By Joi Sigers

Okay, you've been married or are planning very soon. Congratulations! I am sure you are aware that this means that you will be responsible for at least half of the meals that you and your loved one eats from now! Not to mention future children, visiting family and - of course - inlaws.



A while back, one of my young daughters (who I hope was not getting any ideas), asked me 10 recipes that I thought to the newly married person should have. After thinking, off and on, in a few days, I came up with what I think are the top. Before we look at the recipes, I just want to share a few words that would have made life a lot easier on me someone had shared them with me when I first started to cook!



Cooking is an art. It is not a task to continue to exist or a right to get out of the way. It is truly one of the most rewarding and satisfying things you'll ever do. Like most things, someone who wants to be good to be in place. Anyone who wants to be at large it can. There is an old Chinese proverb that says: "The only difference between a good housekeeper and a bad choice is one hour per day." I have the liberty to the proverb saying, "The only difference between a good cook and a bad choice is one hour per day. "If you make up your mind to a great cook and devote even one hour per day honey your skills, you earn your stripes the apron!



A few things you must always remember:



leave the kitchen when you bake cakes and biscuits. I would not advise ever wandering away from the kitchen while cooking, but if something like cookies or biscuits, to do is usually catastrophic. They are simply looking for a reason to burn and take your departure as the open door that they need.


When will
cookbooks, ga go to the used bookstores - or check online auctions or Amazon.com. The cookbooks that were written in the jaren'70 en'80 were some of the best. You can find the ingredients that you've actually heard, for one thing, and they usually have more of the basic recipes that you need to get started.



Food Watch TV! It is really addictive, and even more useful information. I suggest that you never, under any circumstances, miss an episode of Paula Deen's "Paula's Home Cooking", Rachel Ray's "30 Minute Meals" or Alton Brown ' s "Good Eats". They are the top, in my opinion. Once you become more familiar with your way to the pots and pans, you'll be ready for Emeril, but you have to work to him!



Now, at the top ten of recipes that you need. Either consult some of those cookbooks I told you about, or a website, as http://www.foodtv.com or http://www.buttermilkpress.com, or ask the various family members for their favorite recipes for each. They will send you a real kick from it. Plus, if you happen to ask an inlaw for their favorite recipes, you'll get off to a particularly pleasant note!



Breakfast / Brunch:



1. French Toast and Pancakes. Nothing will impress him or her very much like a long, hot pile tasty pancakes with butter melting of the parties.



2. Egg dishes: Scrambled, poached and fried. Note: When cooking eggs, remove them from the skillet before they actually look completely done. They continue to cook even after they are removed to the signs.



3. Buttermilk biscuits. Buttermilk in a recipe makes everything better right away. Whether it's biscuits, pancakes or cornbread, the presence of an improvement in the taste ten times as high.



4. Great coffee. You must absolutely be able to make a sensational pot of coffee. Has your research, try out different beans and always, always grinding your own coffee. You can use a grinder for less than $ 20.00, and it will be 20 of the wisest you ever invest in dollars.



Lunch:



5. Hamburgers and their cousin, Cheeseburgers. I'll let you in on a family secret, a little garlic salt is the difference between, "Honey, this is a good thing." And "Wow! My mother (father) never made hamburgers like this! "



6. At least one really good homemade soup. I know, the little red and white cans are very useful (and you'll see that about 10 in my own pantry), but that they are able to a sensational potato or vegetable soup is a great big feather in your cap culinary.



Dinner / etc:



7. Fried Chicken. Back to the Buttermilk for a minute, you immerse chicken in buttermilk (in the refrigerator) for about an hour before coating and frying makes for a juicier, more flavorful meat.



8. Potatoes. Never. Below. Only. Circumstances. Use. Instant. Potatoes. Do not even look their way into the shop. Peel, boil and mash your potatoes with milk, butter and .... pssst, another family secret, sour cream. It is worthwhile.



9. Yeast rolls. Okay, I admit it, these are not as simple as the other 10 or so food talked about here. That's because yeast is tempermental. It can be seen as Goldilocks, of all things. It will be angry if the liquid is too hot, you're angry as the liquid is too cold. They want only the right, and when the temperature is not only the law, which established Goldie, your bread will lie down. Flat rolls. Ugly roles.



10. (3-way tie!) Chocolate Chip Cookies, apple pie and your beloved's favorite cake. Master of desserts and even as the main meal is not consistent with the will is in order. The last thing a person eats is what they'll remember the most. You know the saying, though, that the good end.



Cogratulations, success, and a lot of fun. It may sound like something from a cookbook years 1940, but that is really the greatest secrecy. For most things in life, really.







About the Author



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