/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Chicken burgers. Lettuce, mayo, or onion

Butter chicken
Rice, butter chicken sauce & chicken bits

poop sandwich, just poop in between bread

Chicken cacciatore; it may look complicated but its just chicken, tomatoes, peppers, onions, mushrooms and a bunch of spices. Google for recipes and find one you like. Its really delicious.

Ham sandwiches

Ham, cheese, tomato sliced, your choice of sauce if too dry for your tastebuds

>>15235711
That looks nice. I like it, thank you.
I think I'm actually going to make this tommorow. Do I cook the mushrooms in separate pan before throwing it in?

>>15235664
So you basically can't cook at all?
Hamburger helper
Kraft Mac and Cheese
Frozen nuggets and tendies
Banquet frozen meals

Watch featureman. He could probably teach you a thing or two.

>>15235664
Easy rice on eletric stove:
Use any mug to mesure the rice (one cup = one meal)
Put the mug of rice in any profound pan
Wash the rice (put water in the pan, then pour off the starch, until the water coming out of the rice is mostly transparent)
After the last wash (and getting rid of most of the water) put as much water as you had rice (in this case, one mug of cold water)
Salt and pepper lightly the rice, stir, then put it on the stove, maximum power.
AS SOON AS IT BOILS, turn off the power, and let it cook on the now cooling down stove.
You don't need to even watch it anymore at this point, it won't stick to the bottom, and will stay warm a little while.

For something easy and healthy to accompany it, i recommend garlic and cabbage (any kind that can be heat up, like Napa cabbage).

Recipe is piss easy, put some oil (any will do) to the bottom of any deep pan (wok is ideal, but any will do, really), some fry for a little bit the garlic cut into slice.
Then, put the cabbage cut in slices. Let cook for a while, around 5 minutes at high heat, while mixing it. You'll say the cabbage reduce a lot, so don't hesitate to put the whole into the pan if it is big enough.

Then, salt and pepper to taste.
Would you want any prot, any add some can tuna in the end, or even some canned red beans.

Easy, and quite nice, especially if you have big garlic cloves around. Can add onion with the cababge if you like.

>>15235711
Also man, what other food items are needed to make a chicken schnitzel? I remember eating it but I don't remember what other foods people put on the plate with their chicken schiznel and what's the cooked sauce that you cover it with?

>>15235722

I always do, because fresh mushrooms have a lot of water in them, so cook them separately to burn it all off, usually 8-10 minutes on medium heat, stirring every so often.

>>15235664
Grilled cheese

Put cheese between bread
Make sandwich
Butter both sides of sandwich
Toast in a hot pan until done (don't forget to cook both sides)

>>15235664
look up "easy healthy recipes" on youtube, choose whichever you like, and watch them prepare so you can learn from them.

know that cooking is more learning technique than learning recipes. Knowing how to cook meat, an egg, rice, veggies, etc will serve you better than trying to memorize recipes and will allow you to improvise better. Besides technique knowing flavour helps with finishing, you can learn spices simply by starting with spice blends. Heating up pasta sauce and want it to taste better? Add Italian Herb Blend. Want to flavour your chicken? Try fajita or taco seasoning, jerk seasoning, cajun. Want to make beans taste indian? add garam masala. etc etc. Then you can learn what is in those blends that you like and get those spices separately.

You can do it.

>>15235727
>So you basically can't cook at all?
Only the most basic meals :(
But if I know what people usually eat, and have my own dummy list, I can pick a meal and then think about how I would go about making that. But most of the time when I go into a grocery store my mind can't even think about what kind of food is required for what kind of meals...
Like, my mind just turns up a total blank when I ask myself what meals people eat

>>15235749
Not healthy, or a complete meal. More of a snack or accompaniment.

>>15235736
i usually just eat schnitzel with latkes or french fries. and the sauce is a mustard cream sauce heres a decent recipe

>>15235762
>>15235749
OP here, no its good
I could make it as like garlic bread on the side when I decide to do an Italian meal.
Thank you.

