/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Make baloney

Just experiment. But remember to keep it simple. Or just Google your ingredients. For example I have carrots, a leek and chicken breast in the fridge so "carrot, leek and chicken recipes"

>>18248911
Buy some bullshit and then you got to figure out how to use it. Not too wied though like for you level maybe butternut squash.

>>18248911
>How did you build up a library of dishes in your head?
by eating at restaurants and going "oh, this is good; I should learn to cook this"

>>18248911
Porridge.

>>18248911
I'd keep cooking simple dishes like you have and get a feel and intuition of things and then aim for more complex dishes that you like.
Also cute pic. I hope ashbie never breaks apu's heart.

>>18248911
You make tendies and fries and also boil some carrots and peas so it's healthy. What else?

>>18249507
Forgot to say you eat the yucky peas and carrots first so you feel happy at the end eating the nice things. But you don't have to eat all the peas and carrots if you're not hungry for them. Just a few big boy bites so you know you tried.

>>18248911
Pick a protein, vegetable, and carb. Then determine how to cook them. A weird but common thought is that cooking is complicated, and while it can be, it can also be extremely simple. I think celeb chefs complicate the issue by reinforcing that idea.

>>18248911
https://whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.com

>>18248911
Beans. Just beans. Eat some beans. Maybe some rice and greens with it. With the beans. Stew some beans. Add hot sauce. Cook some beans. Beans. Put hot sauce on them. Eat the beans. You love the beans. They love you. Make beans. With hot sauce. Cook beans.

>>18248911
I guess all the summerfags are back in school now, if you made this thread a few weeks ago there'd be a hundred faggots crying over the pepe image and the thread would've been deleted 2 hours ago

>>18249585
Fucking nice

>>18249583
Keratin, spinach, HFCS. Now how to cook?

>>18248911
If you want to cross it off the list, pasta, and making a pasta sauce on the fly. Very easy to master. Classic alfredo sauce is all parmesan and butter and a little heavy cream. You can make an easy red sauce with a can of quality diced tomatoes simmered down with fresh spices.

>>18248911
In the same boat, anon. but for me I've just been watching random recipe videos on youtube and picking what I think ill have the most fun cooking and of course enjoy tasting the most.

>>18248911
what are the local foods people eat where you live? what meals did your mom cook for you as a kid? what ingredients do you have ready and cheap access to?

>>18249611>>18248911

Forgot something, you mentioned wanting a library of dishes in your head? Git gud at roasting vegetables in the oven with basic olive oil and salt - It's very useful when you don't have to think about it and can add a quick veggie side dish to a meal that goes with literally anything. Practice with green beens, asparagus, brussel sprouts, and wilted spinach imo

>Think of a culture or ingredient you're in the mood for and search for recipes
>Get your family recipes if they exist
>look for recipes on youtube or any social media website and it will eventually recommend you a hundred more
>make something you liked at a restaurant
>make something that looked good in a tv show or anime