| Buy ingredients and use a recipe book. I doubt it's very hard. Just follow the directions and see how it turns out. |
yvanc said: For those people who don't know how to cook and are living alone. Maybe some peanut butter and jelly on a bread and water. Instant noodles or canned foods. Not too healthy menu but maybe you guys have other suggestions. PS: I'm assigned to a far away place with my job and are gonna start living on my own. And I don't know how to cook T_T Start learning how to cook. Start with the simple stuff that only has a few ingredients in it and work your way up. You could also start with hamburger helpers, just be sure and read on the back of the box to see what you need. You could also add things like mushrooms, diced chicken or some other stuff to some ramen. Some easy beginner recipes. Spaghetti Aglio e Olio http://italianfood.about.com/od/creamsauces/r/blr0055.htm Cacio e Pepe http://www.annamariavolpi.com/cacio_e_pepe.html Basic spaghetti alla Amatriciana. (serves 3-4) 28 ounce can of crushed tomatoes. cooked chopped up bacon a pack of precooked bacon slices will work a one onion thinly sliced. You saute some thinly sliced onion in some olive oil until it browns a little, throw in the can of crushed tomatoes and the cooked chopped bacon and simmer for about ten minutes. put it on top of some cooked spaghetti and put on a lot of Parmesan. Variations Instead of putting all the bacon in the sauce, save half and use it to top the spaghetti. Instead of topping with Parmesan, use cheddar cheese instead or both. |
| actually i'm living away from my parents since i entered college and knew how to cook simple dishes. but most of the times, i'm out of budget so I cook some easy and really cheap dishes like pasta, soup, etc... but i admit also, i love instant foods like Noodles.>.< |
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wawero said: just Yeah! And sooner or later, after eating your very nutritious meal, you'll become big enough to even wrap your arms around that M :DDDD |
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| How about oatmeals? |
| Instant noodles. |
| you eat air and later starve to death. I usually go out and buy my meal ^^ Instant noodles. I guess you know how to COOK noodle... |
| Hmm I ate a lot of fish, rice, chicken, waffles, pasta, stir fry, omelettes, eggs, all sorts when I was living alone, only simple meals though, didn't bother making anything complicated, though I did enjoy making brownies :'D |
| How can you not know how to cook? Anyone can cook up spaghetti or fry some shit in the oven, just follow the recommendations on the boxes. To make it easier and cheaper, just eat dinner every other day instead of every day. |
| When i was tire or lazy after uni i usually ate either ramen/instant noodle or if i had bread and sandwich spread i just eat that lol. That usually fills me up :P However if i am bothered to cook. Fried rice, pasta, stir fry, omelettes, english breakfast, fish fingers, eggs, beans, toast. I can pack up a good meal :D |
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| If you have internet access you can learn to cook. Soups are a good place to start, they can simmer at a low temperature for hours and almost any fresh ingredients (as well as frozen and canned) can be added. See what ingredients are available locally and start googling recipe sites. |
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| Mircowave meals are what I eat. Along with the simple things like sandwiches, soups, and anything that can be made in the mircowave. Or Mac and cheese. |
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| Cereal PB&J Pizza or Turkey/Ham Sandwich Repeat |
| I just spent two weeks alone. Microwaved rice. Spaghetti Hoops. Soup. Cereal. Developed an addiction to microwaved egg fried rice... |
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yvanc said: Monad said: yvanc said: ZoiQ said: you go eat out Fast Foods are also bad for the health. There is this thing called a restaurant you know. restaurants are expensive, I'll be broke in no time if I eat in a restaurant everyday. So learn it, like everyone above said. You don't even need to buy a book, http://allrecipes.com/ , you can find everything on the internet. Don't turn into a lazying bum, eating your own made food is quite satisfactory. |
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| Following recipes is not hard. |
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| Omelette, instant noodles. Pretty much that. |
| This may be harsh but if you can think on your own then you should be able to pick up cooking in a few hours. |
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| its not u dont know how to cook its how lazy u r to get ingredients and cook them =p supermarkets made it easy boil the pasta pour sauce over eat |
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| It's cheap to eat out here, so that's what I usually do. Or maybe a bento from the convinience store as a last resort. Or I just cook something really simple, like uhm...yakisoba. XD |
| Yeah Pot Noodles and stuff like that, you could get frozen fries and plenty of like frozen chicken, its not difficult, plus you can also make rice, its really easy and then make egg fried rice, google it. Some stuff which seems difficult to cook is actually rather easy. Potato chips (crisps) and chocolate and loads of coke does the job for me sometimes though! (: |
| Cup noodles, instant ramen, Pizza |
