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Post by blaze on Jun 1, 2014 20:04:08 GMT
hi people *waves*
i am a disaster at following reciepes. i love fresh, cooked from scratch meals, but i realy realy have no ability to follow recieps more complicated than a couple of steps. does anyone have any v straight forward, healthy, preferabley veggy or vegan reciepes their kids love? i can cook fairly well and have a great sence of flavour so can subsititue things easily, but baking is impossible to me, i was reading deliciously ella recently and love the idea of her 'baking' reciepes (raw foods) as they are so full of hidden fruit and veg, but i have no idea if i cd actualy make any with out wasting time (and money and energy getting ingredients from h and b etc), has anyone tried and tested these? or have any similar simple ones?
thanks
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Post by inca on Jun 2, 2014 12:00:20 GMT
I make Spaghetti bolognaise type thing from scratch regularly, let me know if you want the recipe for that? Really basic though, but quick and easy and can substitute mince with quorn mince, or kidney beans, which works and the kids in my family always loved it. Baking wise, the easiest recipe is the Bero Victoria sponge, which you can then add things to. Really simple and can't go wrong really.
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Post by petra on Jun 5, 2014 21:36:01 GMT
Hi blaze! You're unlikely to get many replies to this question on here. A number of people (cough cough) mentioning no names (though fuzzywuzzy and contrarymary immediately come to mind for some reason) shouldn't be alone in a kitchen without a responsible adult present.
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Post by fuzzywuzzy on Jun 5, 2014 21:52:35 GMT
Ms petra.....I'll have you know this evening, according to naughty daught's 'recipe' I did fantastic melted chocolate with melted marshmallows too!?! .....a bit like Cher in Mermaids....lovely and healthy.... and I'll have you know I did it from scratch!
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Post by contrarymary on Jun 5, 2014 22:10:03 GMT
i'll have you know too Ms petra that i am in fact a cook-from-scratch organic vegetarian cook who has made seasonal fresh soup each week for the last dozen years, home-made hummus and other dips and chutneys which are popular presents. indeed t'other weekend i made gluten-free carrot cake scones and learned to make my own oat flour. i am a veritable suzie home-maker the fact that i frequently set pans on fire, have occasionally been known to start cooking and (ahem) forget and get in the shower is not testament to my inability to cook, but to my inability to remain cooking once i have started, or perhaps to sustain my attention for more than a few minutes without prompting from a ....(ok you win petra ) responsible adult
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Post by purplepower on Jun 5, 2014 22:11:44 GMT
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Post by fuzzywuzzy on Jun 5, 2014 22:14:16 GMT
I burn pans.... and can't cook....doh! My talents must lie elsewhere....
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Post by fuzzywuzzy on Jun 5, 2014 22:15:10 GMT
I think I'm going to call her Ms petra from now on......
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Post by petra on Jun 5, 2014 22:15:48 GMT
Feel tempted to make some comment about the connection between ADHD and diet, but shall refrain. Secondly, don't think that's quite the kind of recipe blaze was referring to. Thirdly, having said that, I think fuzzywuzzy this should still go in the achievements thread - credit where credits due! Did did you cook them in the microwave with 30 second repeat button?
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Post by contrarymary on Jun 5, 2014 22:16:06 GMT
hello blaze - welcome my brain is stuffed with vegetarian/vegan wholefood recipes. if you could give me an idea of the sort of recipe or food prep that you find doable i would be happy to try to dredge up some that fit with the pattern (eg number of steps, time to concentrate) that works for you. i know what you mean about the number of steps in cooking, and in baking particularly - my carrot cake scones the other week were supposed to be 15 mins prep and 10 mins baking: somehow the whole took 2 hours including cleaning up the kitchen (no idea how i got flour and grated carrot everywhere but hey) i have a particular fondness for recipes where everything gets put into one pot to either be cooked or whizzed up - hence my enormous expertise with soup
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Post by petra on Jun 5, 2014 22:18:46 GMT
i'll have you know too Ms petra that i am in fact a cook-from-scratch organic vegetarian cook who has made seasonal fresh soup each week for the last dozen years, home-made hummus and other dips and chutneys which are popular presents. indeed t'other weekend i made gluten-free carrot cake scones and learned to make my own oat flour. i am a veritable suzie home-maker the fact that i frequently set pans on fire, have occasionally been known to start cooking and (ahem) forget and get in the shower is not testament to my inability to cook, but to my inability to remain cooking once i have started, or perhaps to sustain my attention for more than a few minutes without prompting from a ....(ok you win petra ) responsible adult This kind of ability just shouldn't be allowed on this forum - I don't like it!
