Cooking Games and Triffles

It’s a funny word – triffle – but it’s the sort of dish that you can easily whip together that looks great and is delicious to boot. A triffle is simply a collection of things prepared in a big dish in layers. The dish is glass so that all of the layers are visible, which makes these cooking games even more enjoyable. One of the easiest of the triffle cooking games requires no cooking at all!

Start with a  triffle dish, some angel food cake, fresh strawberries and whipped cream. Then, start building your layers. Tear up the angel food cake for the bottom. Then, cut up the strawberries, sprinkle with sugar and add for the next layer. Next, smooth on some whipped cream before repeating with your cake, strawberries and cream for layer upon layer of yummy goodness. Top with some fresh strawberries and consider adding other fruits to really make this triffle cooking game truly delicious.

Cooking Games and Soup

The weather is still a bit chilly, and that means it’s time to do some cooking. One of the best, and easiest, cooking games is creating a nice soup to enjoy at home. Cooking soup is often easier than you’d think since it involves just throwing a bunch of things into a big pot. For example take the contents of my pantry at this exact moment – I have chicken stock, potatoes, frozen chicken breasts and quite a few almost-too-old vegetables.

This is the perfect combination for a homemade vegetable soup. Start with the chicken stock and cut it down with water if it’s too salty for you. Then start slicing and dicing. Simply cut up all of your various vegetables into small pieces and toss them into the chicken stock. Since the cooking game wouldn't be complete without something of substance, defrost the chicken, grill it p and then chop it up into the soup if you’d like or toss in a handful of rice toward the end of the cook time to really make your cooking games fulfilling.

Cooking Games and Brownies

If there is any special treat that we all seem to enjoy universally, it has to be brownies. These rich, chocolate treats are ideal for so many occasions, and it helps that they are easy to make and simple to enjoy as well – you don’t even need to fork to make your way through the pan of brownies! That is both good and bad in a cooking game, of course, since eating too many decadent brownies can lead to more than a few extra calories.

The next time you get an urge for some chocolate, indulge your appetite with some brownies. And don’t just go for the regular ones. There are so many different flavors and types of brownies to try that you should never limit yourself by trying just the basic chocolate ones. Make your cooking games a chance to try the different brands and styles of the chewy treat. Make brownies with frosting, with nuts, with chocolate chunks and with swirls of caramel. The more you try the more you’ll realize that brownies are perhaps the very best dessert around.

Cooking Games for Potluck

The holidays bring a wave of potluck opportunities, and not all of them are easy to manage. If you’ve been asked to play some cooking games and whip up something delicious to bring to a potluck function, get a bit creative or stick to the basics, but don’t go overboard – this is supposed to be fun, remember?

Potatoes. You can’t go wrong with potatoes. People on all sorts of diets like to eat potatoes and you have plenty of choices as to how to prepare them. You can cut up new potatoes and season them before pan frying. Or create mashed potatoes with a bit of gravy on the side. They are easy to transport and everyone will love your cooking games.

Salad. A salad is another easy item to bring, and it has the added bonus of not being too hot to carry easily. Your salad should be a bit more than just a head of lettuce – try and make it more exciting than the basics, but bringing something green to a gathering shows a bit of balance in the cooking games as well.

Cooking Games and Gifts

Most of us have a friend who is almost impossible to shop for. We don’t know what to buy for this individual, so why buy anything at all? You can easily show your affection and care for your friend by making something instead. Baked goods make a wonderful present- and you have an added bonus to these particular cooking games as well. Once you make your cake or whip up some fabulous cookies, you can enjoy eating them together, giving you a nice excuse to enjoy each other’s friendship that much more.

Of the many items you can enjoy making in these sorts of cooking games, the best tend to be sweets., Whip up a cake and bring it to school for a birthday present. Or make some cookies and spend some time creating the amazing final product by choosing fun frosting and topping ideas. You can even bring the frosting and sprinkles to the lunch table with you to decorate cupcakes and cookies together.

Cooking Games and Fast, Frozen Snacks

When you’re hungry for a snack, you don’t have the patience for a long, drawn-out cooking game. Cooking games can be fun, but they can also take a long time, which makes you frustrated and weak with hunger by the time that your food is actually ready. Fortunately there are several fast cooking games that result in some very nice snacks and even meal ideas.

