Well shits to expensive and I’m finally home enough so I’m learning to cook. Turns out when your not being constantly criticized for existing, cooking isn’t nearly as terrible! (Trauma made me hate cooking).

So far I’ve been keeping it very simple. Store bought pasta, store bought sauce, put them together, that kind of thing. I think I’m getting ready to branch out and learn more.

I’d love to hear some things from those of you who know your way around the kitchen. If you have a recipe you love or, a story to tell or, a warning you learned the hard way or, a great website/cookbook/youtube channel or, anything else you feel like sharing.

I’m just here to learn some stuff, hear some stories and get some ideas to try. Thanks for having a fun cooking convo with me!

  • expletivedeleted@lemmy.zip
    2·
    6 hours ago

    Here is a killer recipe:

    two boxes of kraft shells and cheese.

    one can of peas

    one can of tuna

    Cook the shells and cheese, drain, and immediately add the tuna and peas, and just stir in the “cheese” and keep it on low, warm, about level three on the dial.

    Now, if you want to get “kraftier”, you can cook mixed frozen veggies in a separate pot instead of canned peas, which is much healthier. I add black pepper and sriracha to it, but don’t bother with salt because those damn cheese packets have you covered.

    The meal feeds 2-3, reheats well, and takes less than 15 minutes.

    I will also use ramen noodle packs, leave out the spice pack, use either spaghetti sauce or curry, add veggies: almost the same jam when it comes to prep. You can hodge-podge this. Usually I use to packets of noodles for myself, but it is way faster and cheaper than spaghetti noodles.

    So, this one requires a casserole dish. Man, so easy: easy as cake!!!

    1 can 15.25 ounces drained whole kernel corn

    1 can 14.75 ounces creamed corn

    1 8.25 jiffy cornbread mix

    1 egg

    2 tbsp butter

    1/4 tsp garlic powder

    1/4 paprika, but for extra spice punch, use sriracha instead

    Mix this all into a bowl and dump it into 11x7x2 greases dish. Bake uncovered at 400 for about 25 to 30 min, test the consistency like you would a cake with a fork, the corners should brown. Double the recipe for thanksgiving. I like mine spicy, so use sriracha.

    Loved this as a side for chili.