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nimthirielrinon: warpedellipsis: mayhemandglitter: elodieunderglass: asymbina: gallusrostromegalus: ernasd: oh this is a life saver So these are both “Aw Fuck I’m outta real food” meals BUT ALSO: if you’re learning how to cook, these are great “baby steps” meals to learn how to cook basics into something enjoyable without “wasting” anything expensive. Though I maintain that even cooking screw-ups are valuable in terms of lessons learned. Also they’re great for when you get absorbed in something and you realize your blood sugar is dropping and you need to make something Quick. I don’t think of myself as a cook at all, but I looked through this list and was like “if you have [center] and [any item on a surrounding ring] how do you sit there thinking you’ve got nothing to eat?” Like, I buy a fair amount of staples knowing that I’ll be able to quickly assemble them into something tasty if I’m hungry and don’t have anything instant (or in a leftovers container because I made it earlier in the week specifically to eat for a week): butter, cheese, noodles, and more. It still impresses people how I can go into random kitchens with no food in them and emerge with Filling Snacks for Five People. This is the secret: knowing how to assemble Cupboard Meals. And these charts are incredibly well-laid-out too! Adding butter and some of the pasta water to the pasta + parmesan + black pepper combo will also give you a simple alfredo. you can cook and melt and blend nut butters??? About 15 years ago there was a TV show in Australia called Surprise Chef where a Chef Calles Aristos would find a person in a supermarket and and he’d cook a really good dinner using only what was in ther trolley and in ther pantry. If you search on YouTube you can watch episodes. Microwave Rice, frozen mixed veggies & a splash of soy sauce thrown into a frying pan - simple stir fry. Add to that any combo of things:Honey & teaspoon of ginger powder Frozen chicken stripsHandful of prawnsChilli sauce/Chilli flakes/actual chopped chilliPeanut butter (any nut butter works)Cashew nutsIf you want it sweeter add some sugar water (tiny bit at a time - the heat will cook off the water and turn the sugar and soy sauce into a sticky glaze type coating which is majorly yum with chilli and ginger flavours too) Lemon and black pepper is a good combo tooBasically any leftover meats/meat substitutes Any vegetables you can findStir fry is a great way to learn flavour combos for those new to home cooking cause you can start off with a simple base of rice and vegetables and then play around with whatever takes your fancy, plus it’s cheap, quick and easy incase you mess up (also healthy and good for using up random shit in your kitchen) -- source link
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