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finally starting 1 day ago

so the folks are going on holiday and im left ot my own devices. Managed to get one reciepe out of my mum for mac and cheese although the measurements were very vage so this could be interesting. Anyway i wonder how long i’ll last before the takeaways.



Sarah is torn as to whether to jump on the Twilight bandwagon or not?

Untitled 3 days ago

  • Get my mum to show me how to use the whole cooker without taking off my eyebrows or causing a gas leak
  • Buy a non-stick frying pan
  • Learn how to make a pasta dish, lasagne, cottage pie, a stir fry, a sponge cake and cupcakes


autumnkiss Even when your hope is gone, move along just to make it through.

Slow & Steady 5 days ago

I’ve been working on this goal very slowly. So far I have made (counting only the items I have made from scratch) spaghetti, pizza (turned out awesome), spinach casserole, macaroni and cheese, a blackberry cheesecake (i even whipped the cream and made the sauce myself from fresh blackberries), an apple pie, and two batches of cookies (Chocolate Chip and Chocolate Chip with walnuts). I hope to make more and learn more as I go along, especially healthy and tasty ways to cook veggies.



Untitled 1 week ago

After my mom moved out about a year ago, we were kind of stranded in the cooking department. When I’m home from school, I mostly subsist on frozen foods. My dad ate frozen dinners on a daily basis, but now that’s causing health complications for him. I want to learn how to cook some basic meals so that we can both eat somewhat healthier. Right now I pretty much only know how to make grilled cheese, spaghetti, bacon, and baked goods, so we’ll see where it goes from here!



OnaLark is thinkin' and taking it easy.

learn to cook 1 week ago

Eating healthfully is a huge priority for me right now. I am trying to break old, terrible habits and am focusing on buying fewer meals-in-a-box from the grocery store. To do this I need to cook more, which has never been a passion or enjoyable past time for me. I always have great excuses for why I don’t cook. Here are some of them:
1. It’s too messy
2. I don’t have enough space
3. I don’t have the proper equipment or tools
...yadda, yadda, yadda. I could go on and on. My excuses need to stop, though, if I want to be more healthy.



jynxed_hope is lovin the rain!!

breakfast in bed? 2 weeks ago

so i really wanted to cook today i just couldnt figure anything out.nothing looked good.but the boyfriend is still in bed.i think im gonna go make an omelet and surprise him with breakfast in bed…this oughta be fun.ive never made one before.

well as an add-on:i ended up making him scrambled eggs(my first ever!)and they were actually ok.and then some bacon.yay me!!



recipes 2 weeks ago

i am going to look up some recipes online right now and then go to the store. Perhaps food should be my only expense for a while??



Sarah is torn as to whether to jump on the Twilight bandwagon or not?

It's embarrassing 2 weeks ago

when a guy can rustle up a cracking bolognese and I only fried my first egg a couple months ago. I need to think about this goal more seriously than I did the last time it was here. I want to be able to cook and bake delicious, colourful things from scratch before the year is out instead of buying ready-made meals. Growing my own vegetables/fruit/herbs would also come in handy at this point.



little by little 3 weeks ago

So this goal has become easier ever since I moved out on my own. I’m cooking basics but cooking none the less..chicken breast..pasta…haven’t cooked with my microwave yet :)



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started 3 weeks ago

Last week I chose three recpies – one from a 3-34ingredient cookbook, one from Food Network magazine, and another from Yoga Journal – picked up the ingredients with my mom, then cooked em up. I forgot stuff on each one and my timing definitely needs some work, but my mom really enjoyed all three meals (she said that Im “batting a thousand”) and perhaps more importantly, nobody got sick from eating anything I cooked. I need to pick up more 3-4-5 ingredient cookbooks and master those recipes before I can move on to complex meals.

Cooking is kind of fun, it is nice seeing everything develop and come together, but I am not yet convinced that the time and effort involved are worth the end product. Food shopping, an hour spent prepping and cooking to enjoy something for 5 to 10 minutes, then the cleanup and washing dishes…yeah Im not so sure that cooking is something I’ll take up once I move out, but I would like to be able to do it, and to do more while I live here.



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New York City
grumblebox asks, “what do you do with leftover ingredients?”
— 14 months ago


35 answers

speshlass12 asks, “does anyone know easy recipes for snack dinners that a 12 year old can make?! my mum and dad work til just after dinner time, so i'm hungry before they get home! please help! thanks x”
— 2 years ago


11 answers

Toronto
cottonball asks, “Why didn't my naan puff up? It is more like a flat bread.”
— 3 years ago


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Toronto
cottonball asks, “How is white wine for cooking different from the type you drink? What quality does it need to be?”
— 3 years ago


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Toronto
cottonball asks, “What is the texture of a souffle like?”
— 3 years ago


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Toronto
cottonball asks, “Does anyone know whether a gel fuelled or electric fondue is better?”
— 3 years ago


1 answer

Bratislava
salamista asks, “Have you any good ideas for pasta? Besides Spaghetti?”
— 3 years ago


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