anybody else hate whatever they cook? I made a stew today and it tastes like cardboard. Enough is enough, some quick meal prep recipes/etc would be much appreciated.
There are food subscription services that send you grocery lists and recipes. Those might be good for you. All my recommendations would keto, as I have become one of those god damned insufferable keto people. Here's some reading on the meal planning service (this is not a keto thing, just to be clear): https://thewirecutter.com/blog/how-a-meal-planning-service-made-me-a-better-cook/
So I was keto for a while which is why cooking was never a problem. It’s pretty great, I just can’t do it anymore. I’ll check out the article, thanks
You can learn everything you need off youtube for free and if you cant, you need to become the greatest hot pocket preparer of all time.
An extremely easy meal prep thing I make (that I have passed on to many other people), is meatballs. 1 lb ground chicken, 1/2 cup parm, 1/2 cup panko, 1 egg, 1 tbs olive oil. Throw in whatever seasoning you like. Basic italian seasoning works, but you can get creative with it. Then glaze with sauce of your choice, or not at all. 400 degrees for 20 minutes, mixing takes 2 minutes. They go with anything.
One of my easiest and cheapest meals is spaghetti & meat sauce. 1 lb ground beef box of spaghetti whatever spaghetti sauce you like Brown the beef, add the sauce, and then season to your liking. I also add red pepper flakes and a little bottle of sliced mushrooms. Top with parmesan and add some of that frozen NY style Texas Garlic toast. Takes about 30 minutes and you easily have 4 meals at roughly $3 per meal. Another easy one? Fajitas. I buy pre-marinade stuff. tortillas jalapeno cilantro onion tomato Make your own pico (I add salt pepper and garlic powder to above veggies) grill the fajita meat, warm the tortillas and, again, roughly 4 meals at round $3 per meal.
Buy a large turkey size bake bag. Season up some leg quarters and throw potatoes and carrots in it. Quick and easy meal for a few days. Works with all sorts of meat. You can get pretty creative.
Precision Nutrition has some easy to follow cookbooks that has some nice guidance outside of just cooking. If you're looking for fatty, super tasty it might not be for you. But, simple and healthy without it being too boring... It works
I have about 40 garden tomatoes sitting here, too lazy to roast them yet. Already put up about 80 or so, "Cherokee Purple", "CenTex Black", "German Queen" (those are the heirlooms), "Better Boy", "Sungold" (my favorite cherry tom). I gave about 30 away today to my neighbors, so you can come get all you need. Okra, cucumbers, eggplant, squash, 9 kinds of peppers, whatever you want. I'm getting tired of this stuff. A fresh caprese salad is one of the greatest things you'll ever eat.
The New York Times’ Cooking site is one of the best resources on the Internet. Yes, there are some recipes that are a bit too fancy for at-home cooks. But, they have decades of recipes and the comment section is a genuine must-read before cooking anything.
This is true. Do they still give non-subscribers access to the good stuff? They did, and Cook's Illustrated did too, but just for a couple of articles. Figure out what you want to cook, google it, meld the best 3 recipes together and go for it.
This. Subcribe to newsletter. If gmail make a folder for it. The other suggestion is videos of America's Test Kitchen. I heard they fired the old dude, but there was some spicy underlying drama between him and one of the blonde cooks.
and you, Buck, go for it again while doing this, the result of which will be watched by many. I wasn't joking. Spoiler: this How to make & post (faceless and/or voiceless, if you'd like) cooking videos on YouTube
