I want to go about learning to cook

[Alphathree33]

I'm trying to get bigger and while I can master the "gym" routine just fine, I can never seem to get enough calories/protein/etc.

Sure, I can eat Subway and Burger King all week to get tons of calories, but it's not all that healthy and it's a pain.

I can cook some simple things that end up tasting pretty bland, but I don't really know what I'm doing.

Sometimes I try recipes randomly but I have no "feel" for it, so it takes me HOURS because I have to read every single friggen line in the directions and make sure I have all the ingredients, etc.

If I did that every night, I'd spend the rest of my free time cooking until I died, basically.

1hr = read ingredients, actually FIND them in the grocery store, buy them, get back
1hr = cook, eat
30 min = cleanup

...sh!t, my night is gone...

On the one hand, I don't need anything "fancy" but on the other hand, I do want to learn to actually COOK and not just "oh trying throwing these things together, tastes great."

 

[jmcoreymv]

One tip is to making meals that will feed 4-6 and refrigerate/freeze the leftovers. Same amount of time to cook the meal, but you only have to do it once instead of 4 times.

 

[LS21]

fck following recipes

learn about some techniques, do a few typical dishes, then you can learn to adapt / improvise

start off with this book
http://www.amazon.com/Im-Just-...&qid=1204778670&sr=8-1

fxcuisine.com is extremely easy to follow

after a while, you'll find that 500 recipes are really a slight variation on 5 recipes, and that you can substitute here and there

i bought this book... never even opened it. if you want to buy it from me you can
http://www.amazon.com/How-Cook...&qid=1204778799&sr=8-1

 

[sdifox]

first thing you have to learn is how to cook pasta. Once you get the hang of that, you learn how to cut stuff.

 

[SampSon]

Boneless chicken breasts. Buy them in big packs and cook them however you want.
Thoes ziplop steam bags work great if you're a complete retard in the kitchen.

 

[summit]

Originally posted by: sdifox
first thing you have to learn is how to cook pasta. Once you get the hang of that, you learn how to cut stuff.

:thumbsup:

 

[mesthead21]

Originally posted by: SampSon
Boneless chicken breasts. Buy them in big packs and cook them however you want.
Thoes ziplop steam bags work great if you're a complete retard in the kitchen.

I agree, add some spices to them as well, look online and read up on what goes good with chicken.

 

[ChaoZ]

I'm in the same boat. I don't even know what chicken and beef looks like raw.

 

[Leros]

Originally posted by: ChaoZ
I'm in the same boat. I don't even know what chicken and beef looks like raw.

I don't know how you get this far in life without seeing raw meat.

Have you never seen someone cook? Never ever go to the grocery store?