What food do you eat at home?

[Dis]

I need some help. I don't know how to cook, and I'm getting sick of all the food I eat. I can no longer eat TV Dinners. They taste horrible. And I'm sure I'll get sick of canned soup and sandwhiches eventually. What should I eat?

I pretty much have to eat at home to save money (to pay off my house early). But I'm running out of ideas of what to eat.

[KrazyHorse]

Garlic shrimp with angel hair pasta, pesto sauce and Parmigiana Reggiano

Seasoned marinated London broil with roasted sliced potatoes and onions

Steak quesadilla with bell peppers and onions

Trout filet with bourbon sauce and capers

are my four favourite dishes to make. They don't take too much prep time and can make from 2 to 6 servings each.

[Dinner]

http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/quickneasy/

[Pekka]

hufu!

[Cyclotron]

I'm dealing with the same thing - I'm living in Vienna right now, cooking for myself entirely, and it's really an effort to not just eat junk all the time.

Pasta is easy to make and quite fast. Once the water is boiling and I add the pasta, I usually cook some sliced up sausage and broccoli in a pan. When they are both done, I combine them, and add some bottled pesto sauce. That's simple and easy. You can also add other vegetables, or some garlic.

I also make some tuna rice stuff that's pretty good. Saute (cook ) some onions in a bit of butter, then add some curry powder, chicken broth, and anything else you have (I sometimes put in raisins or mushrooms). Bring that to a boil, then add some rice. Cook for half an hour, mix in a can of tuna and maybe some nuts (cashews or peanuts are good), then cook for another 5 minutes or so. This one takes a bit of trial and error to get the amount of water right, because the rice soaks up a lot of water - but if you lose too much water, you can just add a little and nothing bad will happen.

That's the kind of stuff I make, and with some selective shopping it can be really cheap. Also, never underestimate the benefit of having some bottled sauces around - enough generic thai or indian sauce and even your culinary failures taste decent.

[OzzyKP]

I'm not much help for you Dis. I generally eat hot pockets, microwaveable burritos (only like 40 cents each!), and frozen pizzas (if they are on sale). Oh, and macaroni & cheese.

My life sucks.

[Starchild]

Lots of roasted vegetables and rice usually. Oh, and a full roast dinner for tradition's sake on sundays.

[KrazyHorse]

Cooking isn't hard, man. You just have to be willing to fail once in a while. All the dishes I posted above are my own creations, based loosely on somebody else's recipes. Read a recipe that sounds interesting, then add or subtract whatever you think would make it taste better. There are very few extremely sensitive dishes out there. The major thing is that when you're doing meat you get it to the exact right temperature. I recommend a digital meat thermometer with at least a 3 ft extension from probe to readout.

[monolith94]

Well, when I'm at home home, my mom and dad usually cook either italian or american homestyle...

[reds4ever]

Have you invented Baked Beans yet in the USA? They go with anything!!!

[Bkeela]

I only care about nutrition, time efficiency and cost. So I just steam vegetables I like, and serve them with some form of meat like baked salmon, fish fingers or sausages. Sometimes I make a Jatz quiche if I can be bothered. It's basically crushed up savoury biscuit, mixed with onion, bacon and egg and then baked.

By steaming and baking, I can pretty much prepare the food, set them to cook, and then go off and do other things.

Some people go to great lengths to make dinner tasty, but all I care about is a full stomach really.

[reds4ever]

Originally posted by Bkeela


Some people go to great lengths to make dinner tasty, but all I care about is a full stomach really.

[Footie Mad]

I do weight lifting so it's important to eat properly. But I also think it's boring to cook. Here are some of my "recipes"....

Boil some rice, when done take out the big bag of frozen vegetables and throw some in the pot and let it warm for five minutes in the afterheat. Then open a can of tuna and serve it with the rice and vegetables.

Buy a big bag of frozen chicken meat, any kind will do. Usually you can get some pretty cheap stuff since it's mostly the fines pieces that are expensive. Dump the chicken in the oven for an hour, it will cook itself. Then I have meat for 3-4 meals, maybe as a snack as well, take it out of the refrigator when you want it. To this you can have the same rice and vegetables since you made a big batch.

This rice thing can be combined with different vegetables, different sauces and different kinds of meat. But it's very easy and takes a minimum of effort.

Extremely easy pasta sauce made with minced meat. Buy some minced meat, pork or beef or whatever you like. Chop some yellow onions and cook in oil, then throw the meat in the same pan and cook until brown. Now add one of those ready made cans of tomato sauce, or a can of crushed tomatoes, and some spices. Cook pasta and enjoy....

[Odin]

homemade pizza:

I'm making one tommorow for the Vikings game.

[CrONoS]

Take an afternoon, make a full load of italian speguetti sauce... that will nourirsh you for one or two week, without losing time to cook each day.

And you can invite girl to eat lasagna with red wine at your home on weekend
that's a pretty winning deal!!! The only thing it will cost you... it's red wine(if you live in Europe, wine is cheap) and condom for the night with the girl..... since all girl will want you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!