Yep, I’m still alive. I have not starved yet, but am running out of ideas on what to eat for dinner. On this note, let me say that casserole dishes are a god-send to those with cooking disabilities: mix casserole sauce with water and add to meat of choice, forget the lot in the (preferably pre-heated) oven for 90 minutes, and finally serve with steamed or roast vegetables.
In the past two weeks, I’ve “cooked” chicken casserole twice. Mind you, that’s four servings (or four dinners), and although I still have mixes for beef casserole, sausage casserole, and pork casserole, I don’t think my stomach could tolerate any more of the stuff!
Try this: Italian sausages and fries in the oven. 30-40 minutes later, it’s cooked.
Actually, I was contemplating something similar for tea tonight: sausages, chips, and eggs.
— Eddy
Steak would be good too.
1. Get a nice filet or sirloin steak (aged to perfection).
2. Preheat a skillet (cast iron if possible), and add a little oil.
3. Season your steak with pepper. Don’t add salt as it will toughen the meat. Dry the meat with paper towel first.
4. Fry 3 minutes per side (depending on how you like your steak).
5. Voilà !
Or pork chops.
1. Dry pork chops with paper towel, then season with pepper, salt (salt does not have a huge effect on pork), and the secret ingredient, a little bit of sugar which will give the pork chops a nice caramelised taste and texture.
2. 4 minutes per side on a skillet and you have yourself some juicy pork chop for dinner.
Smoked pork chops are good too.
Or if you have a slow cooker.
1. Put ribs in slow cooker with barbecue sauce and cook on slow setting for 5-6 hours.
2. Remove from slow cooker, and put in the oven with some more barbecue sauce just to dry it.
3. You’ll know you’ve done well when the meat gets off the bones easily.
I’ll stop here. Otherwise, I can talk for hours about cooking :-)
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Patrick Ng
Just realised that my recipes might not work for you. You seem to prefer the “set it, and forget it” approach :-) whereas I prefer the “get involved approach” if I have time. The noise of the knife on the chopping board while chopping onions is like music to my ears :-)
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Patrick Ng
I love steak, so I may try your recipe. And, it’s a good opportunity to try my uber-skillet!
—Eddy
Slurrppp! Brought water to my mouth….