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27 April 2019

Basic Cooking Skills For Students

By Dorothy Stone


When an individual leaves home for the first time, the biggest problem they are faced with is the fact that they don't know how to cook. There was no need to learn about this beforehand. While it is not necessary to go on a crash cooking to learn the basic cooking skills, one does have to get to grips with some of those which are more essential.

Knowing how to make things like chicken, pasta, stir fry, sauces and salad will help you as you persevere with the next couple of years ahead. It means that you won't simply have to be stuck making sandwiches and eggs. On the flip side, it means that you don't have to be ordering in pizza. As a student, it is important to weary of your budget.

The first thing to know is what should be in the refrigerator and the pantry. Even this is daunting. Most people leave this until the night before, and this is why people order pizza or go for a burger. Unfortunately, this becomes unhealthy and expensive. Eventually, it becomes like second nature.

The average person will eat foods that are not expensive, but hopefully healthy at the same time. You don't want to cook the same things day in and day out either. Pasta is a keen favorite. It is quick and it is cheap. But having macaroni and cheese can be a little monotonous. It can be difficult at first, but you need to plan your budget and track your expenses, because this is the best way of knowing how much you are spending.

Things like chocolate chip cookies are a popular treat, and it this takes it flour, sugar, butter with a couple of wet ingredients. Once you learn how to make cookies, it won't be long until you can make brownies and other sweet treats. You may also want to experiment with other flavors and ingredients.

Choose your leaves, throw in some cheese of your choice and choose chickpeas, red onion or avocado. You can swap this for crunchy veggies with a nice creamy dressing. A nice easy dressing consists of 1 part balsamic to 3 parts olive oil. You can make a healthy yogurt dressing with olive oil as well.

Rice is something else that goes with everything. You can make a curry or a stew. You can make a rice dish if you want. The options are endless. It is not necessary to have a rice cooker to perfect this. Just make sure that all of the water is cooked out, and that you have measured it up properly. This is how your rice will stay nice and fluffy. There are all sorts of rice available.

When you are feeling exhausted, try making an omelette with bacon or mushrooms. Eventually you will get the hang of this. There are so many different fillings that one can come up with. You can also put a lot of ingredients together and put this together in a pan. This can be from the night before. There is little work in this. It can also be a slow cooker. Dinner is already done, and you are ready to eat.




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