Glutinous' Simple Recipes

This is in reply to Pang's post. Hahaha! So funny!

Here are my recommendations of easy things to make:

French Toast

1. Get some eggs and sugar.

2. Beat the eggs and mix in the sugar.

3. Dip a loaf of bread into your mix, so that it is coated in your sticky goodness.

4. Fry the bread.

Pancakes

1. Mix together some egg, milk, flour (preferably self-raising), and sugar. Not sure about exact ratios. Be conservative with the sugar, and put enough of the rest to get a just-very-slightly-watery viscosity (liquid enough for it to be easily poured onto a frying pan, and yet thick enough so that it will form a moderately thick layer on the pan).

2. Heat up the pan - minimal heat.

3. Pour some mix in the pan and let it fry. For circular goodness, use a ladle to pour it onto the pan. Once it looks like the bottom is cooked enough, flip it and cook the other side a bit more (but not as long as before).

Steak

1. The hardest part is choosing the right meat part to buy - just ask the butcher.

2. Heat up pan - max heat.

3. Chuck in steak.

4. Wait 1 minute.

5. Flip.

6. Wait another minute.

7. Eat.

Mashed Potatos (to go with your steak)

1. Get some potatoes.

2. Wash (just roughly) and skin them (or not if you prefer to eat mashed potato with skin bits in them - it is good for your skin apparently).

3. Boil a pot of water.

4. Chuck in potatos. Leave for ages (I think like an hour).

5. Take out your potatos (they should be really soft and mashable).

6. Mash them (with a spoon or whatever - you can buy special spoon things for this too).

7. If you want gravy. Use a pre-mix. :P Hey actually, I just remembered you can get pre-mix mashed potatoes, too - just add water.

Spaghetti (with pre-made sauce)

1. Buy some mince meat and jarred spaghetti sauce.

2. Defrost it. Easiest is to just leave it in the sink for a whole day. You can try with a microwave, but be careful not to cook it in the process.

3. Make big pot of boiling water and chuck in the spaghetti sticks. Leave it to boil (takes forever).

4. While waiting, heat up a pan - medium heat. Chuck in the minced meat and sauce. Stir around a bit until it looks ready (should not take too long). Leave it to simmer while waiting for the freaking spaghetti to ready.

5. Take your spaghetti from the pot. Put a sift in the sink and pour it in to get rid of the water. Combine with your sauce.

6. If you want a bit more fanciness, then cut up some onions (and anything else you might fancy?) and chuck it in with the sauce and minced meat when you cook them.

This is all assuming you use non-stick pan. If you don't... er... buy one. Oiling stuff is bad for you, and you will waste initial food while learning to master it. :P

Can't think of much else...

Boiling stuff is fun. Boiled vegetables are the easiest. Carrots, broccili, and peas are popular. Just remember to cut/skin them first...

And yes, I do make it sound easier than it is. Just experiment. :P You will be GM Cooking in no time.