subject: Easy Cooking Recipes For The Rushed [print this page] For those who hate cooking, easy is bestFor those who hate cooking, easy is best. Easy cooking recipes encourage reluctant chefs into the kitchen. They also invite children with their few and simple steps. After all, is it not the goal of parents that their kids will cook supper one day?
Eggs make a great base for many meals. Make them elaborate or fun, enjoying the benefits of protein and flavor. If your child knows how to make scrambled eggs, start here. Add extras such as chopped vegetables or grated cheese. Poach an egg, toast some bread, then cut a hole in the centre. Place the egg right in the hole to present in tidy and unusual fashion: in bread, not on it.
Are there lots of left over fruits which are still fine, just a bit soft? Search your freezer and refrigerator for small amounts of various sorts which no one feels enthusiastic about eating. Peel, pit and chop. In a sauce pan or slow cooker, place all fruits together with honey to taste and spices. For example, combine plums, cherries and blueberries with allspice, nutmeg or cinnamon. Cook slowly, then serve over ice cream or yogurt.
Nutritionists will tell you to mix and match colors when serving vegetables. This gives the consumer an array of minerals and vitamins. When cooking a stir fry in your walk or frying pan, heat flavored oil like sesame or peanut. Add the hardest vegetables first such as carrots, sliced thinly. After a few minutes add baby corn, scallions, then broccoli and mushrooms. Serve over rice or pasta for a simple and well-balanced meal. Add cooked chicken or seafood for protein.
Rice and noodles make for easy cooking. Some noodles, like Chinese egg noodles, will soften sufficiently when you soak them in boiling water from the kettle. Others need six or more minutes. Cooking rice is easy but can take time, or at least attention. White rice cooks quickly. Just boil the water ahead of time, add rice and check every so often for up to six or seven minutes. By now you should have fluffy white rice. Brown and wild rice take longer, while both benefit from salting the water or adding bouillon, perhaps even homemade broth instead of water.
Pizza may look complicated, but really the issue here is merely time. For those who have none for making their own dough, buy ready made crusts. Simply top these with sauce, cheese and meat, vegetables or pineapple. Cook in the oven just long enough to warm the bread and melt the cheese.
The same short cut applies to savory pies. Either select ready-to-cook crusts in singles or family sizes or mash potato, yam or sweet potato. If using pastry, prepare meat and vegetables in a thick gravy. Pour into a crust or a pie dish. If not using pastry, top with mashed potato and cook for thirty minutes. Adding grated cheese or dollops of butter to potato gives a rich flavor.
