Saturday, August 30, 2008

Cooking Games Competition


If you love cooking games, you’ll love cooking game competition. It’s likely you already watch cooking competitions on television, but there is no reason you can’t host one of your own. Read through a basic recipe and gather the ingredients.

Then browse the grocery store aisles looking for other items that might go well with the basics. Bring it all home, get your friends to come over and then set the timer. Each team or individual works to create a delicious dish and the winner is determined by a simple taste test and vote. Or you can pull in your older brother to be the taste tester and unbiased.

Another option for cooking games competition is to prepare a dish at home and then bring it with you to a friend’s house. While you were baking your apple pie, she was baking hers, and now you have a chance to sample each others and decide who won. Then you can share recipes and share the rest of the pie while you hang out together and watch the professional chefs whip up fabulous meals from the paltry items they have available.

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Recipe Books


If you play cooking games, it’s likely you know your way around a kitchen. Recipes aren’t anything new to an old pro like you, but that doesn’t mean you should limit yourself to what Betty Crocker published in her little book. Use basic recipes as a starting place and then embellish them to make them your own.

If you like mashed potatoes, don’t settle for potatoes, milk, butter and salt. Add other ingredients to give the mashed potatoes more flair and make them your very own. Then, as you create new recipes, you should write them down correctly and add the recipes to your very own file or notebook.

A one inch binder is the perfect size to start your own cookbook. Grab some dividers and you can make sections for main dishes, side dishes and desserts. Then get started experimenting.

The recipes you create and perfect over time can be written on paper or printed and put in the notebook. You can also print off other recipes from online or cut them from magazines and include the recipe in your book. Over time you’ll have a complete collection of what you need to master your own kitchen or cafĂ© some day.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

The Top Five Things You Learn from Cooking Games


Like cooking games? Of course you do. Cooking games are more than just a bit of fun on an otherwise boring afternoon. You can learn a lot from cooking games including the top five lessons you’ll even learn from cooking games:

How to Make a Pizza
If you can whip up a pizza, you’ll never starve. Just knowing how to prepare the crust is enough to ensure you’ll always have a job and never go hungry again.

The Importance of Sanity Conditions
Cooking requires more than fast hands and good recipes. You need to keep your kitchen clean and your hands washed. Otherwise someone gets sick and/or you get cited by the health department.

How to Flip Pancakes
Flipping them in the air is just plain cool. You can even save the trick to show your kids someday.

The Value of Patience

Good things come to those who wait, and that includes baked goods. Turn on the timer and wait it out.

How to Set a Table

If you learn nothing else, pay attention to how the tables in your virtual restaurant are set. This is a skill you need, but never realize it until it’s too late.

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Cooking Games: Snacks for Slumber Parties

Having friends over? Then you’ll need some snacks. Sure you can stick with the old favorites of popcorn and Oreos, or you can use the skills from your cooking games to whip up something more exciting for everyone to munch on.

Homemade Ice Cream

You can make homemade ice cream easily enough using vanilla, milk, rock salt, ice and some plastic bags. Or use your electric ice cream maker. Your delicious variety of ice cream is a perfect treat for a summer slumber party.

Cinnamon Rolls
Use the kind that come in a tube unless you’re really a whiz in the kitchen. Regardless of how you get your recipe together, soon you’ll have warm gooey cinnamon rolls ready for all of your guests to enjoy.

Tots and Cheese
Buy a bag of frozen tots and get a parent’s help to fry them up at home. Or you can use your toaster over to heat them. Then, grab some cheese, sprinkle it on top and you’ll have your very own delicious treat. If you like chili, you can sprinkle your tots with that as well for chili cheese tots.

Burritos
The newest healthy food is the burrito or wrap. Buy some large tortillas at the grocery store along with a selection of items to put in them including chicken, steak, beans, rice, cheese, sour cream, salsa, and lettuce. Then wrap up each individualized creation and enjoy.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Cooking Game: Midnight Snacks


Working late and getting hungry? It’s time to use your cooking game skills to create the perfect midnight snack.

Grilled Cheese – Nothing like a oozing sandwich to give you energy enough to finish the project. The cheese especially is full of protein which is great for sustained energy. Use wheat bread to make the snack even healthier.

Popcorn – A light snack that you can keep munching on for hours if you need to, popcorn is easy to make and easier to enjoy. Skip theater butter an go for a more natural variety to cut down on extra calories and fat.

Nachos – Grab some chips, cheese, beans and tomatoes and you can make your very own plate of nachos. In fact, you can add anything you want or skip the chips and add tortillas to make tacos instead if you’d rather.

Pizza – If your freezer is stocked with frozen pizza, this is the perfect time to take advantage of that stash. Cook one up and enjoy it. Just remember that pizza has a lot of calories, and calories this late at night might need a bit of extra burning off the next time you’re working out.

Wednesday, August 13, 2008

Cooking Game: Breakfast in Bed


The next time you’re feeling like a dutiful child, you can treat your parents to something extra special. This cooking game is perfect for special occasions such as Mother’s day or your father’s birthday. Breakfast in bed is a great luxury, especially if it’s prepared and delivered without ever having to leave your bed.

And that’s where you come in.

Since you love cooking games, why not use your cooking skills to give Mom or Dad a special treat. Set your alarm and head into the kitchen earlier than the household wakes up. If you’re experienced enough and have permission to use the stove, you can cook eggs and bacon, but if you’d rather not risk it, you can still prepare frozen waffles and fresh fruit for your parents.

Pour a glass of orange juice, add the morning’s paper and place the whole assortment on a tray. Then carry the tray into your parents’ bedroom to give them a terrific wake up call.

Remember that making breakfast in bed is more than just throwing some food on a tray. You’ll also have to clean up any mess you made in the kitchen and help to clear the tray away when they are done eating.

Sunday, August 10, 2008

Cooking Game Rules


You probably already know all the rules to online cooking games, but do you know the rules around your kitchen? When you play cooking games at home, you need to know more than just how long to set the oven timer. In fact, you might not be allowed to use the oven at all.

Always let an adult know what you’re up to. If you’re going to play in the kitchen, always let an adult know. The father you are from your high school graduation, the more likely it is your adult needs to be in the kitchen with you.

Cut carefully. If you’re wielding a sharp knife, always give it your utmost attention. You must also always cut away from you carefully. Sure, the experts slice and dice, but you’re just as likely to chop a finger as the tomato, so take it slow and get it right. The wrong way has nasty consequences.

Protect the heat. When you use the stove or oven, you need to be careful around the heat. A large number of house fires start in the kitchen, particularly on the stove, so be sure there are no towels or curtains near the open burners and always know where to find the fire extinguisher in an emergency. In fact, it’s best to let an adult supervise when you’re using a heat source.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

To Cook or Not to Cook


Sometimes you feel the urge to don an apron and whip up something fabulous. But more often than not, you start to walk to the kitchen only to discover that maybe you don’t want to make a meal or a treat after all. If you just can’t make up your mind, cooking games can help.

Cooking well is a gift and a true passion. You can prepare a meal without spending a lot of time preparing ingredients and arranging items on a plate. Wanting to spend time and do it right is part of what makes chefs and those who enjoy preparing food special. Do you enjoy playing this part of the cooking game?

You’ll know easily enough if you head on the computer to play online cooking games. Online cooking games incorporate every part of the kitchen experience without actually making you step foot in the kitchen. You can prepare ingredients, mix things up, arrange food on plates and bake to your heart’s content.

If you find you love taking care of all these steps online, it’s very likely you’ll enjoy them just a much when you cook in the kitchen. So if you feel that urge to bake, take a few minutes to play a cooking game on the computer. Still feel it? Head to the kitchen and create a yummy masterpiece.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

Cooking Games and Super Fruits


Recharge your cooking games at home by using super fruits. Super fruits are all around us, but have much more health benefits than the fruits we might normally put on our plates or use in cooking games.

Super fruits include foods such as cantaloupe, blueberries, green apples, and pomegranates. These are just a few of the foods that have been shown to help fight cancer and other diseases as well as make us healthier over all.

The next time you’re in the kitchen trying to decide what concoction to whip up, think about how you can use one or more of these fruits in a dish. You should be eating at least one serving of a super fruit every day. You might start with something easy like throwing blueberries in your banana and strawberry smoothie. Then, as your cooking game skills get more advanced you can try blueberry cobbler, cantaloupe salad and even green apple pie.

Like all cooking games, you should have fun with your food, especially if the food is of the healthy variety. And there is very little healthier in the world than these antioxidant rich items that also just happen to taste great.