‼️ dinner ✌🏼😗
i don’t usually cook too much while i’m at college, but this year we have a full kitchen in our unit, so i’m trying to put it to good use :)
shredded chicken, pesto, shredded mozzarella, half + half, and some good old cheesy garlic bread <3
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Hey y’all
I am an autistic adult who is taking a big step and am learning how to go to the grocery store by myself
To do this I will be going once a week to the grocery store alone and gathering ingredients to cook a meal for my family (also by myself)
However I do not know many recipes
If you all could please give me easy recipes that do not take a lot of ingredients
I will only be able to get a couple items from the store at a time
That would be greatly appreciated
No steak, shrimp, bacon, beans, or mushrooms in the recipes please
Thank you so much!
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My second attempt at an omelette actually went pretty well.
It’s got purple onions, tomatoes, purple cabbage, spinach, and turkey bacon. Plus some tater tots I put in the middle. With salsa, tapatio hot sauce and ketchup.
I’m still getting a hold of how to get the omelette shape lol but putting the tater tots in there and then squishing it and letting to cook together was the winning move lol.
As much as I don’t want to spend time in the mornings standing at the counter, chopping and cooking, I had made it easier on myself by pre-chopping cabbage and using medium on the vine tomatoes as they’re each the perfect size for a serving. And without the extra steps, I don’t have to worry and it becomes a sort of meditative act. And I ate a little outside and that’s always really nice and grounding.
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Easter Menu:
Coffee
Charcuterie (honey-roasted peanuts, dried cranberries, monterey jack cheese, local-sourced cheddar, strawberry preserves, malt eggs)
Rice-Paper Roast "Beef"
Za'atar Carrots au gratin
Roasted Asparagus
Mashed Potatoes
Spring Onion Buttermilk Biscuits
Tea and chocolate truffles from a local store :)
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Delicious recipes on this site
Easy dishes to cook - try a steak, it can be cooked in several different ways.
Make sure your steak looks fresh when you buy it, feels firm and that it smells fresh when you unpackage it. Look for good marbling with fat to get the best flavor and most enjoyment from it.
Steak chosen from the Short loin, rib, filet mignons, porterhouse steak, T bone steaks or sirloin are best, being succulent and mouthwatering.
First marinate your steak in your favorite spices, for at least an hour or preferably overnight. Try the classic grilling on the barbeque with amazing sauce and eat with all the fixings.
Check out the website.
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Learning to Cook Like a Witch: The Absolute Beginning
So, you're looking to dip your toes into kitchen witchery, but you have zero experience cooking. Or, maybe you have experience that's not so great or that wasn't informative. Or, maybe you just don't know where to start, because no one ever taught you how to cook.
Great! Cooking can be intimidating to even approach when you're not used to it. I'm lucky in that I grew up cooking with my family and had the chance to take several cooking-based classes in high school. Not everyone has that sort of opportunity, so I'd like to pass on my experience to others!
(Note that you definitely don't need to be the best cook in the world to be a kitchen witch. No one's perfect! But it's okay to want to improve your skills, too.)
If you want to learn to cook, the first step is to familiarize yourself with the basic terms, measurements, and tools you'll be working with. Start with the following:
Learn the names and uses of the tools in your kitchen (for example, spatulas for spreading frosting vs. spatulas for flipping burgers)
Measurement conversions (how many teaspoons in a tablespoon, how many tablespoons in a cup, etc.)
Familiarize yourself with commonly used measurement phrases such as "dash" and "pinch," and learn exactly what they mean by that
Abbreviations for measurements (teaspoon = tsp = t, tablespoon = tbsp = T, etc.)
Various cooking terminology and the difference between terms, such as the difference between mixing, creaming, folding, and emulsifying
Read recipes and look up words you're not familiar with
Knife safety! Learn how to hold a knife properly and cut things without risking your fingers, and also learn how to keep your knives sharp. Remember, a sharp knife is a safe knife!
Once you've got knife safety down, learn how to cut an onion - dice, chop, and slice your way to delicious victory!
Learn fire, oven, and stovetop safety!
Familiarize yourself with what's in your spice cabinet; taste things if you've never had them, and look up common recipe usages for them
Learn about the Maillard reaction (this is what turns meat brown!)
Familiarize yourself with common substitutions, such as for cornstarch, buttermilk, and shortening/lard
Start with simple recipes; many chefs say you should start with omelets, white sauce, and homemade stock, and I tend to agree. Learning just these three things teaches a number of techniques that translate to a hundred other recipes!
Eat more food! Try new flavors, experiment with dishes from restaurants, ask questions about what's in what you're eating. Sample dishes and spice combinations from other cultures. Smell things before you eat them. Think about the flavors and how they're working together.
Watch videos from cooks on YouTube, or watch cooking tv shows! Honestly, Alton Brown's Good Eats was a foundational influence for me as a child, and I cut my teeth on Food Network. YouTube-wise, try Basics with Babish!
Pick a recipe you think looks good or that you've had before and just make it! Simple as that, just follow the recipe. Get the ingredients, follow the steps, eat the food!
Not everything you make is going to be good. And that's fine! Learn what went wrong and why. Figure out what tastes good and what doesn't. Let other people try your food and give you honest feedback. If you think your taste buds are biased or not "good enough," having someone else tell you "this needs more salt" or "this is really balanced" or "this would go nicely over rice instead of potatoes" is powerful.
Remember that you're learning. Look things up. Fuck up a recipe. Burn something. Realize you're missing an ingredient and figure out a substitute last minute. Leave something out, put something else in. Taste, taste, taste. Taste everything. Every time you put something in or complete a step, taste it. So long as it's not going to be a health hazard (such as with raw meat), taste it.
Take your time with it. Cooking is a skill that's earned over time via trial and error. Know that you're not alone in your worry and struggle. Millions of home cooks have stood where you stand, spoon in hand and apron tied tight. Practice, practice, practice.
Once you understand cooking by itself, you can more easily incorporate magic and weave spells into your meals, which I'll cover in another post, since this one is already quite long.
Happy cooking! 🍳🌿
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