What The Food

Cooking 101


The basic idea surrounding cooking is learning to make a standard item and then work it into other areas. Let me explain:


Hamburger – Cooked on a grill is a Burger

Hamburger – Baked in a bread pan, with BBQ sauce is Meatloaf 

Hamburger – Made into small balls and pan fried is Meatballs

Chicken Breast roasted in an oven is Roast Chicken Breast

Chicken Breast pounded flat and cooked in a pan with lemon juice and capers – Chicken Piccta 

Chicken Breast pounded flat and cooked in a pan with mushrooms and Marsala wine – Chicken Marsala


Vegetable Side Dishes (These go with most everything)

Carrots with a little water, butter, lemon is Saute’ Carrots

Spinach with a little water, butter, lemon is Saute’ Spinach

Asparagus with a little water, butter, lemon is Saute’ Asparagus


Put those same ingredients into a steamer over boiling water: 

Steamed Carrots

Steamed Spinach
Steamed Asparagus

You get the idea. Now don’t be afraid to make a mistake. Tennyson said “It’s better to have cooked and lost than to never have cooked at all” 


Okay so maybe it wasn’t exactly that but it’s the same idea…

So lets get cooking!