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Post by fuzzywuzzy on Jun 5, 2014 22:19:38 GMT
Ms petra....you have an annoyingly amazing memory! Especially for someone with ADHD, I might 'add' yes, I am permanently stuck to the 30 second repeat button!
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Post by contrarymary on Jun 5, 2014 22:19:53 GMT
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Post by petra on Jun 5, 2014 22:24:21 GMT
In all honesty, (slightly red face), I haven't had it together enough to actually cook a meal this year. It is on my to do list! In fact, got the ingredients in to make chille con carne today, which I intend to make tomorrow. Though, this has happened before...buying ingredients...but then not actually going through with the preparation and cooking bit...
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Post by petra on Jun 5, 2014 22:27:58 GMT
I think I'm going to call her Ms petra from now on...... I quite like that...it has a sense of seniority, maturity about it....yes, quite fitting I think.
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Post by contrarymary on Jun 5, 2014 22:28:47 GMT
i'll have you know too Ms petra that i am in fact a cook-from-scratch organic vegetarian cook who has made seasonal fresh soup each week for the last dozen years, home-made hummus and other dips and chutneys which are popular presents. This kind of ability just shouldn't be allowed on this forum - I don't like it! seriously i think it's a hyperfocus. it doesn't seem to work just for normal eating but for learning about how to do something and then doing it because it works. or because it's my latest "thing" so i tell everyone about it and convince them to have a go and then get bored. today i bought some tomato plants because they were 29p and i thought i might make green tomato chutney (if i don't kill them) but just remembered while typing this that i AGAIN forgot to have supper today.
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Post by fuzzywuzzy on Jun 5, 2014 22:32:06 GMT
Ms. petra..... thank you for bringing this forum a bit back to how it used to be.....you've 'stirred' it up a bit.....it needed a bit of livening up x
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Post by petra on Jun 5, 2014 22:37:06 GMT
Ms. petra..... thank you for bringing this forum a bit back to how it used to be.....you've 'stirred' it up a bit.....it needed a bit of livening up x Oh thank you - that's a really lovely thing to hear xx
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Post by fuzzywuzzy on Jun 5, 2014 22:39:38 GMT
I think I'm going to call her Ms petra from now on...... I quite like that...it has a sense of seniority, maturity about it....yes, quite fitting I think. Maturity?!?,?,?,!.****####€$¥%#= ' We's' verrry mature
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Post by fuzzywuzzy on Jun 5, 2014 22:40:53 GMT
And we've not gone wemotely off track
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Post by petra on Jun 5, 2014 22:42:33 GMT
This kind of ability just shouldn't be allowed on this forum - I don't like it! seriously i think it's a hyperfocus. it doesn't seem to work just for normal eating but for learning about how to do something and then doing it because it works. or because it's my latest "thing" so i tell everyone about it and convince them to have a go and then get bored. today i bought some tomato plants because they were 29p and i thought i might make green tomato chutney (if i don't kill them) but just remembered while typing this that i AGAIN forgot to have supper today. I wish I could focus on something useful! And that sometimes I forgot to eat...! my hyper focus is usually spent between eBay, amazon and endless directionless links. Regarding shopping sites, I've started being fascinated by sellers reviews and feedback...for stuff I'm not even going to buy even..just random stuff...for no reason...