Frozen waffles. Play some toaster cooking games when you get hungry and you’ll be snacking on hot waffles in just a few minutes. The healthiest frozen waffles are the whole grain varieties, of course, and you may discover that you can eat the waffles faster without syrup – that makes them a bit healthier, too.

Toast with…anything. Use that toaster again to make some toast. Then smear something on top of it to make it delicious and fast. You can do toast with butter. Toast with jelly. Toast with Nutella. Toast with peanut butter. Toast with cheese. Toast with absolutely anything you can imagine. It’s fast and reasonably healthy as well.

Cooking Games and School Lunches

If you're not a huge fan of school cafeterias (and who is?) you probably want to take some time to play around with the possibilities of some new lunch ideas for the school year. This year your cooking games don't have to involve much more than sandwich bags and perhaps a thermos, but yummy school lunches are not beyond your grasp and they certainly can cost less than the cafeteria version as well.

In your school lunch, you should be thinking first about protein. Protein is what you need for energy throughout the rest of your day. What can you eat to get your daily dose of protein? You might try a soup with some meat and beans inside, a cold wrap full of chicken and beans or even a peanut butter sandwich. All other items in your cooking games should compliment your protein selection to be sure that you're getting as many good, healthy nutrients as possible before you head to your next class.

Cooking Games and Easy Variety

If you love cooking games, how often do you change things up just a bit because you can? Often getting a bit of variety in your cooking games isn’t challenging. It’s just a matter of substituting one thing for another. For example, if you love making chocolate chip cookies, why not break out of the traditional mold and use the same recipe with some new ingredients? For example, you can find dark chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, butterscotch chips and any number of small candies like Reese’s Pieces or M&Ms. All of those make recipes in your cooking games even more delicious.

Of course you have other options as well for cooking games and easy variety. Use your favorite seasoning for steak on your chicken. Try using sausage instead of regular hot dogs. Try adding different kinds of cheese to your burgers and sandwiches. The results are not only impressive, but delicious as well. And with some easy variety in your cooking games, you’ll be able to expand your menus that much more.

Cooking Games and Knife Safety

If you’re going to play cooking games in your kitchen, one of the most important things you can do is learn how to handle a knife correctly. When possible, you should always handle a knife in the company of someone else who can help you remember to use the knife safely. Having someone else there is also great insurance against a mistake simply because that friend or family member might be the one to drive you to the emergency room if you do goof somehow.

When you’re using a knife you should follow a few simple rules:
Always use a sharp knife. A sharp knife will cut more cleanly and more quickly. A dull knife, however, will be harder to use and it is more likely to slip when you’re trying to cut and cut you instead.

Always cut away from yourself. Don’t leave your fingers in the way of the knife and push the knife away from you rather than pulling it toward you where it can slip and jump into your hand, arm or chest.

Point knives down in the dishwasher. If you’re washing knives by hand, don’t drop them into soapy water where you can’t feel what you’re grabbing. If you’re loading the knives into the dishwasher, put them into the racks with the blades facing downward for safe handling for the next cooking games.

Cooking Games and Cookies

Cookies are one of the first things kids learn to make that involves more than pushing a button on the microwave. If you’re working with your children to playing cooking games for cookies, always remember that the safety should be your first less. Your kids will likely be using scissors and almost certainly the oven as they cook.

Start with the place and bake style cookies. Simply grease a tray and then cut open a pack of dough. Your children can place the cookies on the tray on their own and once they have them arranged, it’s a simple matter to fire up the oven and bake them. The hardest part is teaching your children how to use the oven correctly – a full hand oven mitt will help protect their arms and hands from burns, but supervision for the first few cookie making experiences will certainly serve you well, too.

Cooking Games and Popcorn Balls

What could be better for fall than popcorn balls? You can make these simply cooking games at home on a cold fall afternoon, although you should plan to eat them right away. Popcorn balls don’t last long and can get harder over time if they are not wrapped or eaten immediately.

To make the popcorn ball cooking games, you’ll start with salted popcorn. You can use unsalted, plain popcorn, but it makes everything a bit bland. Pop your popcorn and put it aside. Melt half a stick of butter in a very large pot and then add ¼ cup of brown sugar. Stir the sugar and butter together before adding 4 cups of marshmallows. Melt the marshmallows and stir very well. Turn off the heat and then add the popcorn. Stir it gently until all of the popcorn is covered in the marshmallow mixture.

