Food For Teenagers

[EcclesCake]

What would your top three dishes to teach a teenager to cook?

I'm thinking about everyday meals as well a dishes that will wow?

[PeelerPal]

As a teenager, if my mum tried to teach me stuff, I would be like, "get off my case woman, I have enough of this at school"

[ummmm]

My mum didn't actually teach me to cook but I did spend a lot of time in the kitchen with either her or my nan observing.

The reason I learnt how to cook or create a meal is because I didn't eat the same food as the rest of the family.

Eccles - I used to have a weekend job in a hotel kitchen as a kitchen hand. One very quiet night the chef was bored and taught me how to make Steak Diane. It still remains one of my favs.

[Islay]

I also did home ec at school for 5 years and it proved very useful.

[Gavmacp]

Portion sizes is also important, how much rice, spaghetti etc for each person.

[ummmm]

Gav....no one gets the amount of rice right!! :-)

[Tilly2]

I could add poached egg. To make myself even more proud. I'm good at poached egg.

[EcclesCake]

Where have I acquired all these teenagers from?????

[ummmm]

I was wondering that :-)

[Islay]

You never actually stated they were your teenagers - someone just appears to have jumped to his own conclusion!

[PeelerPal]

Eccles

I want to know why you are asking?

[murraymints]

when my brother left home to go to uni..I wrote him a wee recipe book..stuff for students to scoff.....spag bol...lasagne..shepherds pie..chilli...sausage casserole..tuna bake...tuna pasta.. garlic bread....it kept him well fed for 5 years...chilli is still one of his signature dishes !!

[EcclesCake]

Keep on wanting Peeler!

[Islay]

Why do you need to know?

[PeelerPal]

well I am not a dectevie but perhaps eccles is grooming?!!

[Quizproquo]

Everything you can make out of mince.
A decent burger, a shepherd's pie and a chilli for starters.
If they can cook these things already they can work the rest out for themselves.
It's not a low standard of cooking to do these things well.

[Islay]

pmsl at peelerpal!!!

[PeelerPal]

:D

[tamborine]

1.Welsh rarebit adding tomato puree base & oregano for homemade pizza
2.oven bake chips, sausages & b.beans
3.bread n butter pud

[tamborine]

corned beef hash.....kids today can use smash.

wow factor : satay - chicken skewer grilled. Sauce crunchy peanut butter, brown sugar, garlic & lemon. served on rice bed (cup rice in jug, cover with boiling water half inch above rice, pinch salt, cover with cling film & nuke 5mins).

1 cup rice serves 2.

[jourdain2]

Cottage pie, spaghetti bolognaise and omelettes (various fillings). They should survive on that.