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I am pretty horrible at cooking. I once failed at making hotdogs. I've since learned to cook frozen foods and something with super specific instructions to follow, but that's the best of my ability. Seeing as I'm now living on my own (and without a meal plan), I've been experimenting with simple recipes. I feel so brave.
So far, I have tried:
Teriyaki salmon. Marinate in store-bought sauce for an hour and a half, flipping over once, then bake on a pan at 350 degrees (little warmer for ovens that somehow don't cook too warm). The result was... disgusting. I blame it on the teriyaki sauce's brand. It tastes -- and smells, ugh -- like vinegar or soy sauce or something just as unpleasant. Salmon needs sweet, man.
BBQ salmon. Exact same as the above recipe, only with BBQ sauce. Specifically, Famous Dave's brand Devil's Spit. Tasted much, much better and spicy too! If I would use it on anything else, I would invest in honey BBQ to try on it too. (I hate honey BBQ, but I bet it would be superb on salmon.)
Reheated Giordano's. SHUT UP IT WAS HARD. That pizza is so thick, it's nearly impossible to heat all the way through without burning the cheese. Thirty-five minutes at around 250 degrees in the oven (I wouldn't nuke a Giordano's even if I owned a microwave) seems to work pretty well.
I've also been trying to make cheeseburgers, but it tastes so, so bland and I've no clue how to fix that. Otherwise I'm surviving on frozen pizza, frozen chicken, canned soup, and sandwiches. Now I have my super simple recipes written down somewhere for next time I have some leftover Giordano's. So no excuse not to get Giordano's more often some frozen salmon and be slightly creative in meal-making.
Hmm... Actually, when I stop at the grocery store in a couple of days, I should grab some 'tatoes and meat for curry. To make curry would be amazing.
So far, I have tried:
Teriyaki salmon. Marinate in store-bought sauce for an hour and a half, flipping over once, then bake on a pan at 350 degrees (little warmer for ovens that somehow don't cook too warm). The result was... disgusting. I blame it on the teriyaki sauce's brand. It tastes -- and smells, ugh -- like vinegar or soy sauce or something just as unpleasant. Salmon needs sweet, man.
BBQ salmon. Exact same as the above recipe, only with BBQ sauce. Specifically, Famous Dave's brand Devil's Spit. Tasted much, much better and spicy too! If I would use it on anything else, I would invest in honey BBQ to try on it too. (I hate honey BBQ, but I bet it would be superb on salmon.)
Reheated Giordano's. SHUT UP IT WAS HARD. That pizza is so thick, it's nearly impossible to heat all the way through without burning the cheese. Thirty-five minutes at around 250 degrees in the oven (I wouldn't nuke a Giordano's even if I owned a microwave) seems to work pretty well.
I've also been trying to make cheeseburgers, but it tastes so, so bland and I've no clue how to fix that. Otherwise I'm surviving on frozen pizza, frozen chicken, canned soup, and sandwiches. Now I have my super simple recipes written down somewhere for next time I have some leftover Giordano's. So no excuse not to get Giordano's more often some frozen salmon and be slightly creative in meal-making.
Hmm... Actually, when I stop at the grocery store in a couple of days, I should grab some 'tatoes and meat for curry. To make curry would be amazing.