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Post by Fuzzywuzzy not signed in on Jun 5, 2014 22:55:02 GMT
petra....I am doing exactly the same non-sensical hyperfocus on websites....anything and everything....the worst ones are the newspapers on line....because they divert you to a 100 other stories.....and 3 hours later I can still be trawling through it all....and I even look at the Daily Fail, which I can't stand, but I just can't stop myself... ..fascinating...sometimes, but infuriating...midnight is my cut off point or I'll never get to sleep, so signed out to be ruthless with self.... oh well...was having such fun too! And....we've gone even further off track.... Speak anon....Ms. petra....sweet dreams x x x
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Post by blaze on Jun 6, 2014 15:50:49 GMT
carrot cake scones sounds amazing actualy, and scones are the only thing i can successfuly (smtimes) bake. do you have any slow cooker vegany reciepes? Iv never been able to focus on the booklet it came w. Any v easy deserts that invole veg wd be great for the kids, if raw even better. Im better if its one linear reciep, not different parts at different times. Thanks uote author=" contrarymary" source="/post/80925/thread" timestamp="1402006566"]hello blaze - welcome my brain is stuffed with vegetarian/vegan wholefood recipes. if you could give me an idea of the sort of recipe or food prep that you find doable i would be happy to try to dredge up some that fit with the pattern (eg number of steps, time to concentrate) that works for you. i know what you mean about the number of steps in cooking, and in baking particularly - my carrot cake scones the other week were supposed to be 15 mins prep and 10 mins baking: somehow the whole took 2 hours including cleaning up the kitchen (no idea how i got flour and grated carrot everywhere but hey) i have a particular fondness for recipes where everything gets put into one pot to either be cooked or whizzed up - hence my enormous expertise with soup [/quote]
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Post by contrarymary on Jun 6, 2014 18:56:16 GMT
Hi blazei can't follow the "different things at different times" recipes either - well, i can, but it takes ENORMOUS amounts of effort and concentration and a really long time to get it done. i wonder how far that's because i usually only do these things once and then move on, so it's always got that learning curve and then association with stress. or i wonder if it might simply be a symptom of something adhd? for me carrot cake scones should have thus been a no-no - admittedly i hadn't made scones for more than 12 years - but i found it took me over an hour before i had them in the oven (!!!!!) and then almost an hour to clean up the mess but i can PM you a link to a recipe if you like i'm definitely more of a savoury person and majored in soups, pasta bakes, bean chillis etc. love things that can go into one pot, or that need some prep and then go in the oven so that you have time to clear up while it's finishing off and there's only a bit of washing up left for after the meal! in terms of puddings i've always kept them really, really simple. when my daughter was small it was always either fruit or yoghurt for pudding and that was our normal. sometimes for a treat i would make fruit salad - a treat because of all the effort to chop everything up. as a result fruit salad has always been her favourite pudding and i found that dressing a pudidng up a wee bit, arrange slices of fruit nicely on a plate so it felt special, or making a fruit face of banana slices with apple eyebrows and mouth and a few raisins for hair etc always went down well the only puddingy things i cook have also tended to be largely fruit-based (am i really healthy? or just stumped by puddings?!) and these have never been more often than a weekly treat, and cos more time available at weekends. ..... like stewed apples, baked apples (stuffed with raisins, or mincemeat, or breadcrumbs and honey), apple crumble, apple pie (bought pastry), baked bananas, banana fritters, plum crumble etc. served with yoghurt, or occasionally custard (if someone else stirred it! or chatted to me while i did). i read a thing years ago about combine a dried fruit with a fresh fruit (eg apples and raisins, bananas and dates, orange and cranberry) and a particular spice - ginger or cinnamon or clove (just a little!) or nutmeg etc and it will always taste good. seems to work is this the sort of stuff you mean? ( or am i simply rambling cos i'm tired and it's friday .. ) do let me know - i'm happy to help if i can.
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Post by inca on Jun 6, 2014 22:12:04 GMT
I made a chocolate fudge cake a few days ago, which was Fab and really easy. It was this mix from sainsburys and all. i needed to add was 2 eggs, 100g butter and water. Even the little white chocolate stars to decorate were included. Instructions really simple too and they are on the side of the box, so no problem forgetting the eggs and butter. They do a range of cup cakes, brownies, cookies and cakes and not expensive either. Can highly recommend. And no, i don't work there - have suddenly realised i am beginning to sound like an advert!
