So I've got some really nice knives.
I've bought some nice fresh food and cut it up into tiny pieces.
Now what do I do?
My current level of cooking talent:
I can take some meat and veg and make it hot and guests can eat it without grimacing or getting food poisoning. Perhaps I could make a couple of things that average people would describe as nice. That's about it.
Cookbook style:
Photos are good - given my low talent level
Basic - I'm not looking to prepare something fancy for Masterchef, I just want it to taste nice. Ideally the meals won't take too long to make, although I don't mind if they're in the oven for some time, or need to be prepared in advance and marinated.
Main meal - I'm not wanting to do starters or deserts, just main meals.
No seafood - DW doesn't like seafood, so I have it at restaurants and don't want to learn to cook it.
Asian - my experience of Asian food is that it tends to have lots of flavour, which is great, so Asian food that appeals to westerners is good. Fast stir frying is also good. I saw the recommendation for 'Every grain of rice' from Fuscia Dunlop, I may give that a go.
Any other styles of full flavour food would be welcome - maybe Cajun, Caribbean, Mexican?
Italian - always a winner, learning to do it better would be good.
Thank you
I've bought some nice fresh food and cut it up into tiny pieces.
Now what do I do?
My current level of cooking talent:
I can take some meat and veg and make it hot and guests can eat it without grimacing or getting food poisoning. Perhaps I could make a couple of things that average people would describe as nice. That's about it.
Cookbook style:
Photos are good - given my low talent level
Basic - I'm not looking to prepare something fancy for Masterchef, I just want it to taste nice. Ideally the meals won't take too long to make, although I don't mind if they're in the oven for some time, or need to be prepared in advance and marinated.
Main meal - I'm not wanting to do starters or deserts, just main meals.
No seafood - DW doesn't like seafood, so I have it at restaurants and don't want to learn to cook it.
Asian - my experience of Asian food is that it tends to have lots of flavour, which is great, so Asian food that appeals to westerners is good. Fast stir frying is also good. I saw the recommendation for 'Every grain of rice' from Fuscia Dunlop, I may give that a go.
Any other styles of full flavour food would be welcome - maybe Cajun, Caribbean, Mexican?
Italian - always a winner, learning to do it better would be good.
Thank you