Comments on: Can’t Cook; Willing To Give It A Go

By: Babaduck

Babaduck — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:39:01 +0000

I’ve a load of recipes recently posted on my blog – none of them require more than one knife or two pots!

By: Phil O'Kane

Phil O'Kane — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 22:07:02 +0000

@aoife mc - Thanks for the links Aoife, though I haven't checked any of the links on your blog, yours is one of the few foodie blogs I subscribe to, however suspect I will be adding to that list soon! Maybe some day I will even host my own dinner parties :)

By: aoife mc

aoife mc — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:54:33 +0000

Good for you Phil! I would recommend the BBC Good Food website – it’s really helped me to improve my cooking skills over the last year. It’s at http://www.bbcgoodfood.com and there are thousands of recipes on it, ranging from super easy to a little tricky.

Also, Jamie Oliver’s website is great – http://www.jamieoliver.com I have a few of his Jame At Home book at my home, which I really love, but you should try his recipes first on-line to see if his style suits you.

I have a few links to other international and Irish blogs on my food blog, so have a look through some of those. Loads of good stuff there!

Keep us posted with your experiments in cooking – as well as any advice you have on taking photos of food, most of the time I find it really difficult!

By: JEREMY

JEREMY — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:44:27 +0000

What about the new website from Food Standards Agency http://survivorcomp.food.gov.uk/

By: Phil O'Kane

Phil O'Kane — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:56:43 +0000

@George - The site's off to a great start! I'll definitely try the pizza bases soon! @Sarah Thanks Sarah, that does seem pretty easy. Will gather some ingredients!

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 15:44:01 +0000

A really easy and yummy pie my mum used to make me on cold winter days is Leek and Potato Pie.

It has 4 ingredients…

Potatoes
Leeks
Bacon
Cheese (grated)

Peel the potatoes and boil them in hot water for a out 30 minutes (or until soft – the amount will depend on your dish size)
Mash them in any way you like, I like to add a large bit of butter and mash mash mash

Steam the leeks for 10 mins ish (or until as soft/hard as you want them to be)

Cook the bacon and cut into small pieces.

Layer them in an oven dish type casserole dish, obviously the potato goes on top, but the order of the leeks and bacon doesn’t matter!

Spread the grated cheese on top and bake in the oven for about 15 mins, or until the cheese is melted. You can make it in the morning and keep it in the fridge for later or freeze it, but if you’re cooking from chilled it needs to stay in for about 30-45 mins, or untill its piping hot the whole way through. Easy Peasy.

By: George

George — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 14:25:35 +0000

Thanks for the link love Phil.

If you like Pizza take a look at today’s recipe http://notjunkfood.net/2010/01/19/recipe-pizza-base/

Make ‘em, freeze em, use ‘em. You can dress the base in less time than it’ll take your oven to heat and 10 minutes later you’ve got your own Pizza. Plus they’re a great way to use up bits and pieces you have in the fridge which, lets face it, is important these days :)