quick and simple B.


For B get a bag of macarroni pasta, about 500g, get some colemans cheese sauces (2 packers) and some milk. Bring the pasta to boil at the same time, make the cheese sauce, just basically stir the milk into the packet sauce. Make the sauce quite creamy, I always think its better to be thick than thin.

Grate a shit load of cheese (cheddar works well).

Drain the pasta.
Put it in a caserole dish or something similar.
Pour the sauce over it.
Mix it up.
Put the cheese on top of it.

Slip it under the grill if it will fit or in the oven for 5 minutes.

It will come out gorgeous, quick, easy, 15 minute dish which feeds 4-6 people.

if you grate some extra cheese and some bread and put this on the top before you grill it, it's even better.

also if you can be bothered fry some leeks and mix them in with the cheese sauce, also note that it needs to be mature or extra mature cheddar, preferably the latter, or your cheese sauce won't have any flavour at all.

Boogster 15 Sep 2006 01:09

Re: Simple Dishes
 
1 pizza.

Put in oven. Turn oven up as high as it will go. Tap fingers for 20 mins.

Take pizza out, making sure cheese is golden brown and a little crispy. If it is not, PUT IT BACK IN, YOU LAZY SOD!

Eat. Have yourself an apple for pudding, and drink some orange juice (preferably a whole carton of Tropicana). This will go some way towards convincing you that you are eating healthily, but you will in fact just be working your way towards stomach ulcers.

I did this throughout university and it has helped make me the stunted little gnome I am today.

Welshy 15 Sep 2006 03:46

Re: Simple Dishes
 
Corned Beef Pie.

2 x tins of corned beef
3 x large potato
2 x pre rolled shortcrust pastry

Peel and chop potatos, boil until soft.
Cube the corned beef
Mash corned beef and potato together, adding a little butter, salt, pepper and worcester sauce.

line ovenproof dish with pasrty, fill with mixture, cover in pastry.

Pierce the top several times, whack it in the oven on around gas mark 5/6 until the pastry is golden brown - lovely :)

Cooling 15 Sep 2006 06:59

Re: Simple Dishes
 
Steak.

Buy steak.
Put steak on bbq or frying pan.
Cook steak.
Eat.

Ste 15 Sep 2006 09:42

Re: Simple Dishes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Cooling
Steak.

Buy steak.
Put steak on bbq or frying pan.
Cook steak.
Eat.

That could almost be a name of a new band: Get Steak, Cook Steak, Eat.

pig 15 Sep 2006 09:47

Re: Simple Dishes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by vampire_lestat
if you grate some extra cheese and some bread and put this on the top before you grill it, it's even better.

also if you can be bothered fry some leeks and mix them in with the cheese sauce, also note that it needs to be mature or extra mature cheddar, preferably the latter, or your cheese sauce won't have any flavour at all.

You cant put leeks in macaroni cheese, thats wrong!

Agree on the extra cheese, bread crumbs bit!

Dante Hicks 15 Sep 2006 10:40

Re: Simple Dishes
 
Batchelors Super Noodles
Stagg Chili Con Carne (tin of)
Mature Cheddar
(Add Soy Sauce, Ketchup, BBQ Sauce, a lot of salt, Worcester Sauce)

= Awesome

KaneED 15 Sep 2006 11:07

Re: Simple Dishes
 
pesto chicken pasta thing

do whatever pasta you like normally.
grill the a chicken breast, you can cover it in olive oil and put chicken oxo cubes on it for a bit of crunch if you like

then its done. just drain the pasta and slice the chicken, put 2 or 3 heaped spoonfuls of green pesto in a saucepan or bowl with both the chicken and pasta in and mix together. you can include vegetables too like grilled peppers which i like to do. then sprinkle some herbs de provence on and black pepper to taste.

dead dead simple and healthy too


another one is crispy chicken, jacket potato and salad.

you should know how to do jacket potato and salad so the crispy chicken is just the same as what i said. cover chicken in olive oil and sprinkle a chicken oxo cube onto the top of it and grill. you can put cheese on the potato but thats not so healthy so try low fat cheese or creme fraiche if you like that


another one thats easy to do is chicken fajitas.

i like to have a red, green and yellow pepper, i put them in a pan and let them soften a little, i then add some mushrooms to cook for a little then i add the sauce, which is from a jar admittedly but its all good. i think i use the old el paso original salsa one. left them bubble over for about 5-10minutes so the peppers and mushrooms can take up the flavour and cook a little more.

while thats going on grill the chicken, once thats done slice it. take the saucepan off the heat and add the chicken and mix it in with the sauce. put in a bowl or something and microwave the tortillas for a minute or so.

voilá. soured cream is a good addition to this too.

Remo 15 Sep 2006 11:19

Re: Simple Dishes
 
put minced meat to frying pan, mix it untill its brown.
Add tomato purée tube (250 g) or some ketchup.
Add some water or cream.
Add spices and soy

boil pasta

mix pasta and meatsauce togather and eat.

Phang 15 Sep 2006 13:32

Re: Simple Dishes
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Ste
That could almost be a name of a new band: Get Steak, Cook Steak, Eat.

:)

gzambo 15 Sep 2006 13:57

Re: Simple Dishes
 
option A get a roommate who can cook , problem solved
option B get a girlfriend that can cook , problem solved


Please note option B will need condoms added or your portions will be reduced in 9 months


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