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IbogaProject

(3,912 posts)
16. Get educated
Sat Jan 4, 2025, 10:46 AM
Jan 4

Start with a beginners cookbook. Then look for Alron Brown's first Food Network show Good Eats. He is real good explaining food safety and explains how and why with cooking. Here is a playlist with 39 full episodes.

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLSL8Njz6ML7AqqhKWCaDVL43aM_ABr6YU

I will give you one tip, when cutting things hold your fingers on the food hand so your nails are closest to the knife. It takes a little practice but better to hit your fingernail than anywhere else.

Maybe look for a state or local food handling certificate and just review the training info that way you can really learn the do's and don'ts.

Here is another tip which is a tool to cut all the extras from web recipies. Not sure if it is still live.

A tool for easily saving and organizing recipes found online. While you are browsing for a recipe simply put cooked.wiki/ before the url and it gives you just the ingredients and the instructions.

After that you can edit it and save it.

You can share your saved recipes with anyone and everyone can also can browse all your recipes. Feel free to try it.

Example:

Original recipe: https://www.alphafoodie.com/simple-homemade-rice-milk-2-ingredients/

The example won't make a clickable link here but it did just work.

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Rice and dried beans are easy to boil up and together you get protein! GreenWave Jan 4 #1
Your local library likely has a plethora of cookbooks. no_hypocrisy Jan 4 #2
Try this PJMcK Jan 4 #3
Bake some Cornbread take you 2 Boxes 2 Eggs bit of Milk Oneear Jan 4 #4
Ask your wife what ideas she has about you helping out more. Irish_Dem Jan 4 #5
Yeah she probably "does". Historic NY Jan 4 #8
thanks everyone mdmc Jan 4 #6
What about grocery shopping? Sanity Claws Jan 4 #7
And besides just helping in the kitchen as you have been doing, the shopping too will help, and the shopping will SWBTATTReg Jan 6 #28
Scrambled eggs are easy - just pay attention BoRaGard Jan 4 #9
Youtube is your friend. Watch food prep videos. There are a ton on YT, ranging from simple japple Jan 4 #10
Hobo Skillet or Hobo Casserole with hamburger is easy to cook. Emile Jan 4 #11
On the nights you cook make enough for two meals. Hope22 Jan 4 #12
Watch and take notes when she cooks. Use it as a tutorial so she can teach you best practices she uses. Nanuke Jan 4 #13
No advice but to say what a jewel of a husband you are CousinIT Jan 4 #14
actually, I'm pretty awful mdmc Jan 4 #15
Get educated IbogaProject Jan 4 #16
You are fortunate to cook for two. Cooking for one is a challenge. So here are some ideas. usonian Jan 4 #17
Nice, nice, nice!! I love the tips and I do enjoy cooking too, for the fun of it. SWBTATTReg Jan 6 #29
OH US, HOW could I have MISSED this??? elleng Tuesday #32
If you let your Wife teach you how to cook Turbineguy Jan 4 #18
I've heard it said that cooking is an art and baking is a science SheltieLover Jan 4 #19
Baking is less forgiving than cooking Retrograde Jan 4 #20
For sure! SheltieLover Jan 4 #21
Think of a category of food you like and start small. Keep it simple. chowmama Jan 4 #22
To me the hardest part is the planning Phentex Jan 5 #23
We have a set food category for each day of the week SARose Jan 5 #24
I love the internet WhiteTara Jan 5 #25
Corned beef hash and a cabbage salad is timeless. applegrove Jan 5 #26
yummy! mdmc Wednesday #33
Post removed Post removed Jan 6 #27
Be in the kitchen Marthe48 Jan 6 #30
You could try Pinterest.com Tanuki Tuesday #31
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