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: One Pot Meal - Rice Eggs and Veg
1 handful uncooked rice
1 handful frozen veg
1 or 2 eggs
herbs - your choice
1 handful grated cheese
salt and pepper
chili sauce - if you want.

Boil some water, add the rice, when the rice is nearly cooked add the veg and break the eggs into the water, and add the herbs. When the eggs and veg are cooked, drain them and the rice. put it in a bowl add the cheese, salt and pepper and the chili sauce.

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.