sally wrote: Mashed Potatoes
you peel potatoes, cut them into cubes/slices (whatever ud like), then throw them into a pot. Put it on high, and let them stay in for about 20min. Use a butterknife to cut through a few, if it goes through real easy they're done. Use a caulindar to drain them, then put into a mixer. Mix them up, and put in milk (carefully, too much and they'll be all watery) until they're the texture you want. Put in some butter, and seasoned salt.

treeceydoll wrote: Barbecuing is fun. And I suggest you do it this way:
Buy one of those mini barbecues you can take anywhere. [Make sure you get all the essential parts and accessories]
Buy any meat you like. Try things out for the first time cause it's funner that way. I like Chicken breast for example.
Get a bunch of sauces and spices that you might like to put on the chicken. [Make sure you have one of those brush thingies to slab the sauce on.]
Stick the chicken on the barbecue, wait a while, flip, wait, flip, poke, test, and eat!
Yayy :] You have a barbecue.

KittensKill wrote: Welsh Rarebits - by Jamie Oliver
you gotta use thick slices of crusty bread x 2, mix an egg, some creme fraishe and some mustard powder. add grated cheese x lots and salt'n'pepper. toast the bread a bit, spread with chilli jam/sauce, add the eggy/cheesy mix and grill. add a bit of Worcestershire sauce and eat.

L wrote: Greek Lemon Soup(for 1 person)

2 cups of water
1 teaspoon instant chicken broth
1 1/2 tablespoon of rice
1/2 lemon
yellow of one egg
pinch of sugar

- boil water, take down from flame, put in instand broth, boil again
- reduce heat (to 1/2?) put rice in, let it soak for 15 minutes
- press out the lemon juice, mix it in a warm plate with yellow of egg
- season soup to taste with sugar and maybe salt
- put soup in plate and immediately stir with egg/juice
It's soup, but it's still refreshing.

Insalata Caprese

tomatoes
mozzarella
basil
olive oil
black pepper

- cut tomatoes and mozzarella in slices
- put mozzarella slices on plate
- put tomato slices on them
- put a fresh basil leaf on each
- put olive oil over it (maybe balsamico vinegar, too)
- mill black pepper over it

KittensKill wrote: ok... here I am, 18, living away from home and I can't fucking cook.

the only things I can cook are steak, and mac'n'cheese (sorta, it gets burned or goes weird) from a packet. Oh and I can also make welsh rarebit... but I can't live on steak, mac'n'cheese and cheese on toast.

Can anyone give me some really simple recipes, stuff thats really easy and doesn't cost much to make?

lostandconfused wrote:
Spahgetti is also a pretty easy meal to make. Boil some water. Add noodles (at this point, add salt and olive oil if you'd like some). Let the noodles sit for about 10-15 minutes. Drain the spaghetti into a strainer and then rinse with warm water. Yum!

Strawberry Switchblade wrote: Buy a quick and easy cookbook. Allrecipes.com has an Quick and Easy section. Learn to make baked potatoes in the microwave. Buy lunchmeat and bread for sandwiches. Get el-cheapo pizzas. Canned vegetables. Learn to cook chicken in a skillet.