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 OK, since all the cool kids will be out having 'fun'...
	OK, since all the cool kids will be out having 'fun'...I intend to stop eating so much crap and cook properly ocassionally. Properly in my book means not supernoodles or pasta for every meal.
So, since you lot are gourmands, please could you help me with recipes. They need to be
a) easy (I am a shit cook)
b) fairly quick (I am lazy)
c) fairly healthy (I am fat)
EDIT: actually it's no surprise I'm single.
Alternatively - YOUTUBE DISCO! favourite song of the moment www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_6-OdsFmLQ
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 18:50, 140 replies, latest was 14 years ago)
 Cook things in batches and freeze individual portions.
	Cook things in batches and freeze individual portions.That way, you spend less time cooking, and you'll have a nice meal every night.
For indian food, I use this site as a point of reference.
www.curryhouse.co.uk/rsc/index.htm
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 18:53, Reply)
 That's what I was also considering now I have a freezer
	That's what I was also considering now I have a freezercurries look good, but aren't they tricky?
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 18:55, Reply)
 Not really tricky, as long as you invest in all of the right herbs and spices.
	Not really tricky, as long as you invest in all of the right herbs and spices.And you cook it carefully so as not to burn them.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 18:56, Reply)
 I tend to cheat and buy a ready made sauce
	I tend to cheat and buy a ready made sauce but then jazz it up with a load of stuff. However, I did get a curry book for my birthday so I shall delve into that at some point.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 18:57, Reply)
 That's why I chuck a load of stuff in, really.
	That's why I chuck a load of stuff in, really.On their own they can be a bit bland but as a base for doing something with a bit more kick they're useful.
I've taken to adding roast potatoes and fresh mint to curries; it's fucking ace.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 19:05, Reply)
 in my world
	in my worldherbs = oregano, spices = ginger and curry powder. Perhaps this is another area to improve on....I shall get a SPICE RACK!
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 18:57, Reply)
 If you have to buy all of the herbs and spices in one hit it'll be quite expensive.
	If you have to buy all of the herbs and spices in one hit it'll be quite expensive.But once you've got them, they'll last you ages.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 18:59, Reply)
 Basic herbs and spices are cheap as fuck in Aldi and the like, though.
	Basic herbs and spices are cheap as fuck in Aldi and the like, though.Granted the range is limited but you can get the basics for less than 60p.
Also worth checking the reduced fresh herbs in Asda and the like. The amount of times I've picked up bunches of sage, basil, parsley and coriander and such for a couple of pence is staggering. Get 'em home, chop 'em up and freeze.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 19:03, Reply)
 I can totally do stir frys
	I can totally do stir frysas long as I can remember to have the ingredients in the house at the same time
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 18:56, Reply)
 To be honest
	To be honestyou can buy a pre-prepared pot of stir fry veg for a quid, and they go a long way.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 18:59, Reply)
 cheers for the almost real sympathy
	cheers for the almost real sympathynow post a link to some music, dammit
unless you like shit music
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 18:58, Reply)
 DARLING
	DARLINGTry and get hold of Delia's How To Cook series, they're absolutely ace and will teach you all the basics to improve your confidence in the kitchen. Plan what you're going to cook the day before so you can get ingredients www.amazon.co.uk/Delias-Complete-How-Cook-collection/dp/0563539070/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1329505225&sr=8-1
I think I said this to you before but if you don't end up enjoying yourself while cooking and eating you won't put the effort in, so put some good music on and dance around the kitchen.
Look up a good store-cupboard list like www.jamieoliver.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=26480
Also www.studentrecipes.com/ and www.bbcgoodfood.com/content/recipes/favourites/easy/
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 18:59, Reply)
 *bookmarks*
	*bookmarks*that cupboard list is handy
it's the planning that's part of the problem
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 19:06, Reply)
 *dances defensively*
	*dances defensively*(in the club I used to go to, the industrial goth dudes got quite dangerously angular to this song)
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 19:09, Reply)
 
	 I have loved this since I first heard it. I think it's almost perfect.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 19:15, Reply)
 Ladies and gentleman I bring you the latest internet gaming sensation...
	Ladies and gentleman I bring you the latest internet gaming sensation...WHERE'S CHOMPY?
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 19:06, Reply)
 Behind the times TD.