>>15235762
And yes I know bread is full of carbs
And shit like mac and cheese, carbshit
I know one thing and that's don't do carb

>>15235758
Very simple red beans and rice (not mentioning stuff like browning sausage since that's probably too complicated)

Canned kidney beans
Sausage
Onion
Celery
Garlic
Bell pepper
Cajun seasoning
Rice
Chicken stock

Steps:
Pour chicken stock in pot (get enough to make a stew)
Chop up all vegetables and toss them in
Chop up sausage and toss that in
Dump cans of beans in
Season with Cajun seasoning to taste
Cook until vegetables are tender
Serve over white rice

>>15235791
Cheers man
Are sausages inherently unhealthy? Or is it only the cheap plasticy looking ones. What's the difference between sausages that are somewhat nutritious vs the ones which are like all the worst parts of pigs?
I guess what I meant is how do you tell the difference, are the real ones darker?

>>15235791
Oh, and if you don't know how to make rice just follow the directions on the bag. It will turn out alright enough to eat.

>>15235807
I don't think sausage is great for you but it is protein and so are beans. The onions, celery, garlic and bell pepper are also very good for you. Red beans and rice isn't a "health food" but it's certainly better for you than shit like fried chicken, burgers, etc.

>>15235785
fuck protein only eat carbs

>>15235728
Aaaaaahh
I'm so sorry its just my retard brain but I can't process all those instructions I can really only process meat vegetable sauce and then I figure it out on my terms.
But I will take a screenshot and save for later when I'm a little more proficient.
Still, thank you but my brain gets overloaded by paragraphs

Which I know is contradictory, because I speak in long ass paragraphs. My mind is too busy with chaotic shit to listen to anybody or read anything that is long.
Fuck me. I hope that didn't come off as rude. Am I just beating myself up? I'm so worried in this thread about potentially being rude to somebody trying to help....

1 thing of ramen noodles
3 to 5 eggs depending on taste
a pound of frozen veggies

dump it all in the same pot and cook until you feel like it's done

throw a glob of peanut butter into the beef or pork flavored ramen for a little extra sweetness

>>15235828
<3
:)

>>15235845
That sounds great. Wow, its that easy damn. I always freak out at the complexity of even thinking where to begin with something like stir fry but this seems like a good enough solution for now until I am more proficient in cooking

>>15235856
If you have an aversion to sausage for some reason you could use ham instead and still follow the same steps.

>>15235750
Thanks for explaining that stuff

>>15235711
>>15235722
That'd go good with naan or roti

>>15235768
Wow nice yes this is exactly I wanted thx

>>15235664
Cacio e pepe
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkQUblKCkOg
if you don't have the mortar you can crush the pepper with the back of your pan

Tuna macaroni.
Boil macaroni in salted water, approximately 1 minute less than specified on package. Drain.
Stir in frozen peas (allow residual macaroni heat to thaw), mayonnaise (or Murrica whip), drained canned tuna. Season with salt, pepper. Onion powder and celery are optional, but nice.

Chill at least 2 hours to allow flavors to meld.

>>15235844
No probs, to each his own.
Just remember that for an easy rice, it's maximum power, when you see bubbles, you turn off and let it finish on the stone.

Quite a timesave on the cheap food that is rice^^

For basic groceries lists then, i would say, cabbage, rice, garlic and onions make for easy stuff.

>>15235911
Is ham really healthy compared to?
I think the aversion to sausage is I had a year where I ate fast food and hot dogs because I was like dude I'm poor lmao and then my health deteriorated so yeah I just want to put that all behind me and my brain was so fucked up it took me a whole year to get myself off fast food

Thinking about how slowly I progress through life just makes me want to off myself because everyone else just "gets it" and here I am stuck on fucking basics
Hhhhhhhhhh

>>15235937
OP has schizophrenia. I doubt that he's going to watch an 8 minute long video and make much sense of it.

