Burgers, steak, pizza & pasta ... when you think about it, all of your favorite things to eat are actually pretty simple to cook. And when you learn a few simple tricks in the kitchen, you become the master of your every meal. Whether you're grilling fillets for the boys or whipping up a sizzling scampi on date night, cooking empowers you to make hearty, healthy, even selfish choices. Eat what you want, how you want it. We'll share the secrets and show you how.
Chicken and dumplings. Old-fashioned grandma food, right? Wrong. It’s top-tier comfort food and if you make this meal for your date, watch out. If properly prepared, your lady friend will be forced to undo the top button of her pants after dinner. Imagine what dessert might do.
This is a match made in stoner heaven. You can’t decide whether you want a cheesy hot slab of pizza or a spicy, hot Mexican bonanza. So don’t decide. Just combine them. Mexican pizza is a like a gift from the Gods of goodness and you can use as much hot sauce as you want.
Surely by this stage of your life you can fry an egg. Oh, you can? Good. Hopefully you can also operate the broiler in your oven. If you’re pretty confident with these two simple kitchen skills, you should have no problem making (and inhaling) this hot mess of a sandwich.
We’ll presume you’ve already got skills with the grill and we’re gonna take a leap and assume you’ve had your meat rubbed before. Maybe even rubbed your own. Therefore, the only part of this recipe that is truly difficult is not making some crude high school joke about rubbing meat & sounding like a moron.
Cooking at home doesn’t mean your dinner has to be healthy. In fact, it doesn’t even have to feel like cooking. When you’re working with boiling oil, it feels more like a science project. Drop anything edible in there and it’s gonna come out tasty. Put on your safety glasses.
Offering to take her out for pizza will score you no points for originality or sophistication. But there’s hope. You can still entice her with the world’s most perfect food, but you’ll have to make it yourself. Chef time. Play your cards right and you might even be making “breakfast pizza.” Now pay attention.
Done properly, there is nothing green, leafy or particularly healthy about a Sloppy Joe. It’s all about meat and bread – and of course, the spicy sauce that glues it all together. When you’re looking down at a plate of Sloppy Joes, you know you’re filling up. But if you’re making them for your date, maybe a little side salad is a good idea.