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Post by blaze on Jun 7, 2014 8:01:56 GMT
Yes pls pm me the links, although not soup as i make alot of that already. Pudding wise i was meaning things like healthy cjoc brownies w beatroot in or avacado cream etc, i allways read about this stuff and it sounds like such a great way of sneaking in veg to fuss toddlers, so jst if anyone knew which recieps work out easy to do... carrot cake scones sound a bit like that so id try, thanks quote author=" contrarymary" source="/post/80960/thread" timestamp="1402080976"]Hi blazei can't follow the "different things at different times" recipes either - well, i can, but it takes ENORMOUS amounts of effort and concentration and a really long time to get it done. i wonder how far that's because i usually only do these things once and then move on, so it's always got that learning curve and then association with stress. or i wonder if it might simply be a symptom of something adhd? for me carrot cake scones should have thus been a no-no - admittedly i hadn't made scones for more than 12 years - but i found it took me over an hour before i had them in the oven (!!!!!) and then almost an hour to clean up the mess but i can PM you a link to a recipe if you like i'm definitely more of a savoury person and majored in soups, pasta bakes, bean chillis etc. love things that can go into one pot, or that need some prep and then go in the oven so that you have time to clear up while it's finishing off and there's only a bit of washing up left for after the meal! in terms of puddings i've always kept them really, really simple. when my daughter was small it was always either fruit or yoghurt for pudding and that was our normal. sometimes for a treat i would make fruit salad - a treat because of all the effort to chop everything up. as a result fruit salad has always been her favourite pudding and i found that dressing a pudidng up a wee bit, arrange slices of fruit nicely on a plate so it felt special, or making a fruit face of banana slices with apple eyebrows and mouth and a few raisins for hair etc always went down well the only puddingy things i cook have also tended to be largely fruit-based (am i really healthy? or just stumped by puddings?!) and these have never been more often than a weekly treat, and cos more time available at weekends. ..... like stewed apples, baked apples (stuffed with raisins, or mincemeat, or breadcrumbs and honey), apple crumble, apple pie (bought pastry), baked bananas, banana fritters, plum crumble etc. served with yoghurt, or occasionally custard (if someone else stirred it! or chatted to me while i did). i read a thing years ago about combine a dried fruit with a fresh fruit (eg apples and raisins, bananas and dates, orange and cranberry) and a particular spice - ginger or cinnamon or clove (just a little!) or nutmeg etc and it will always taste good. seems to work is this the sort of stuff you mean? ( or am i simply rambling cos i'm tired and it's friday .. ) do let me know - i'm happy to help if i can. [/quote]
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Post by contrarymary on Jun 7, 2014 17:30:10 GMT
blaze - sent you a PM with some links
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Post by blaze on Jun 11, 2014 15:31:35 GMT
blaze - sent you a PM with some links Thanks, will have a look when i get the time
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Post by Little Owl on Apr 28, 2015 19:45:15 GMT
I’ve struggled hard with cooking as I too find recipes hard to follow. Trying to put a meal on the table when children are around is horrendous so I rarely grill stuff and when I do it is often black. To reduce the tea time pressure and distraction, I often cook from fresh in bulk when no-one is around and heat up portions in the microwave.
I have had quite a lot of success by taking a recipe, trying it out, typing out my own version which often omits some non-essential fiddly steps and printing it in big font.
Whilst this risotto is chicken and ham, you could substitute say vegetarian sausages, quorn or some such item. I use chicken left over from the roast dinner so there is no browning of the meat. If you want to use fresh chicken brown it with the onions before you add the other stuff. My cup is one of my small white cups which takes 250 ml of water; it is not an American cup. You will need to find something of similar capacity.
Little Owl’s Risotto
Chicken & Ham 350-400g Vegetables 800-900g Rice 1 ¼ cup Chicken stock cube 2 Water 2 cup Wine 1/2 cup Turmeric 2 teaspoon Meat : Veg ratio 1:2 – 1:2.6 Serves 4
Vegetables: Any mix of onion, spring onion, celery, carrots, peppers, French beans, fine beans, frozen peas
That is all I have on my recipe card because I know the instructions. For you I will add the following instructions and notes.
a) Get out a pan with a lid, the chopping kit, food waste bucket, scales & cup b) Chop meat & add to pan (say 1cm pieces) c) Chop the vegetables & add to pan (I do them quite small maybe 1/2cm each) d) Bring to the boil, then simmer for 20-25 mins until the rice is cooked. • Check & Stir every 5 minutes ….. Put the timer (s) on – I’m ADHD – death to food without my timers. • If it is starting to stick to the bottom of the pan, add some water • If it is looking a bit dry (I like mine sloppy), add some water and check more frequently.
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Post by ladybug on Apr 28, 2015 19:59:37 GMT
I've made these lots. Healthy dairy free muffins. I add dark chocolate chips and walnuts or pecans. Oh and ignore the 3/4 cup of coconut sugar because I don't have that! Just 1/4 cup brown sugar and they're sweet enough. Oh and also I don't bother sifting, way too much effort, just whisk the flour and baking powder in the bowl! thegreenforks.com/coconut-oil-banana-muffins/X
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