>>15235937
>Cacio e pepe
Basado

>>15235956
discard the gourmet part just watch the original it's only 3 minutes

>>15235950
The recipe that I listed is much better for you nutritionally than fast food, but I have no idea what the long term effects would be if you ate just red beans and rice for years on end. I don't think eating just one specific thing no matter what it is can be that great for you if you ate just that and nothing else.

>>15235989
No I'm completely over fast food now I know it's literally made to kill the poor, I was asking if ham better than sausage health wise and yes I know gotta eat lots of different things that's why I'm writing down a big ol' list from this threads ideas

>>15235937
>>15235956
>>15235975
No its fine, I can cook along with the guy.

I'm glad people here is actually helping a schizo anon and not just joking around him, good thread, good people
>>15235736
If you ask what do you need to make schnitzel (beef, chicken or pork) it's pretty simple
Meat (the one you choosed ex chicken)
Egg (condiment the egg you know salt, pepper and the like, shake a bit)
Breadcrumbs
You can fry it or more healthier cook it in a oven
You can eat it with anything a salad, fries, mashed potatoes, make a sandwich with it, just follow your heart anon

>>15236005
I'd say ham is better for you. At least that's what google says--I'm not a nutritionist lol.

>>15235664
Chicken mushroom
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8dNUTzIE5E
Chicken breast
Onion
Mushrooms
Salt
Cream

put it on rice or pasta

>>15235664
Steak and chips
>buy steak
>buy chips
>put salt and pepper on both
>put olive oil on chips
>put chips in oven
>put steak on pan
>flip steak over couple of times
If you can't cook a steak then there is no hope for you. Get a woman

>>15235664
>$3 frozen pizza from grocery store
>oh no but not hot dogs, those are bad for you

>>15236350
He said he is schizophrenic anon, no need to be a dick

>>15236366
dont care if youre my mother no one makes stupid posts without my say

Do you have an oven? Just put a piece of cooking paper on an ovenplate and put
Meat
Potato
Some onion or broccoli etc
Leave it in until the meat doesn't leak any red juices and it's done
Eat it with your favorite sauce

>>15235664
Scrambled eggs, toast, and some orange juice

Scramble the eggs in butter
Add salt and pepper to taste
Make toast
Pour yourself some orange juice

Optional: you can put stuff on the toast like butter, jam, or whatever you want.

>>15236114
Just make sure the woman passes her can cook steak part of the interview.
Many fail miserably.

>>15235664
serious advice schizo op:
rather than make “dishes” just make simple meals like steak&potatoes or rice.

>>15237245
If you read the thread, OP says that he has trouble thinking about how to pair food to create even simple meals. So explaining how to make something easy like a grilled cheese etc actually helps him.

>>15235711
This is the good stuff. You can't overcook anything too bad and just need a big pan.

>>15235664
Eggs, rice, veggies. Everyday. All cheap as shit and almost impossible to make inedible. I'm in a similae situation as you but I actually just hate cooking and hate spending money on food, so ive been living off of eggs and veggies for 3 years now. If you want to be fancy you can do simple things to make them taste better, salt, pepper, mushrooms, onions. But you dont have to, i personally dont unless im feeling very fancy. All of those things are also all 1 pan/pot meals a piece, so saves time washing dishes.

>>15235664
potatoes can be made in so many easy ways and they're healthy. boiled and sprinkled with parsley, mashed, roasted with vegetables or alone, add spices, fry them, make a simple moussaka

>>15235664
Just watch daddy jack's cooginwiddablooos on youtube. He doesn't measure anything, and most of the dishes he makes are pretty easy.

>>15235844
don't worry, you're not rude. we want to help

>>15237320
I thought I was the only one who watched that guy.

>>15237302
this or sloppy joes. how hard is it to grind up beef and cut it as fine as possible. then add sauce and wow, that was hard

>>15237331
well, it would be for somebody who doesn't cook. even i don't grind my beef or make sauces.
it's easier to just fry a pork chop and crack an egg beside it.

>>15235722
Depends if you want a deeper mushroom flavor or just the texture. Sometimes I do it but its kinda like frying spring onions for coq au vin, with the thick sauce it kinda gets lost.

quarter cup of olive oil
7 cloves of garlic chopped
1 tsp of red pepper
1 tsp of black pepper
1 tbsp each of basil and oregano
1 can of stewed italian tomatoes, or half a jar of pre-made sauce

heat the oil on medium low in a small sauce pan and throw in the red pepper flake. wet your hands and let a few drops of water hit the oil after a minute. if it pops it's ready. throw in the garlic and swirl it around a bit. simmer for 2 minutes and then pour in the tomatoes. stir in the basil and oregano. bring to a simmer (very low boil) for 20 minutes.

serve on pasta

>>15235728
Thanks anon, I've had a hard time cooking rice on electric stove.
It either came out uncooked or burnt, but this works really well

schizo thread schizo thread get on your meds and get back into your padded cell beds schizo threads schizo threads

>>15235664
honestly just google something you like to eat and watch a video of someone making it, and then just do it yourself by following the video. most of cooking is experience, you just gotta start with something

>>15237189
someone who explicitly says they don't know how to cook isn't going to do a great job of figuring out ambiguity, what temperature would you put the oven to?

>>15235664
toasted cheese sandwich (yanks called it grilled cheese)

>>15235664
tuna pasta bake

>>15235664
Baked frittatas are pretty cool and easy. a real flexible dish.

start with a mix of veggies and meat you like, and cook it up in a pan. onions and spinach are some good staples, but you're pretty free to add anything you like. Sausage and sweet potato, chicken and broccoli, chorizo and beans, ham and pepper, whatever. Just be sure to cook until things are crisping up a little and there's not too much water, cuz water in your mix will mean a sad watery frittata.

Then stir yourself up the scrambled egg basics in a bowl.

Then you add it all together in a baking dish, not overfilling cuz you don't want it to be too uneven, and you bake at 350 until things the center is juuuuust done wiggling when you give it a gentle shake. Usually like 25-45 minutes, depending on your pan depth and how cold your stuff is to start.

cheese is also a lovely add, inside and/or on top towards(if you put it on top at the start, it might burn)

There's a little finesse in figuring out the cook time, but once you get that, it's a super reliable meal that's low carbs, can have lots of different flavors, and can be as full of veggies and healthy stuff as you like.

You got this, anon!

>>15235664
Chili is an easy one pot meal. Pretty flexible too!

I'll start with the healthy heresy: you can put frozen spinach in your chili. It just gets covered by the other flavors. It's barely noticable, but you're eating them good good greens. Nais.

Next heresy: lots of recipes call for doing stuff with chili paste and tomatoes and whatever. That's mostly just salsa. dump a jar of salsa in your chili.

Third heresy: smoke paprika is a flavor in a can. get it in there.

with these crimes in hand, you're ready.

fry meat of your choice! chicken, beef, chorizo, they all good. just be sure that any unseasoned meat gets hit with salt and pepper.

once meat starts to brown! fry veggies up in there. carrots, onions, bell peppers, corn, mushrooms, whatever you like.

now dump in the stuff that doesn't need to brown or get much real fry time! that means beans, usually. This is also around where I add the frozen spinach and salsa.

now let it simmer! turn it to lowish, give it a stir every once in a while, and let everyone warm up and meld, maybe 30 minutes to an hour. My chili is pretty chunky, if you like more liquidy/soupy chili then toss in a beer or some chicken stock.

you're done! you can eat it with tortillas for ez burritos, you can eat a straight bowl with cheese or sour cream, you can toss a fried egg on top, you can dump it over some tortilla chips and microwave/bake with some cheese for nachos. It holds up well, if you make a big pot you can be eating it all week, you can freeze it, whatever.

>>15235722
When you make stuff like that you cook veggies then add the wet all in same pan

>>15235664
Shepherd's pie is EZ.

dice up some taters and boil em. then pull em out once they're pretty soft, drain em, and put em in a bowl! then you mash em up with milk and butter.

fry up some beef! get it brown, then toss in some carrots and onion! don't forget basic seasonings, like salt, pepper, garlic, worchestershire sauce, tomato paste, whatever. I know that sounds like a lot of things, but it's all low effort to add and it bumps up your flavor. I like to toss in a nice green veggie at the end that holds up to heat, like broccoli or spinach.

toss your meat/veg mix in a pan, and toss the potatoes on top! then bake it up at 350 until your mashed potatoes are getting a lil crispy on top! i like to finish it by tossing it back with some cheese for 5 more minutes.

Water soup

>>15235664
Stir fry is pretty basic and flexible! quite healthy too, if you keep your ratio of veggies high.

The only thing you gotta know is that crowded food doesn't fry well. You don't want stuff to get soggy, so cook one ingredient, then dump on a bowl or plate to the side. You can toss it all back together at the end.

fry a nice mix of veggies, like onion, carrots, bell peppers, green beans, snow peas, water chest nuts, broccoli, cabbage, bok choy, whatever you like!

then fry up your protein of choice. chicken or tofu is nice. Fish, shrimp, and steak also are good, tho more expensive. garlic and ginger are nice adds here to bump up the flavor. once it's cooked through, toss your veggies back in and stir them up with a sauce. terriyaki or soy is nice and basic, but you have lots of room to experiment once you're comfortable.

siracha is a welcome add.

serve it over rice or asian noodles and enjoy!

>>15235664
One thing I do when I don't wanna put in much effort is just making my ramen more fancy.

That just means fry up some flavorful add ins! carrots, onion, cabbage, spinach, broccoli, garlic, ginger, that stuff. some chicken or other protein is nice here if you like.

once your veggies and stuff are cooked, dump water on top(having water already boiling in a kettle is a time saver), dump in the flavor packets, and bring it to a boil.

once we're boiling, toss in the noodles for the amount of time it says on the package. you can also stir in eggs around now, if you like. that's my go to, it's a super easy source of protein that requires low prep.

you can bump up the quality of the meal for pretty cheap just by getting better ramen packages at asian markets, but normal ramen works just fine!

find a book on french cookery
the recipes are actually very simple, cause they need to be assembled very quickly
and often its not many gredients
a protein, a few veg and some starch

Ok bro I gotchu
>one packet of instant spanish rice 1$
>1 lb of 93% lean ground beef (lower % do not apply poor plebs
wazzah 6-7 dollah meal for a couple days or 3. enjoy

>>15235664
I got you nigger.
>rich salads: potato and tuna, chickpea and parsley, ceasar salad
Cheap, good for you, uses leftovers.
I make two salads for side dishes on Tuesday and alternate between them.
>curry: butter chicken, chicken korma, lamb roghan josh, dahl, vindaloo
Use cheap cuts of meat with fat, bones will cook out, make a huge batch and freeze the rest.
>Rice: fried rice, Mexican yellow rice, curry rice, rice salad.
Learn to cook rice properly
>sandwiches
Lunch happens once a day, even when you are at work.
eating well and saving money here stacks up quickly.
>soups: potato and leek, cumin and pumpkin, chicken and corn
leftover sink, go big and freeze.
>road meat: chicken.

Roast a chicken with veg on sunday.
Monday is cooking day, make chicken and veg soup, ceasar salad for your dinner
tuesday is soup day, no cooking.
wenesday is vegetarian day, eat beans
thursday is a italian day
Friday just get takeout
Saturday is the day for projects, like sauces, pickles, shopping

>>15235664
Cereal and milk
Bread and butter
Cracker and cheese
Water and ice
Bullet and head

>>15239855
you're the one who should kys you edgy child

Fried meat, literally niggers can do it

Boil carrots for 20 minutes, then sauté them with chorizo and then add pesto.

