Cooking Is Fundamental: The Basics
Look in your fridge. What do you see? If you see dozens of
take out containers, TV dinners, and ½ eaten cans of beans, then you may want
to reconsider your cooking regiment.
Cooking is an excellent way to save money, explore endless
flavors, and support a healthy living style.
Don’t know how to cook? Afraid of causing a 3-alarm fire?
Don’t worry. I will walk you through the basics of setting up your kitchen for
success.
The Basic Hardware:
1 Sharp Kitchen Knife
1 Cutting Board
A Basic Cooking Set: I listed one below
A Pasta Strainer
Basic Pyrex Baking Set:
Aluminum Foil
Plastic Wrap
Zip Loc Bags
Seasonings and Spices
You control how you want your food to taste. First you must
ask, what flavors am I drawn to? What have I enjoyed in the past? Once you take
a survey of your palate you can seek to re-make experiences you’ve enjoyed.
I come from a West Indian background where well-seasoned
foods are standard. I’ll share MY standard seasonings.
You will NOT use these all at once but you should have them
at your disposal. (I’ll be posting several recipes that utilize these
ingredients
Dry Seasonings:
o Ground
Black Pepper
o Sea
Salt
o Ground
Thyme
o Ground
Basil
o Ground
Oregano
o Garlic
Powder
o Onion
Powder
o Adobo
or Multi-Purpose Seasoning
o Cayenne
Pepper
o Jamaican
Curry Powder
Fresh Seasonings (To Be Refrigerated)
o Thyme
o Peeled
Garlic
o Onion
o Scotch
Bonnet Pepper
o Scallion
At any given time no matter what meal I’m going to prepare
there are staple items in my kitchen that I replenish as soon as they get low.
o Pasta
Products (Whole Wheat Penne, Ziti, Elbows etc)
o Cooking
Oil (Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Vegetable, or Sunflower seed Oil)
o Rice
(Brown and Parboiled)
o Tuna
o Tomato
Based Pasta Sauce
o Cream
of Mushroom Soup
o Vinegar
(For cleaning meats)
o Lemon
Juice (For cleaning meats and other uses)
o Flour
(Whole Wheat or Sifted)
GET THESE ITEMS AND WE ARE READY TO ROCK
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