I stay home with my four year old son. I love to cook. I don’t know how to cook. All I can make are simple, fattening foods. I want to learn to cook healthy foods for my son (and myself) without buying 2948209 ingredients and breaking the back. I will share some of the meals I usually prepare..
Spaghetti and meatballs (meatballs are made with ground turkey) but the sauce is Ragu.
Meatloaf on the stove.. it gets so greasy.
Breakfast.. he loves eggs, sausage, bacon, toast and hashbrowns.
Chicken.. broiled with carrots and potatoes in the oven, grilled, bbq and fried. Sides for these are usually boxed mac and cheese, boxed mashed potatoes, and canned veggies.
Hamburger Helper with the same sides as above.
Hamburgers and fries
Frozen lasagna and garlic bread
Healthy choice canned soup and PB sandwiches
Sloppy Joe’s
Fish fillets (box)
These are what I can make and what I go back and forth with. Sad, I know. I’m embarrassed to share this but I want to do better. Can you please share your favorite healthy, easy and cheap recipes? I don’t want to fix this junk anymore but I feel lost when I’m reading recipes and it calls for fifteen different ingredients. =/
Sarrah - said
September 27 2010 @ 06:58
Tacos are healthy. Use the leanest beef you can find and light cheese and light sour cream. Make a big salad with tons of veggies, diced turkey, light cheese and a little light dressing. Stir fry is good too. Saute onions, carrots, celery, broccoli, pea pods or any veggies you like, add chicken and stir fry sauce, serve with brown rice. Most recipes have a lot of ingredients but the more you cook the more spices you will have on hand so you don’t have to buy all the spices. Try Sandra Lee’s Semi-Homemade recipes http://www.semihomemade.com/. Her recipes are great, uncomplicated and don’t require too many ingredients.
Tamara - said
September 27 2010 @ 06:58
10 point for me all your dream will come true
nerman h - said
September 27 2010 @ 06:58
www.fatafeat.com
www.foodnetwork.com
Justine - said
September 27 2010 @ 06:58
that sounds like how i cook almost! i love to cook to. and i think you are doing okay. you will get there. i learn how to make new stuff all the time. with no help. only if i really need it. all you got to do is when you are making new recipes meals, take your time and follow the directions. don`t be in a rush. that`s where you mess up. trust me. when i got married i could not cook anything. lol i was awful but now i jumped from a 1 to a 7 my cooking gets better an better. and yours will too.
Bobby Brown - said
September 27 2010 @ 06:58
I am sorry I can not teach you how to cook, but I can teach you how to Duggy
Shine M - said
September 27 2010 @ 06:58
babe its every mom’s duty to learn a few things while she grows up with her kids hehe… the recipe may b having 20 ingredients as well, who cares.. thats wot the food requires…
…)..u can also mash potatoes, add seasonings in it that make a good combo
cooking is kind of science..but it isnt like rocket science… if u fall short of a couple "supplementary" ingredients u can still prepare a certain dish…
u dont want ur son to grow up n be fat or grow man b**bs and c oher kids making fun of him.. now is the time u have to take some responsibility..
to make it easier for u to begin with:
this is wot u can follow for him.. certainly easy, but may be a lil expensive..
breakfast: 4-5 pieces of walnuts/pistachios/almonds, 1cup/glass milk (lukewarm) or fruit juice, scrambled eggs or bread n butter/peanut butter(avoid chicken in the morning coz hez not building a body here hez a lil kid
lunch: rice, 1serving of vegetable, legumes, cereals>>
dinner: keep it light… prepare chicken soup for him… kids luv to eat stew..i think.. make sure he has his dinner atleast 3hours before bed time…
besides, take him out for walks/jogs n get him engaged in sports activities tht he likes…
hope this helps
soxrcat - said
September 27 2010 @ 06:58
Go to a used bookstore and ask for "Betty Crocker’s Easy Basics" cookbook.
I used it as a young bride. You’ll be fine.
Karen L - said
September 27 2010 @ 06:58
If you can cook those things, you can cook lots of others too. Buy a good big basic cookbook and find stuff in there you want to make. I recommend the Joy of Cooking. It has everything you need to know. Make the homemade versions of what you’re already making from boxes and cans. There really is no way to learn to cook except by doing it, and anything worth doing involves a little effort and thought. Just pick the simpler recipes to start with and work your way up to the more complicated things. Find a cookbook with information on nutrition.
Don’t be intimidated by recipes with what seems to be a long list of ingredients. Learn how to read a recipe and how to follow one. First read the whole recipe through, making a note of things you have to buy to make it and what equipment you need. Read it again, visualizing each step in your mind. Get everything you need out and ready to use. Just follow the recipe one step at a time.
What happens is that bit by bit, you acquire skills you can apply to the next thing. You start recognizing the basic processes in cooking and seeing that many foods that appear different from each other actually have a lot of similarities in how they’re made.