So, I have a bit of a neck injury and haven't been able to do much cooking since November. So, sometimes "cooking" is more a mix of heating things up and throwing things together. Here are a few tips I've learned this winter when I couldn't do much more than that:
1. Fried rice is so easy to make at home. White rice keeps for ages in the fridge and you can cook up a fresh batch of fried rice in minutes if you have cooked white rice on hand. A bit of soy sauce, some broth, a dash of hot sauce that came with Thai take-out that you threw in the door of your fridge, several eggs, and whatever vegetables you have on hand.
2. Pan-frying fish is quick and easy and super tasty if you coat it first in eggs, and then in flour..... but add something like curry powder to the rice you're going to use to coat the fish for added flavor.
3. Chicken soup actually IS good for the soul. And the neck. The crock-pot chicken soup recipe from the Winter 2010 volume of Cook's Illustrated is FABULOUS. You should absolutely wrap the white meat in foil if you are going to cook it in a crock pot to keep it moist and cooking well on the bone. If you can get someone else to make it for you.... even better!
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