	Behind the times TD.Chompy's the resident thread deleter these days.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 19:12, Reply)
 I'd bunged on a link to Bad Company
	I'd bunged on a link to Bad CompanyBut it wasn't working. Quality control, not deviance.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 19:15, Reply)
 
	 I don't know if I want to go a party tonight. I think I might stick the xbox on and kill some baddies. I'm pooped.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 19:17, Reply)
 I think you need to go to a party
	I think you need to go to a partyWhat will you gain by being a dull shut-in?
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 19:19, Reply)
 It's a bit quiet in here.
	It's a bit quiet in here.I think I might wander off for a bit.
*wanders off*
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 19:25, Reply)
 This is what I was going for before
	This is what I was going for beforewww.youtube.com/watch?v=z4sKdiWlLR8
It's been in my bonce all day and it is superb.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 19:28, Reply)
 TD - the Domestos of O/T
	TD - the Domestos of O/TGuaranteed to kill all threads dead, without hope of recovery.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 19:46, Reply)
 sorry
	sorryI wandered off to work on the 'carrying all the books upstairs' project I've been working on.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 19:56, Reply)
 This might be a thing I do this weekend to mark the end of half term
	This might be a thing I do this weekend to mark the end of half termToday I went in search of a nearby cafe to make a regular place to visit. I found an OK place, but I forgot that the little not-quite-town centre round here is not exactly salubrious
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 19:57, Reply)
 I'm really not the one to ask
	I'm really not the one to askas I am also all of those three things.
This is my current favourite housework 'choon'.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 19:57, Reply)
 AHH! *flashback*
	AHH! *flashback*For some reason a bunch of the popular girls from my school* sung and danced to this, which was CLEARLY trying to outdo me and my friends' band where we wrote our own songs. Stupid popular girls
*primary school - I think we were about 9
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 19:59, Reply)
 I seem to remember some kind of convoluted dance
	I seem to remember some kind of convoluted dancebut I, again, wasn't one of the popular girls.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 20:00, Reply)
 I was a popular boy
	I was a popular boyBut this was 1977, or thereabouts.
Shouldn't you girls been dancing to Wham?
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 20:04, Reply)
 nah
	nahI was a proto-hipster telling everyone that The Beatles were where it's at and to shove their boy band nonsense.
OK, so I loved Culture Club and Adam and The Ants more than anything
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 20:21, Reply)
 Hay b3th, anyone given you a fixed penatly notice yet today? 'cus I'm looking at one all mighty fine.
	Hay b3th, anyone given you a fixed penatly notice yet today? 'cus I'm looking at one all mighty fine.(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 20:24, Reply)
 Tee Hee, how are you doing?
	Tee Hee, how are you doing?I super impressed my manager at work today and I almost asked out the girl in waitrose, she was packing the bread away and we were talking for like 10 minutes and after I got my stuff, I went to say bye to her and we were talking for a bit longer.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 20:43, Reply)
 If he hadn't chickened out, he'd probably by wetting his wick RIGHT NOW
	If he hadn't chickened out, he'd probably by wetting his wick RIGHT NOW(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 21:00, Reply)
 Dayum, next time, slowly-slowly-catchy-monkey.
	Dayum, next time, slowly-slowly-catchy-monkey.I got a semi-date on sunday with that GP lady, I'm not entirely sure if it's a date, and I'm not treating it as one, but I should have a good time.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 21:02, Reply)
 Talking of ROD
	Talking of RODIt sounds like Gonz is close to getting his Rodney damp.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 21:11, Reply)
 Wetting his wick, getting his Rodeny damp - either way, I hope he wears his wellies.
	Wetting his wick, getting his Rodeny damp - either way, I hope he wears his wellies.(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 21:16, Reply)
 So I've heard.
	So I've heard.Hey, you know the 'Weston Eye' well we've got one in Bristol now.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 21:21, Reply)
 I'll find a link to it.
	I'll find a link to it.I've not been on it, but so I understand, you can see dispair for miles and miles.
There you go. It looks shit.
www.thisisbristol.co.uk/New-big-wheel-attraction-Bristol-spin/story-15197994-detail/story.html
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 21:27, Reply)
 Fuck off.
	Fuck off.That's like a Manhattan skyline as from as Bristolians are concerned! :-)
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 21:30, Reply)
 I thought they were building some observation thing at the end of it?
	I thought they were building some observation thing at the end of it?(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 21:35, Reply)
 I thought this song was really really dark, and now I've seen the video, it's even darker still, it's probably the darkest song I've heard.
	I thought this song was really really dark, and now I've seen the video, it's even darker still, it's probably the darkest song I've heard.www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBFEBeOTGXc&ob=av2n
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 20:07, Reply)
 I tried to watch, but I can't handle more than
	I tried to watch, but I can't handle more thana few seconds of that kind of pop music
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 20:37, Reply)
 Arranged how?
	Arranged how?Alphabetically?
By size?
By colour?
Enquiring minds need to know.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 21:07, Reply)
 just on the shelves
	just on the shelvesit's kind of grouped into sizes, and the photography section is down stairs while gardening/cookery is in the kitchen, craft is in the art room and fiction and misc non-fiction are upstairs.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 21:16, Reply)
 What have you got in the bathroom to keep you company during a really big dump?
	What have you got in the bathroom to keep you company during a really big dump?(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 21:17, Reply)
 Our downstairs loo has all the Where's Wally books, and a large selection of trivia/miscellany books.
	Our downstairs loo has all the Where's Wally books, and a large selection of trivia/miscellany books.(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 21:18, Reply)
 I'm not really a bathroom reader
	I'm not really a bathroom readerIf I were, I'd just take whatever I was reading at the time
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 21:18, Reply)
 is it bad that I am watching room 101
	is it bad that I am watching room 101just because Josh Groban is hot?
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 21:49, Reply)
 I'd switch it off if I were you Captain.
	I'd switch it off if I were you Captain.Apparently he puts you in Room 101.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 21:52, Reply)
 I've got no idea who he is.
	I've got no idea who he is.And I was being mean for a bit of a laugh.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 21:56, Reply)
 
	 www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=josh%20groban&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=3916l6405l0l6671l11l11l0l4l4l0l130l684l3.4l7l0&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=U80-T9DFPIac8gOukPiQCA&biw=1280&bih=930&sei=V80-T4T8FoWQ8QP4hPCPCA
*drool*
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 21:58, Reply)
 No silly.
	No silly.The rest of the population of my house:
Half man, half biscuit.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 22:08, Reply)
 Why would I want to embrace a band
	Why would I want to embrace a bandwhen I have a perfectly good dog right here?
I thought you of all people would understand that one...
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 22:17, Reply)
 She probably slid off her chair
	She probably slid off her chairthinking about Josh Groban.
Also, I wonder where Gonz went.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 22:20, Reply)
 He probably slid off his chair thinking about you and Waitrose girl.
	He probably slid off his chair thinking about you and Waitrose girl.(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 22:20, Reply)
 i went to feed the pigs
	i went to feed the pigsHomer needed his arse mullet brushed, he hates that.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 22:27, Reply)
 he just has long hair which
	he just has long hair whichfor some reason has a kind of undercut at the back - perfect for dragging through the muck, then hiding under the other hair
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 22:36, Reply)
 You ever get the feeling you should be doing something more interesting?
	You ever get the feeling you should be doing something more interesting?(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 22:26, Reply)
 I stayed in this evening because I'm off out tomorrow.
	I stayed in this evening because I'm off out tomorrow.And I went out last night.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 22:28, Reply)
 Damn.
	Damn.I don't have that excuse.
We did go out for a ruby last night, though.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 22:31, Reply)
 And given the company I'm keeping tomorrow evening, I'll need to be well rested.
	And given the company I'm keeping tomorrow evening, I'll need to be well rested.(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 22:31, Reply)
 Yeah, I wouldn't leave them alone with your drink.
	Yeah, I wouldn't leave them alone with your drink.Or your eyebrows.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 22:34, Reply)
 I'm a bigger cunt than they are!
	I'm a bigger cunt than they are!It's quantity of consumption that concerns me.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 22:35, Reply)
 I hink we're going to need photographic evidence of the debauchery
	I hink we're going to need photographic evidence of the debaucheryJust for blackmail purposes. And general mocking.
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 22:38, Reply)
 ruby?
	ruby?I have a party at my house next weekend. That's as exciting as my social calendar gets
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 22:32, Reply)
 it's the larper's party
	it's the larper's partythen there's one for work mates. Then umm... hey! look an eagle!
(, Fri 17 Feb 2012, 22:35, Reply)
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