Easy-to-cook meals in less than 20mins

Easy-to-cook meals in less than 20mins

I'm sick of the old burgers and chips now so I need to make a mental list of all the nice things you can whip up fairly quickly with typical items of food.

I'm just about to make some pasta/pasta sauce/tuna/chilli and cheese on top.

Beans and toast is a good one. ()

Taco's/fajita wraps are the best but you usually need to buy extras to what's normally inhabiting your food cupboards

And thats my knowledge of quick cooking

Help!

Oh i nearly forgot.. toastie's! Whats a good mixture? I made bean toasties when i was totally out of food the other day but they're lacking that oomph suprisingly

mon the ready meals

Cook pasta and remove from pan, drain and get rid of the water.

Add some oil to the same pan then fry up some garlic and (red) onions in the same pan

Put the heat on low and then whack the pasta back in the pan, add a good splodge of tomatoe puree, add a tablespoon of white wine (or balsamic) vinegar, chop up some sundried tomates and then add them + some of the oil from them too, add some chopped Chorizo sausage, add some fresh chopped coriander and mix it it all up. Add extra olive oil if needed.

Grate some parmesan over the top to finish it off. Under 20mins and absolutely delicious! Invented that last night and had a party in my mouth!

Suppose you could also throw that in a baking pan and put cheese on top to create a pasta bake

I love fucking about in the kitchen..

Pizza toast is a fave..
Thai Green or Red curries..
Chinese stir fry's
Sunday lunch..
etc..

Great stuff

I hate tomatos I'll try it without Never thought of adding sausage to pasta..

tuna sweetcorn, cheese and mayo pasta ten minutes!!!

fajita pasta is also nice in 15 mins

in fact 20 mins is ages for cooking i could practically cook anyhting in 20 mins

No you couldn't

Maybe of the things you can cook but loads of things require preparation first.. then an hour cooking or something.

well yeah, but alot of things you can prepare while the thing that takes the longest to cook is cooking

not in a total time of <20mins though

it depends what your doing, theres only certain things that take ages to prepare and cook

the majority of things take more than 20 mins. A birdseye chicken dinner meal for the microwave takes 10mins If you want something that's mainly meat and you're cooking from frozen it will almost definately take more than 20mins. If you're just thinking along the lines of pasta and toast then ye 20mins is enough

But mostly, a decent meal will take more than 20mins to cook.:fart:

i don't agree, i used to be chef and theres only certain things that takes ages, and even stuff from frozen if you have a microwave is easy done in 20 mins.

liver and onions is quick (if you like liver, which i do)

onion in the pan with a little oil first for 2 mins or so, then 2 mins ish per side for the liver (get lambs fry).

wack on some veg.....and you've got a cracking meal in about 10 minutes!

Steaks are also quick to cook.

Beans on toast is actually a super food!!!

yeah steaks are mint, especially fillet, it cooks so fast like 4-5 minutes, if you like it rare which i do

What i've just had tonight, which took 10 minutes:

1 x (insert whatever type of steak you want) enough for 1 person, cooked in a George Foreman so little attention needed

1 x tin of garden peas

1 x Packet of Uncle Bens rice (The microwave one)

1 x Packet of Schwartz Creamy Pepper sauce

Start the Steak on the George Foreman, then start the pepper sauce in the microwave at the same time...also be cooking the peas on the hob. Once everything is cooked as per the instructions (it should take about 8 mins) then mix the peas, rice & sauce in a bowl and serve with the Steak

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I'm not really a fan of rice though.. I'd be swapping it for the much healthier option of chips

I never have anything like steak in the house though cos my mam is a vegetarian :evil: