I am just starting a family and would like to become a good cook. I want to cook healthy meals (I am not a vegetarian although do enjoy the odd dish without meat) but I don’t think I will have a lot of time to spend in the kitchen with a newborn. Any suggestions?
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Karen L - said
February 15 2011 @ 18:27
Buy a good basic cookbook and start by reading it. Pick a recipe you want to try and do it. My personal favourite is the Joy of Cooking. It’s got everything you need to know, from how to boil an egg or make a sandwich, on up to very sophisticated food, and you could cook from it every day for years and not run out of things to try and the basic information in it will serve for you the rest of your life. Start simple and move up as your skill level increases. Be prepared for failures. Every cook has them. You could watch cooking shows, but I doubt if you’ll learn a whole lot from them. They leave out details pretty often and do things so fast that you can’t always tell what they’ve done. Most of the time, you could learn the same stuff in 5 minutes of reading as you can watching a half hour TV show. The books have no commercials to sit through.
Lid-ee-uhh - said
February 15 2011 @ 18:27
the only way to learn is to practice
KARENOP - said
February 15 2011 @ 18:27
try allrecipes.com or you can also write down recipes off of the food channel.
fawdown - said
February 15 2011 @ 18:27
My mother always told me, ‘If you can read, you can cook’.
Betty - said
February 15 2011 @ 18:27
Cooking is like anything else, it takes practice. If you want to be good at playing the piano, you have to practice. The same is true for cooking. So, if you don’t have time, then I really don’t know what to tell you. Do you have time to at least cook three meals per day at home? If you do, try simple recipes that require a short amount of time to prepare and that do not use many ingredients.
The only other thing I can suggest is to read cookbooks and watch cooking videos on youtube. Youtube has a video for just about every cooking technique and method known to man.
Buy a comprehensive cookbook/cooking reference book. One of my personal favorites is "The New Making of a Cook" – Madeleine Kamman. The book is about 1,200 pages long and probably has about 600 recipes. Read through the book and cook your way through the book, even if it takes you a year or two to do it. The result will be that you will be a much better cook.
Slitely Smart - said
February 15 2011 @ 18:27
You can pick up basic guides to cooking at any major bookstore such as a Boarders.
The cooking channel will give you a lot of unique little tips here and there as well as quality recipes to make at home.
As for healthy foods, try and join a health program or site that will share healthy ideas. I’m subscribed to CorePerformance.com ‘s daily newsletter (it’s free for the basic newsletter, just requires an email address of course). It gives me a lot of cooking tips that professional athletes and others alike use – its pretty legit.
Kevin - said
February 15 2011 @ 18:27
You could always watch those shows that are like half cooking and half talk show (ex. Rachael Ray). To start, I think you should buy a cookbook or a beginners cook book, with easy and quick recipes. As you get more used to the kitchen, you might want to begin experimenting with ingredients and maybe writing your own secret recipes for some yummy dishes.
Perhaps you can grab some coffee and stay at your local Barnes and Noble or public library for a few hours, browsing the cookbook section. I’m sure that Barnes and Noble has many books for vegan/vegetarian cooking, as well as healthy cooking. You might want to start shopping organic, at Whole Foods, for example. If any of your relatives know how to cook well, you can also ask them for a head start.
Adhot Deng - said
February 15 2011 @ 18:27
Well There are several ways to learn…
1 You could take cooking classes unless your too busy
2 Practice Recipes you can find them on the web and at any book store
3 You can ask friends and family for some family
LUCK!
JOYCE - said
February 15 2011 @ 18:27
When I first got married, I was very young and all I could make were (very good) chocolate chip cookies. My late husband’s first wife had died, leaving him with five (5) small children. Needless to say, I had to hit the ground running in the cooking department. I spent each evening, after the kids were in bed, reading the Good Housekeeping cookbook. Then the McCall’s (a popular magazine at the time) cookbook. My ready-made family was very patient and encouraging. You may also ask your friends, family and coworkers for favorite recipes.
Using the very best ingredients may seem expensive when you’re on a budget, but since smaller quantities of excellent quality food is more satisfying than larger quantities of poorer quality food, you’ll actually save money. Also, with better quality food, simple, quick preparation is healthiest and best. Good Luck, and I hope this helps.
Anna B - said
February 15 2011 @ 18:27
You Could Get A Cooking Book And Make 1 Recipe Each Day And Try Out New Things!
You Can Ask Your Parents Or Friends For Recipes
Experiment With Food!
Karen - said
February 15 2011 @ 18:27
If you have access to the food channel that is awesome, when your up with that night time feed good way for you to relax and learn or super food ideas is a really Good magazine. Next time you go food shopping check out for your local supermarkets own recipe book. They stock all the ingredients and nowhere days they have recipes that you can use everyday not just for those one off dinner parties. good luck.