Cooking Courses - London
Discussion
The wife and I are both average cooks, but we generally rotate between the same 6 or 7 meals and it's getting a bit boring.
Time is a bit of a problem, neither of us get home until 7:30pm during the week, so don't have an interest in spending a long time cooking.
I wonder if there are any courses that could get us more into cooking and increase our meal repertoire?
TIA.
Time is a bit of a problem, neither of us get home until 7:30pm during the week, so don't have an interest in spending a long time cooking.
I wonder if there are any courses that could get us more into cooking and increase our meal repertoire?
TIA.
If you know the basics, and aren't looking for Masterchef standard, simply a bit of variety and inspiration.... then I'd start with a couple of decent cookbooks.
Or simply think about some of the dishes that you've seen on menus and quite fancied, then have a bit of a think and a google to figure how you could do similar.
What sort of dishes do you cook currently, and what sort of dishes would you like to be cooking?
Or simply think about some of the dishes that you've seen on menus and quite fancied, then have a bit of a think and a google to figure how you could do similar.
What sort of dishes do you cook currently, and what sort of dishes would you like to be cooking?
Might be worth giving these people a call https://www.leiths.com/courses
Although, it seems to me, what you actually need initially, is a menu plan. A variety of dishes, perhaps over a fortnightly basis. If you have that structure initially, then the opportunity of batch cooking comes into the frame.
Freeze down what you have cooked, then set up a rosta for what meals /what days. The only drawback being that decisons have to be taken the day before consumption for defrosting , of course.
I did this years back, when in a similar scenario to you , quite a lot of work intially , weeekends given up and all, but once set up works well if properly administered. Obviously , a decent chest freezer and an automatic oven are major assets.
Although, it seems to me, what you actually need initially, is a menu plan. A variety of dishes, perhaps over a fortnightly basis. If you have that structure initially, then the opportunity of batch cooking comes into the frame.
Freeze down what you have cooked, then set up a rosta for what meals /what days. The only drawback being that decisons have to be taken the day before consumption for defrosting , of course.
I did this years back, when in a similar scenario to you , quite a lot of work intially , weeekends given up and all, but once set up works well if properly administered. Obviously , a decent chest freezer and an automatic oven are major assets.
As an alternative, have you looked into something like http://hellofresh.co.uk or https://www.gousto.co.uk ? You're exposed to meal variety and pick up some skills along the way.
Doesn't sound like you need cooking lessons, sounds like you need cooking inspiration.
As cheesy as it is to, get Jamie's 15 or 30 min meals books, pick the recipes you want and get the ingredients bought, then watch them on youtube on an Ipad in the kitchen and cook along.
He's got some really good stuff that you can put together quickly, or at least use as a baseline for where you want to go.
As cheesy as it is to, get Jamie's 15 or 30 min meals books, pick the recipes you want and get the ingredients bought, then watch them on youtube on an Ipad in the kitchen and cook along.
He's got some really good stuff that you can put together quickly, or at least use as a baseline for where you want to go.
There are a number of ways forward with the issue of eating well when you're both working late.
There's the "cook up a big pot of curry, cassoulet, bolegnaise, borgenoine, chilli etc," then freeze these and defrost when ready.
There's the learn to cook quickly, so stir fries, burgers, putting a pre-made pizza in the oven etc
There there's the use a slow cooker, which I know nothing about
It's your choice about which will best suit you, or whether the chippy, curry house, Chinese takeaway and kebab shop will gain some custom. What I wouldn't try and do is create a meal when coming in at 7:30 of an evening that is so complex I'd need to have been on a cookery course for.
There's the "cook up a big pot of curry, cassoulet, bolegnaise, borgenoine, chilli etc," then freeze these and defrost when ready.
There's the learn to cook quickly, so stir fries, burgers, putting a pre-made pizza in the oven etc
There there's the use a slow cooker, which I know nothing about
It's your choice about which will best suit you, or whether the chippy, curry house, Chinese takeaway and kebab shop will gain some custom. What I wouldn't try and do is create a meal when coming in at 7:30 of an evening that is so complex I'd need to have been on a cookery course for.
Gassing Station | Food, Drink & Restaurants | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff