- Blog
- Bios
- Boards
- Classifieds
- DIY
- Gallery
- Vendor Reviews
- Shop Weddingbee
Weddingbee boards
Introduce him to the crock pot. Or, an easy, beginners cookbook. DH has been cooking one recipe out of the book every week and his cooking skills are much better. He does easy stuff like chicken and veggies, using my steamer for the veggies (pour water in, dump in the veggies, turn it on!) and seasoning the chicken and grilling it on the stove.
He could start cooking WITH you, too. Go grocery shopping with him so he slowly learns the differences between different cuts of meat and how to do things
But seriously, crockpots are easy! You grab a roast, throw it in there with some water, toss in some veggies, turn it on low.
He'll pick up...but he kinda has to learn on his own with some training wheels. Otherwise he'll be like my dad--knows how to make waffles and sandwiches and steak, but anything complicated, and he's just like "whatever, i can't do that. I won't" haha.
Crockpotting!!! SO EASY and so good and it's so nice to come home to a cooked meal!
I love that you can take some chicken breasts, dump almost any sauce over them (salsa, canned soup, ital. dressing, etc) and they cook up nicely and are ready for you! Or a beef roast with canned soup, broth, wine, etc. It's so easy and there are some great websites out there. I really, really like crockpot365(dot)com.
HTH!
super simple recipe:
dump all of these things in a large pot and bring to boil, cover, turn to simmer, cook until chicken is cooked all the way through and rice is fluffy
I cook this when I am feeling lazy but its not terrible for you and super easy. If you want to avoid the rice getting soggy, make it in a seperate pot and pour the chicken mix over it when done.
Ahhh....you girls rock! Another friend suggested getting him a crockpot. The more I think about it, the more I think he would actually like it. I know he would love the idea of coming home and the food being ready to eat right then.
@ejs...trust me, as soon as that boy is here, he's learning! lol When I go to see him, or he comes to visit me, I always have him in the kitchen several times to help me cook/prepare so that he feels more comfortable there. As for taking him grocery shopping....oh...my...gosh...it's like taking a freaking 5 year old. Every two seconds, "Hon, can I get this, hon can I get that?" And then when he's not looking, I have to toss the twinkies, cupcakes, and goodness knows what else back on the shelves. Ofcourse, I find it somewhat cute, but still irrtating. LOL
we do salads alot because they're quick, easy and healthy. we always keep chicken in the freezer so we'll just thaw out 2 chicken breasts, cut them up, and throw them in a skillet on the stove. we've even added hot sauce to the chicken while it was cooking just to change up the flavor a little bit. after that you just throw the chicken on top of your lettuce and the veggies of your choice and add salad dressing.
another thing that we do occasionally is add chicken to the pasta roni noodles....it takes it from a side dish to main course and its easy!
I never found my crockpot useful...I just am not the type of person that can put all the stuff in the pot in the morning or the night before. Plus I'm not a huge fan of the texture of everything after it comes out.
I say get him a Foreman or Foreman equivalent. Then just buy him some seasoning and teach him how to season chicken or pork or beef and throw it on the Foreman. We also use it as a panini maker (sandwiches are easy to make)! I would say just buy the machine where the grill plates are removable. It's much easier to clean!
As for veggies, I would just say to teach him to buy the pre-washed salad mixes. If he doesn't like salads (like my FI), then try roasted asparagus and green beans in the oven. (You just put the veggies on a pan, drizzle with olive oil, salt and pepper. 350 degrees for 15-20 min).
Oh, and my FI loves hostess cupcakes. Drives me INSANE. He pesters me until I buy him the cupcakes, and he HATES the non-hostess ones. It HAS to be Hostess.
Here's another crockpot recipe to add to the ones above: Throw a 2-3 lb chunk of beef rump into the crock pot. Mix together one can of Campbell's French onion soup and one can of golden mushroom soup. Pour it on top of the beef (it should just barely cover the beef - add more soup or some beef stock or something if necessary). Cook on high for three hours, then turn down to low and cook another 6 hours. I like to flip the beef a couple times during cooking. Don't take the beef out early, even if it looks done! After the total 9 hours, the beef will be so soft that you can easily pull a piece off with just a fork. Mash it up with a potato masher and serve sandwich-style on dinner rolls. My FI likes to add BBQ sauce to his sandwich.
In contrast, some super fast meals might be:
- Scrambled eggs with toast
- Instant potatoes (from the box) with microwave chicken tenders
- Stir fry on minute rice (buy the frozen stir fry veggie mix, saute in a pan, and add a little teryoki sauce just before serving, meanwhile have the rice going in the microwave)
- Grilled cheese, reuben sandwiches, or tuna melts
Make sure you get him in the habit of adding some kind of veggie to his meal. Tell him to keep his pantry stocked with canned corn and beans - baked beans are incredibly healthy for you and most guys love to eat them! My favorite veggie standby is fresh baby carrots in a bowl of water, microwaved for a few minutes until the carrots are singing. :)
The title of this post is hilarious!!! I have to say that I'm right there with you. My fiance and I are long distance and I SWEAR his fridge is completely empty except for a carton of milk and cans of pineapple lol. He has a crazy busy schedule so he eats out a lot, especially since I'm not there to do some of the cooking. Can't blame him when he gets home at 11 p.m. and doesn't want to cook. But here are some quick, easy ideas:
Easy things he can make: Tacos, Mac n' Cheese, homemade pizzas, Salads, Pasta (there are millions of options here!), Chicken or fish (all he has to do is toss it in the oven) with steamed veggies, sandwiches or panini's (get a panini maker - easiest and quickest way to a hot meal ever - and the possibilities of kinds of sandwiches he can make are endless!), tuna cassarole, baked potato, waffles, toast and eggs, omelet, grilled cheese and canned soup, heat up a mixed bag of frozen veggies...
Thank you so much! I know I asked for these recipes for him, but all these ideas are so good I'm going to cook them myself as well! The hubs gets to come here for two weeks at the end of May, so he's going to get some practice time in the kitchen!
I actually just got off the phone with him and had told him about the grocery/menu list that I emailed him. He sounded so excited about it, it was kind of sad. lol Poor guy...three guys living in one apartment and all of their wives live elsewhere...it's amazing they haven't all wasted away. Or ballooned in size considering all the pizza and ice cream they eat....sigh.....if only I could eat pizza and ice cream all the time. lol
You can do things halfway like frozen meatballs... easy to put in pasta or on a roll with cheese and sauce (YUM) or instant mashed potatos... we LOVE the betty crocker kind, they're SO quick! If he buys some pre-marinated ready to cook meat it would be a quick and easy HEARTY meal!
Oh does he have a crock pot? If he could have one there are COUNTLESS recipes. Tastykitchen.com has a whole section on slow cooker recipes... I find MOST of them are very man-friendly. Tasty Kitchen is a great site in general... if he has something he likes like a certain meat or veggie he can type that in and see recipes that feature it... I LOVE TK!!!!
try to find this cookbook! its hilarious! i had it when i was single and living in the barracks when i was in the navy. its called: "A Man, A Can, A Microwave" its jam packed with recipes that can all be done in the microwave and they're not that bad! they all only require a handfull of ingredients and they even have pics of the ingredients so he knows what to look for at the store. :)
@sulli301 heres the link to that cookbook :) they actually have a few others too.
another good one is called: "A Man, A Can, A Plan" i dont own this one but its set up just like the one i have.
If you really want him to cook actually stuff from scratch and enjoy etc, I recommend getting 'Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution'. The recipes are sooooo easy, and there are a ton of pictures showing how to do things. It really is a great fab book. It has a bunch of recipes that only take 20 mins, and it has a lot of recipes for 1 or 2 people.
Taste of Home has some recipes where you make double and freeze half- check out their taco filled pasta shells & italian chicken rollups. DH really likes corndog casserole too, although it makes our house smell like fairgrounds.
