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Nic...."gourmet"????
A hamburger will suit me just fine.....ROTFL.....
I said gourmet because honestly some of the things you guys make intimidate me I am trying to expand my cooking horizons and hopefully will watch and observe you guys
Yes, there are some amazing gourmet cooks here but many of us are just trying to learn what to make and how to do it from those great cooks. It's been a world of help to me I know!
Hi cynwldkat-yes I am watching and hopefully will learn a lot on this thread. Trying to expand my horizons beyond my George Foreman grill.
I said gourmet because honestly some of the things you guys make intimidate me I am trying to expand my cooking horizons and hopefully will watch and observe you guys
I am just busting ya....nic....LOL.
I was at that point (where you seem to be at ...no pun intended!), until I "ventured" outside my "little box" I call my "brain"....lol.
I had so many hits, AND misses...and one learns in the process.
I am like this little nutty "scientist", experimenting around in the lab....LOL.....and what helps are recipes one can easily follow.
I would be truly lost without them....and tailor most of them to mine and my familie's taste and preferences.
After a while, you will "feel" if something (seasoning, pairing ingredients, cooking method) will work....or not.
I never, ever though I "had" it.....but being told otherwise by my husband/ family and friends now, and cooking actually kind of "grew" on me (Absolutely HATED it before....huh )
My hope would be to be as good, or close to being "as good" as my mom or my mom-in-law.....but wonder, if that will ever happen in my lifetime.
I'll just keep on trying....and setting my house on fire in the cooking process.......ROTFL.
no - actually I was being bombarded at work yesterday by DH and DD requesting Chicken Parm....when DH offered to go get the stuff I didn't have I knew he was serious...I'll probably make the chicken casserole tomorrow.
That's awesome. You now have a family favorite. You'll have to start a family cookbook and put in all the recipes that they love.
LOL - yeah.....they seem to like everything I've made so far. Not bad for a beginner I guess. The only thing is....I really don't enjoy cooking....its a chore to me. But I'm doing it anyway. I have to find some more healthy recipes though....I really need to lose weight....all this frying can't possibly be good for that lol
Through experience here on this thread I have learned that when I read a good sounding dish I request for the poster to post the recipe for us. Then, first thing I do is put it in my recipe file here on my computer. Seems the pages fly by here and it is so hard to locate the recipe within a few days. Now I open my recipe file and there are so many really great ideas and recipes. I probably have at least 30 new recipes all from here. So far I have tried several and all have been wonderful!!
I did the same thing, and tried out a recipe for chicken, taking the recipe from a member in the recipe thread.
Turned out wonderful, and I just used a different cheese as a substitute.
So, there's hope for all of us "beginners", girls!! LOL
Jeff is doing pretty good. We haven't given him any pain medication today and he seems to be fine. We go to the doc tommorrow morning at 10. Hopefully everything will turn out ok.
Congrats on your cooking success. I haven't tried anything new lately. Time to dust off my cookbooks and surprise the family.
Check out some recipes on the food network. (Have tried several of their recipes, either in original/ posted form, or tailored it to my own likings.....always with very, very good results.....so far! )
Here's some of my advice....
* always look at the ingredients in a recipe. If you like the ingredients....fine. But, if there are items in there, you don't particularly care of, see, if you can substitute it with something else you DO like.
* Larger/ bigger/ older fish has higher levels of mercury.
If you try to consume fish as part of your diet, try to alternate with smaller/ younger fish (Tilapia, for example)
* Mahi Mahi (or dolpin) is almost to be prepared like a "steak", the flesh not being flaky, but dense in texture.
It's a "robust" tasting fish, and holds up excellent during the grilling process.
* Make sure when you purchase Mahi Mahi at your local grocer, to have them leave the skin ON, but take the "bloodline" out. Fish holds up better during grilling (unless prepared in a aluminum pouch on the grill) if the skin is left on...or some will fall to bits and pieces all over the place. Also, the "bloodline is not edible (not to mention questionable in sight....brrrrrr )...it also contains little bones or "spines". (Don't know how else I could put it)
*Get some prep ideas online for recipes. (Highly recommend it!)
Hope, I was able to help you out a little bit......but the cooking, you've got to do yourself.....LOL.
thnx! will try the online search suggestion..........happy cooking!
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