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| I usually just eat outside at the near family restaurant or fast-food like McDonald. |
| Not because I can't cook, but because of having no money and laziness, I've found a way: Don't eat I had coffee for breakfast and a no-doze for lunch. |
| "When he will, the weary world Of the senses closely curled Like a serpent round his heart Shakes herself and stands apart." - A.C., Equinox I/I |
| Sounds like someone is in college. I go out to eat if I were you |
| Even when I was in crowd, I was always alone |
| Hmm.. cereal or eggs for breakfast and bacon too if I really feel like putting in the effort. Sandwich and a side dish for lunch. Go out for dinner. If no one cooks healthy meals in my house, my body will deteriorate and I can't have that happen. |
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Confucius said: Sounds like someone is in college. I go out to eat if I were you Meh, food is overrated I probably ingest upwards of 500mg of caffeine per day, though. And though I quit for a time (was out), I'll probably re-start my 10+ cups of tea/day habit. Problem being that I'm running out of fat. I started at 225 and now I'm 160... I can reach my hand around my wrist and touch fingers right in the middle of my arm :D |
| "When he will, the weary world Of the senses closely curled Like a serpent round his heart Shakes herself and stands apart." - A.C., Equinox I/I |
| I'm living alone and I always have some tuna in my fridge, you can use it easily as an ingredient to sandwich, pasta or pizza.... and the most important is that it's cheap and there are different variations of it (curry, pepper, oil, water..) so you dont get bored so fast. |
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| well you can allways cook pasta or something or you can buy a fish not that big and go on French fries with it a bit of lemon and uwala :P there are lots of simple recipes that will fit to people who live alone well hope this helpes :) |
| Definitely look up some easy recipes. Give learning to cook decently your best try. You won't regret it. It'll save you money and it's generally healthier than eating out or buying packaged foods depending on what you cook. |
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| pasta. mac and cheese. microwave good. left overs from dad. yup. |
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| There is no such thing as not being able to cook. Trial and Error works well on cooking. I've developed countless cooking recipes on my own that work just well, are easy and tasty. |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| Get some cookies from the shops. At least they can supply a little energy to me. But I will surely die in days. |
| Either learn to cook simple stuf like instant noodles or even more simpler, cup noodles.(seriously, don't tell you can't even cook THESE?!) You can always eat out as well. |
| Simple sandwiches. Or learn to cook. |
| Instant Pudding. If all goes well, I'll be living off it starting next year. |
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| Eat lots of take aways and teach myself to cook |
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| Start a business where maids deliver home cooked meals to men who live alone. Then order something for yourself <3 |
| I basically survive off frozen foods and oatmeal due to laziness. It's worked well for me and I assume it'll work great for someone who can't cook. You have a ton of options. There are TV dinners. I like Lean Cuisine personally, because I can put it on a plate and pretend I made this fancy meal for myself. But they can get rather expensive. You can get chicken tenders or something, like Tyson's usually has good products. There are also things like corn dogs. Corn dogs! Everyone loves a corn dog. My personal favorite is Digornio's Stuffed Crust Pizza. Anything from Digornio's is delicious (I recently tried the Bacon Blitz) but the Stuffed Crust is just sinful. All this can be yours and can be made in your local microwave/toaster oven. If you have ever owned a microwave and do not know how to use one still, that's just sad. Learn to cook, because if you're not watching your nutrition carefully, the frozen foods diet can get unhealthy real fast. I HATE cooking, yet I somehow got recommended to a culinary school. I don't even try. I just follow the instructions and wham. Food appears. It's not that hard. You'll have some failures, but if it's at least edible you've done something right. |
| i can cook but i just dont like the mess i make during the cooking(too much cleaning =p) so im lazy and go out or order or use the microwave/oven meals or easy pasta's/fried rice/noodles |
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| Ramen noodles.... Or a peanut butter sandwich. |
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| When I was living alone...I survived on ramen noodles, cereal, and bread mostly (not healthy). But then slowly I pushed myself to make pasta, beans, etc...but after sometime, I just began to eat out more because in my case, cooking did not work. My roomate was extremely good...she cooked vegetables, which did not take long, and cooked rice, which also did not take her long time. Otherwise, I suggest eating outside once in while, also making sandwiches, which is not too hard! |
| Ramen Hot Pockets (Ham n cheese!) |
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| TV dinner and there's always fresh produce but eh. |
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