Tag: hater-centric tips
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Make Cooking Goals
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Make some cooking goals and TRACK your progress. I’ve found this strategy particularly helpful as a cooking Hater. If you don’t mind going to the gym, you don’t need to think about it much… you just GO. If you HATE going, but paid for that membership, you might…
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Perfect Marinara
Well, perfect to me, anyway… So I’m from northeast Jerz. You could pretty much throw a rock in any direction where I grew up and hit a bagel or pizza joint. All of which had better bagels and pizza than the best bagels or pizza you can find in Colorado. Man, I miss good pizza.…
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For Your Wallet’s Sake…
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: If not for any other reason, learn to cook and menu plan for your wallet’s sake. So you hate cooking. But maybe, just maybe, your LOVE of money slightly outweighs your HATE of cooking. Let’s face it – The majority of us are middle class and will STAY…
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Pumpkin Veggie Stoup
Dump all this stuff in a big pot and simmer for 10 minutes. (Almost.) Ingredients 1 small onion (or 1/2 big onion), diced 1 can pumpkin purée 1 can black beans, drained & rinsed 1 can diced tomatoes 1 can coconut milk 2-3 cups vegetable broth (3-4 if you want it less stoupy,…
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F Side Dishes – Go All-Inclusive
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: F side dishes – Go All-Inclusive. If you’re a Hater or a cooking newbie, cooking is enough of a struggle without trying to get multiple components of a meal to come together at the same time, and all be hot on the plate when served. Plus, side dishes…
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Thanksgiving-Any-Day Casserole
“Sue!” Frank whisper-hissed at me, nudging me with his elbow. “We didn’t say grace yet,” my one-year-younger cousin quietly reminded me out of the corner of his mouth a millisecond before dissolving into giggles. I’m sure my cheeks, full as a chipmunk’s, turned dark red with horrified embarrassment. Meanwhile, Matt caught on just in time…
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Take a Gourmet Soup and Make It Your Own
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Take a box (or can) of gourmet soup and make it your own. Don’t get me wrong – I love a good ol’ fashioned can of Campbell’s Chunky Salty-as-Hell Chicken Noodle Soup when I’m sick, and even sometimes when I’m not. And I often keep a can or…
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Clean As You Go
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Clean as you go. Omgosh I’m TERRIBLE at cleaning as I go! I’ll do great 3 days in a row, then it’ll all go to shit and there will be days’ worth of dishes/etc. piled up in the sink because I still haven’t unloaded the dishwasher after running…
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Fancy Sandwiches!
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Fancy Sandwiches! Fancy sandwiches are one of my favorite kinds of quick/easy meals. Even when I don’t have leftover chicken to use, certain sandwiches can still be pretty quick. One of my faves is Martha Stewart’s Apricot Chicken Melt. I LOVE sweet and salt together, so this fancy…
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Ask For Help! (Duh.)
The Cursing Gourmet Tip of the Day: Ask for help! Chances are there are at least a few people in your life who are great cooks. Maybe your mom, maybe some of your aunts or cousins or friends, maybe even a couple of the men in your life. Maybe you know even more than you…