The wannabe chief/cooking thread

Being a student my cooking ability is lacking due to I suppose lack of experience.

Now I do have a question my hob is broke can you cook mince or pasta/spaghetti in the microwave? (main question)

Instead of just posting a pointless specific question, I thought people could also put in good meal/recipes you have conjured up, or any crazy meals you have ever had that wouldn't work on paper but have, i,e being a student iv had a pasta sandwich before!

Or any crazy drinks alcoholic or non-alcoholic aswell, i.e Skittles in Vodka so you can drink it straight!

 

I eat my pizzas with ketchup

 

Skittles in Vodka? Is it that simple?

I'll just recommend Skalpel's Brie recipe from the other day. Marvellous.

 

Who needs flavouring to be able to drink vodak straight?! Wimps I tell ya!

Also if anyone comes in here recommending steak being cooked anything more than medium-rare (medium in the case of a rib-eye) I will go all MrTiote on their ass

 

Yup, is brilliant. Need to leave fkr quite a while though

 

I'd highly recommend this website if you're a student, we had a few class nights trying out these recipes.

http://www.pimpthatsnack.com/full.php

It's basically giving you methods to make giant versions of your favourite confectionary and other things, like a football sized Cadbury's Creme Egg or a massive Crunchie. Check it out and if you do any of them shove some photos on here.

 

I WANT TO BE THE CHIEFwhitewhitewhite

 

Thats just Vile......

Iv seen that before, you don't know how much Id love the Tunnock tea cake one. One of the nicest things ever, although if you open a pack they are gone with in a second with people lurking and asking for one.

Tunnock tea cake, they are NOT FOR SHARING!!!

 

I don't think I even know what a Tunnock tea cake is, care to enlighten me?

 

I love cooking - mid way through my degree my Mam suggested I become a chef...not the vote of confidence I was hoping for in relation to my education, but I guess the sentiment was nice!

Best 'Easy' meal for me is a shellfish pasta dish which requires practically zero cooking ability...

Buy:
Box/packet of microwavable mussels in garlic sauce.
Streaky bacon
spring onions
bag of rocket
cherry tomatoes
parsley
white wine
Spaghetti

Also, have 2 pots...

In pot number 1 boil your pasta (little tbl spoon of oil and a good pinch of salt) - always takes the longest to do...

In pot number 2, chop your streaky bacon up into thin pieces and fry it until its crisp and brown, throw in the white wine (about a glass) and leave it for a minute or 2 for the alcohol to cook off. Then in go your cherry tomatoes (sliced in half) and your mussels...When your mussels are all open and cooked, throw in the rocket, thinly sliced spring onion and chopped parsley and take it off the heat - drain your pasta and add your mussels and sauce to the pasta pot...stir it about and serve!

Always looks harder to make than it is, and tastes class for a minimum amount of effort!

Other tips!

Put a spoonful of peanut butter in with stir-fry's...Makes it taste like satay sauce!

 

My flatmate makes a salmon dish for literally every lass he ever brings round to the flat, that's a piece of piss to do as well...

Put salmon fillets in tin foil with mixed herbs, soy sauce and sweet chilli sauce thrown over the top...
Put sliced pepper, red onion, mushrooms and courgette onto a baking tray, cover with mixed herbs salt, pepper and olive oil and stick 'em in the oven.
Put boiling water over couscous and when its cooked and then cooled add cubes of cucumber and sliced black olives...

Again, looks a lot fancier than it actually is!

 

sometimes it gets a bit of scum on the top that you have to skim off too.

buy 5 bottles of vodka and a couple of big bags of skittles, one colour for each bottle and taste the rainbow.

 

JWAG, any veggie dishes? The others sound delightful.

 

Roast aubergine and courgette, jersey royal potato dressed in pesto and caramelised onion is a nice winter evening vegetarian dish.

 

http://www.youtube.com/user/EpicMealTime#p/u/0/Vl94MqfJPmw


Done.

 

1. Make some pasta bolognaise
2. Place inside baguette
3. Grate cheese
4. Sprinkle said cheese over pasta bolognaise
5. grill
6. enjoy

 

Dice some chicken and mushrooms, cook it in nandos sauce. Cook some potato wedges put them on a plate, cover in cheese then put the chicken on top. Nicest thing ever.

 

I can't believe this thread has gone 18 posts without one picture of Sitting Bull or Geronimo.

 

Thanks may have to give this little gem a run out, sounds well nice yet efficiently simple!

I basically grill all my sandwich's/ baguettes now...Its the future



And for anyone who doesn't know what a tunnocks tea cake is, you don't know what you are missing!!

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Tesco Value White Loaf - 66p
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