Do people tell you that you couldn’t boil water on your life? Harsh, right? Perhaps you only have one recipe that you can make really well, but that is it and everyone is pretty much over that. Actually, anyone can find their way around the kitchen and cook something simple, even if you feel that you lack the skills. Now, with these recipes, you may not become Martha Stewart or Julia Child overnight, but you may just surprise yourself once you try one or all of these
3 Food Hack Recipes for Beginners
Biscuit Bowls
Ingredients
1 can of biscuits
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Spray underside a standard muffin pan with nonstick cooking spray.
Take one biscuit and spread it out with your hand. Widen and flatten it. Form that biscuit over the underside of the muffin pan and repeat with the remaining biscuits. Alternate each cup so that the biscuits have enough room to rise.
Bake for 13 to 17 minutes or until golden brown.
Spread your favorite jam or butter on the biscuit bowls. You can even add scramble eggs inside the bowl.
Walking Taco
Ingredients
1 pound lean ground beef or turkey
4 (2.5 ounce) packages your favorite corn chips
1 cup chopped fresh tomato
1 package taco seasoning mix
1 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
2 cups shredded lettuce
1/2 cup sour cream
1/3 cup salsa
Directions
Brown ground beef in a skillet. Drain oil and mix in the taco seasoning according to directions.
While the bags of chips are unopened, gently crush the chips.
Cut the top of the bag opened. Spoon in beef mixture, tomato, salsa, cheddar cheese, lettuce and sour cream in equal amounts.
Serve in bag and chow down using a spoon or fork.
Baked Potato
Ingredients
1 Russet potato
Olive oil
Melted butter
Sea salt
Pepper
Cheese, sour cream, chives (optional)
Directions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit.
Make slices across the potato almost all the way through.
Drizzle melted butter, olive oil, pepper and sea salt over the top of the potato.
Place on a cookie sheet and bake for 40 minutes.
Add your cheese, sour cream and chives.
Do you have any food hacks for beginners?
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