>>15235664
>literal schizo abuse victim

Reddit

>>15235664
Carbonara

>>15235664
You know how to cook some things and if you can cook bolognese than you can cook beef/baloney stroganoff as well.

Cut the baloney like the picture, fry 'em in a pan with butter then add cream (switch to a bigger pan or something if it won't fit), tomato paste, onion if you'd like, season with some salt and pepper, add some chili sauce or ketchup if you want a sweeter taste (perhaps some mustard if you like the taste) and just let it sit on the stove and gently bubble for a while and if you cook off too much and want more sauce then just add some milk if you add too much just let it cook for longer.

Serve with rice (measure as it says on the packaging and let it cook off the water and then take it off the stove or use a rice cooker) and maybe some cucumber and carrot.

Not my recipe I usually just throw stuff in without measuring with varying results I might add but this is supposed to be for about four people or for one and then freeze it or keep it in the fridge maybe portion it up in plastic containers and bring it with you to work;

600g baloney (can be switched with thin slices of beef usually you use eye of round, the piece you make roastbeef you put on sandwiches with)
2 yellow onions
2tablespoons of butter
1/2dl of tomato paste
2tablespoons of chilisauce or ketchup
1teaspoon of mustard
3dl of cream
salt
pepper

>>15240036
Whats wrong with reddit

>>15236005
I don't know about that but as a general rule of thumb food often gets better the longer it takes (the slower it cooks the more tender meat generally gets and the ingredients soak up more flavor) but yes a lot of fast food often have high levels of sugar, salt and also fat to well get people to like it but it mostly have to do with what you pair it with I mean a burger is just bread, meat and some vegetables plus gooey stuff sure white bread isn't the best in the world for you but what's worse is fried potato with massive amounts of salt (french fries) and sugarwater (soda) but if you only eat the burger and maybe make it doubles to decrease the amount of bread then it's not really that bad for you and most places also have the nutritional value stated so it's simple for you to check it if you count your calories.

Pizza is just bread with tomato sauce and toppings plus sauce, I just don't see why fast food would be that bad as long as you don't eat it too often and think about what you put on it and what sides you choose.

If you're referring to ham like the pic then yes I would say that a piece of meat that you know what it is is generally better for you than anything that you can't really know for sure what is in there not saying that sausage and the like is bad for you it is just a way to get meat to not spoil as fast and not having to throw away as much, sausages have a bad rep for some reason I mean yes you have some water and other stuff in them to increase volume but also for taste and mouth feel.

Well yes everything that isn't a piece of meat will generally have other stuff added in order to increase value (profit) for the producer but the laws regarding food is really strict so even though some things exist that some might find well not that okay it doesn't exist in everything, the best advice I can give is check the meat content (usually you can find how many percent of the product is meat, the rest is something else) the higher the meat..

>>15240036
Fuck off you spacer
U need to go back with ur (you) spamming antics

>>15240278
...percentage the "purer" the product.

Often it is just water and salt like with frozen chicken (or like a piece of "packaged" ham) but it can be things like flour, extra fat, spices and so on although the two latter actually add taste as well

Not sure if someone has mentioned it, but try some chicken alfredo. Same steps like Spaghetti bolognese, but with chicken and alfredo sauce.
Just cut up some chicken into smaller pieces, cook them until they're cooked all the way through, boil whatever noodles you like, and add the alfredo sauce to the drained noodles and chicken.

>>15240015
>no u!
What a faggot lul

>>15235664
You have an oven and a heavy pan?
Learn how to make stew. If you want to make it as simple as possible get some beef chuck onions carrots and some chicken bouillon cubes. Do something like same amount of onion+carrot as amount of meat and you'll be fine.
>Cut beef in chunks like 2-3x bitesize bit of salt and sear the meat
>cut onion and carrot bitesize chunks
>dump onions carrots beef in the pan
>add water until just covering all
>some bouillon cubes to season
>in the oven for a few hours maybe 2 or 3 depends how big you cut the beef at like 250f
Just check every 30 minutes and if the meat is still hard keep cooking. eat with some rice.