Casseroles are convenient so that you can have several days of food without cooking all the time. In addition to corndog casserole we have done Better Homes and Garden's hamburger pie, Rachel Ray cheesy hasbrown chili, and turkey enchilada casserole.
Crockpot is always good too. We are trying chicken and rice casserole next week (Google it!). My friend's blog, www.kristakooks.blogspot.com has lots of Crockpot recipes too- including orange chicken and tamale pie. It's great for soups too- black bean or tortilla are some of our favorites. We also really like chicken corn chowder.
Maybe try some of the Rachel Ray recipes that have only a few ingredients- we like the pecan crusted chicken, (you can also do onion chicken from the fried onions that you use on green bean casserole OR Cornflake chicken too). Tilapia with balsamic brown butter also looks good and very simple- I found that on Krista's blog.
Cambell's has a few simple recipes using their canned soups- we may try the crispy chicken with asparagus sauce soon. They have a couple of soup recipes and a catfish one that I thought looked pretty easy.
If you have a Sam's or Costco nearby you could pick up some fish that just needs to be baked. They have sweet potato fries at ours which we really love. We use rice sides and noodle sides a lot too.
Hope that helps!
I second the George Foreman! My guy barely knew how to cook when we met (like, he seriously did not know how to use a can opener, which I will still not let him live down). Now he cooks nice well-rounded meals by throwing a piece of fish, steak, or chicken on the foreman. Just teach him that meat has to be defrosted first and how to clean up afterwards. Frozen vegetables are a really easy side-dish, and he can toast some bread, bake some potatoes, boil some noodles/rice, or make some other suitable and easy starch. Seriously, though, toaster oven + george foreman = well-fed man.
Fajitas if he's adventurous
cheesy, tomato pasta bake (tomato, peppers, onion, chicken, pasta cheese on top! voila
Just did enchiladas that are SO easy I couldn't believe it. The recipe is here.
You must log in to post.
| Visit our sister sites | eHarmony Online Dating |
eHarmony Advice Dating Advice |
Project Wedding Wedding Songs |
JustMommies Pregnancy Calendar |
Create the honeymoon of your dreams.
| User | Posts Today |
|---|---|
| MissBoPeep | 66 |
| akp0702 | 41 |
| Mrs.KMM | 40 |
| hisgoosiegirl | 40 |
| beargoose | 39 |
| ndreighton | 38 |
| stardustintheeyes | 32 |
| Gemstone | 31 |
| BetterSherm | 31 |
| MrsPom | 29 |
| User | Posts Today |
|---|---|
| evail | 3 |
| guilana | 2 |
| hermitcrab | 1 |
| MissBoPeep | 1 |
| confettiegg2000 | 1 |
| kat2014 | 1 |
| MrsElopement | 1 |
| abbie017 | 1 |
| ozpeony | 1 |
 happyface |
1 |
So, out of the last 4 months my hubby and I have been married, we have spent a total of 4 days together since he left. Sucky. Even though it sucks, we have adjusted to it and are just counting down the days/months until he can actually live with me!
Well, one thing that I have found that DRIVES ME NUTS is that my hubby eats out SOOOOO much. Not only is it a budget killer, but he doesn't exactly healthy when he eats out. Granted he works it all off with all the crazy P.T. the army does, but still. Years and years of eating in the chow hall and living in the barracks has pretty much zapped all desire for him to grocery shop or cook.
So, I took matters into my own hands. The hubs admitted he would love to be able to cook, but feels very overwhelmed when going to a grocery store and trying to figure out what to get....So, I wrote him a shopping list that would coordinate with easy meals to fix for the week. lol I came up with tacos, quesadillas, spaghetti, and BBQ sandwhiches. Do you gals have any other ideas of what I can get him to cook? I'm hoping after a few weeks of this, he'll catch on and start figuring this out on his own, but as of right now...the poor guy is so sick and tired of eating at the chow hall or sandwhiches from the Shopette...and if he keeps out eating out, I might just kill him. lol