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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 14 2010 at 19:25
^^ most tv recipes are available online now.
 
 
If you can do ham and eggs you've mastered the fundamentals of cooking.
 
It's very difficult to makes something that you can't eat - if you start with ingredients you like and don't burn them to a crisp you can usually eat whatever you cook.
 
 
Rather than dive into recipe books and try cooking things that you are not familiar with, I suggest pick a meals you like, think about how it's put together and just have a go. Chicken is good because it always works no matter what spices or other flavours you put with it. The only thing to remember is check it's properly cooked before you eat it - if there is still blood when you cut it - put it back in the oven for another 10 minutes and check it again.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 14 2010 at 23:47
with fowl thoughts I did a poor man's BBQ chicken tonight; a freerange breast broiled in a sauce of Worcestershire, ketchup, lemon, olive oil, soy sauce, tobasco and a shake of garlic powder, baked till the skin is almost blackened with a bit more sauce to finish, all over rice

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2010 at 12:03
When I first read your post I read freerange breast as teenage breast.  Either I just have a dirty mind or I am going blind.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2010 at 13:46
Nothing fancy, but damned if it ain't good:

Heat refried beans in a tortilla, then crush up some potato chips (Lays works well).  Sprinkle those generously on the beans. 

No, it isn't stuffed duck with a vegetable medley on the side, but it's great.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2010 at 13:55
Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Nothing fancy, but damned if it ain't good:

Heat refried beans in a tortilla, then crush up some potato chips (Lays works well).  Sprinkle those generously on the beans. 

No, it isn't stuffed duck with a vegetable medley on the side, but it's great.

We always seem to have a lot of already crushed blue tortilla corn chips at the bottom of the bag when get there.  That might be nice instead of the Lays. Tongue  I can't have beans and something crunchy in a burrito without some cheese, salsa after heating.  And of course, teenage breasts.  Not actually in the tortilla.  Oh dear, I guess I've made it too complicated. LOL


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2010 at 14:01
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

Nothing fancy, but damned if it ain't good:

Heat refried beans in a tortilla, then crush up some potato chips (Lays works well).  Sprinkle those generously on the beans. 

No, it isn't stuffed duck with a vegetable medley on the side, but it's great.

We always seem to have a lot of already crushed blue tortilla corn chips at the bottom of the bag when get there.  That might be nice instead of the Lays. Tongue  I can't have beans and something crunchy in a burrito without some cheese, salsa after heating.  And of course, teenage breasts.  Not actually in the tortilla.  Oh dear, I guess I've made it too complicated. LOL


That's what happened- we had a bag with crumbs in the bottom, so that's what I did with them.  Mind you not to heat the chips in the microwave, or else they can get soggy.

And yes, cheese and salsa will do.

I don't think you want a Tortita, though.  Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2010 at 14:35
I often make bean burritos as a quick lunch when I have a can of beans on hand. I crush the beans with a fork (don't have a food processor yet), then add some Greek yogurt (replacement for sour cream) and salsa to make a smoother mixture, and put it into flour tortillas together with a sprinkling of shredded Mexican cheese. Then I put the burritos in the oven to crisp the tortillas up a bit, and serve with more salsa, yogurt, and cheese. Nothing fancy, but delicious, and quite healthy too.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2010 at 14:38
Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

I often make bean burritos as a quick lunch when I have a can of beans on hand. I crush the beans with a fork (don't have a food processor yet), then add some Greek yogurt (replacement for sour cream) and salsa to make a smoother mixture, and put it into flour tortillas together with a sprinkling of shredded Mexican cheese. Then I put the burritos in the oven to crisp the tortillas up a bit, and serve with more salsa, yogurt, and cheese. Nothing fancy, but delicious, and quite healthy too.


You forgot the potato chips.  Stern Smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2010 at 14:51
You won't find me using potato chips in anything any time soonLOL...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2010 at 15:28
Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:



I don't think you want a Tortita, though.  Wink


I just had to look up tortita on the internet:
http://frecuenciax.files.wordpress.com/2008/06/afiche-tortita-de-manteca.jpg


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2010 at 16:43

So, I don't play games much, but let's use the system from game I like. Do ACHIEVEMENTS style.

Can cook the chicken
-ticked

Can do soup
-ticked


And so on.



So, my question (begging for help, pleaaaaaaase) is, can you recommend me some of these online recipes ? Some easy one, or not necessarily easy, but the most important thing is that it has to be made from basic ingredients. Nothing special, rare.


HINT: At home, we have onions :-)
and garlic, potatoes, salt, pepper, many spices (except Melange - Dune), eggs (I suppose), bread, butter (not nature one, but this one which is coming in boxes - margarine is it called?).

You know, it's day before shopping, so can you recommend me something from these also ?

:-) thanks forwards.

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Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

I often make bean burritos as a quick lunch when I have a can of beans on hand. I crush the beans with a fork (don't have a food processor yet), then add some Greek yogurt (replacement for sour cream) and salsa to make a smoother mixture, and put it into flour tortillas together with a sprinkling of shredded Mexican cheese. Then I put the burritos in the oven to crisp the tortillas up a bit, and serve with more salsa, yogurt, and cheese. Nothing fancy, but delicious, and quite healthy too.
That's close to my bean-burger mix, although I don't mash it too smooth, then fry them off in a little oil.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2010 at 16:57
Originally posted by Marty McFly Marty McFly wrote:

So, I don't play games much, but let's use the system from game I like. Do ACHIEVEMENTS style.

Can cook the chicken
-ticked

Can do soup
-ticked


And so on.



So, my question (begging for help, pleaaaaaaase) is, can you recommend me some of these online recipes ? Some easy one, or not necessarily easy, but the most important thing is that it has to be made from basic ingredients. Nothing special, rare.


HINT: At home, we have onions :-)
and garlic, potatoes, salt, pepper, many spices (except Melange - Dune), eggs (I suppose), bread, butter (not nature one, but this one which is coming in boxes - margarine is it called?).

You know, it's day before shopping, so can you recommend me something from these also ?

:-) thanks forwards.

This: http://www.gontry.com/Recipes/Method/RPC2/RCP1519/Potato-Hongroise.aspx with some soft poached eggs on top would be good
 
 
...but I would go for a simple Spanish Potato Frittata http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Nans-Potato-And-Egg-Frittata/Detail.aspx
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2010 at 17:04
Tortilla !  yum yum
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2010 at 17:12
Originally posted by Marty McFly Marty McFly wrote:

So, I don't play games much, but let's use the system from game I like. Do ACHIEVEMENTS style.

Can cook the chicken-ticked

Can do soup-ticked

And so on.

So, my question (begging for help, pleaaaaaaase) is, can you recommend me some of these online recipes ? Some easy one, or not necessarily easy, but the most important thing is that it has to be made from basic ingredients. Nothing special, rare.

HINT: At home, we have onions :-)and garlic, potatoes, salt, pepper, many spices (except Melange - Dune), eggs (I suppose), bread, butter (not nature one, but this one which is coming in boxes - margarine is it called?).

You know, it's day before shopping, so can you recommend me something from these also ?

:-) thanks forwards.



I'll give you a fairly simple recipe that uses some of the things you mention, others you'd have to get :

- 3 or 4 Russet potatoes (the large brown ones), chopped into dice-sized cubes
- 1 large yellow or white onion, chopped
- 1 green bell pepper, chopped
- 3 or 4 sausages, sliced into 1/2 inch pieces (any kind will do but I like a pork sausage that's smoked,       Andouille or Hungarian are nice)
- real maple syrup
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- salt & pepper

Heat a large pan with half the oil and sautee onions and peppers together with a bit of salt till tender. Remove onions and bell peppers from pan and put in a bowl. Put rest of the oil in the pan, turn flame up to medium, fry potato cubes with some salt&pepper till they start to get golden, reduce heat to low, cover and cook till tender. Put potatoes in the bowl with vegetables, and fry sausage pieces briefly. Return potato/vegetable mixture to pan with the sausage, add about 1/4 cup maple syrup, maybe a bit more S&P to taste, simmer on low for a few minutes, add a splash more of the maple syrup, and enjoy.

This may seem complex but it just takes some time, and you'll get the hang of it after making this dish a few times. Good luck!



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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2010 at 17:53
The last really simple thing I threw together was a won ton soup: pre-made frozen potstickers (yeah, cheating somewhat), chicken broth and then my wife told me we had some sliced green onions in the freezer.  It was a little bland, but then I added some chili-garlic sauce and soy sauce to my bowl.  A little too much c-gs though, aieee!!! Tongue
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2010 at 17:58
David, that recipe sounds like a real killer... I just described it to Micky (who LOVES sausages of every description), and he's already salivating at the thoughtLOL! I'll be sure to try it, though at the moment I have only Yukon Golds at home. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2010 at 18:02
   good call, Yukons are good for some things but not this
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 15 2010 at 18:34
Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

When I first read your post I read freerange breast as teenage breast.  Either I just have a dirty mind or I am going blind.


I thought the two were synonymous

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