Press the balls into shape by hand and wrap or eat immediately. Letting the balls sit will make them dry out almost immediately.

Cooking Games and Fires

The colder season is the perfect time to fire up the outside fire pit for some fun cooking games. And with the fire pit you can have a bit of fun with your children and even by yourself. Grab some long sticks and a few hot dogs and marshmallows and roast yourself up something nice. The fire pit is a great way to keep warm on a cool night, but you can easily spend some time on the weekend enjoying the fire pit during the day even if the weather isn’t that cold.

Build a fire and let it burn down enough that you have some nice embers. When it’s lunch time or just time for a bit of fun, haul out the hot dogs and sticks and teach your children or just enjoy roasting your own hot dogs. Get creative with the fire and cook other things as well on various sticks. Marshmallows are an easy choice, you can also cook cans of things like chili in the fire or even potatoes if you really want to get serious about open flame cooking. Always practice fire safety, of course, in these sorts of cooking games.

Cooking Games and the Family Barbecue

A family barbecue is a fun way to relax with your family while playing cooking games. You can have a family barbecue with just the people closest to you or by inviting some friends over to enjoy the meal with you. The more people that come over, the more festive your family barbecue will become. In the cooking games, you’ll always want to make sure that there is enough food for everyone and that you have something to use as you prepare the food.

For example, don’t fire up the grill before you check to be sure that the steaks aren’t frozen at that the hot dogs have buns to serve them with. Your grill should be clean and ready for preparing food, while the kitchen is an easy place to get the side dishes ready. You can even cook sides like corn or beans over the grill as well to cut down on the mess inside. Pull the meal together, and then enjoy the company as everyone sits around a picnic table to enjoy it together.

Cooking Games and School Lunches

I recently realized that I’m overdoing my cooking games to make school lunches by actually making them. To make school lunches, you’re apparently supposed to buy everything preassembled and chunk it into the lunch box. I’ll admit I like this idea a lot. I also think it will work well for my two kids – or at least one of them. One of my boys would love a packaged lunch every day. The other one is a bit of a picky eater. He wouldn’t eat anything in those packaged lunches.

So that means that at least my morning cooking games for school lunches is simplified by one. I can grab something and chunk it into the youngest’s lunch box. And then I can take the few minutes necessary to assemble the food items my oldest requires to eat at his lunch time. Once everything is there, it will be delicious and hopefully at least marginally nutritious. But then, you just never know how these things will turn out. You can use your cooking games to make a very special lunch and the kids wind up drinking the juice and eating chips. It’s always a gamble.

Cooking Games – Popcorn Buffet

Creating a popcorn buffet is a simple way to make a movie with friends even more exciting. You’ll need to collect at least three or four different kinds of popcorn to make this work, and if you can find divided bowls of deeply divided plates, you’ll be doing even better to share your popcorn buffet with friends.

Cooking Game Instructions
Microwave popcorn is simple and inexpensive. You can use a traditional popcorn air popper if you’d like and add toppings later – it’s up to you and what your guests will enjoy.

Pop the popcorn one bag at a time. Since you’re sharing the various flavors, you probably don’t need to pop more than a single bag of each of your four flavors. As you pop each one, pour the popped corn into a bowl and place it on the counter. If you have truly unusual popcorns, such as pepper and garlic, a small sign beside the bowl can help guests make up their mind.

When all four bags are popped, offer your guests bowls to fill or plates to fill with the popcorn of their choosing. If they’d prefer to keep it separate, it’s easy enough to use multiple small bowls, or they can fill a larger bowl or bag with a mixed assortment of the various popcorns.

Three Cooking Games You Have To Try

There are plenty of cooking games out there, but some stand heads and tails about the rest.

Pizza Makers – Everyone loves pizza, so who wouldn’t love to make it virtually. Throw the crust, if you can, top with sauce and then start adding those toppings. You’d better get it right or you might not make it to the next round. At the end of this game, you’ll be hungry for the real thing.

BBQ Games – There is something about a game that grills meat that is universally appealing. You can grill just about anything, but the most common food items are hamburgers, hot dogs, and chicken kabobs. Keep your hands moving to make those plates and you might come out on top.

Cake Games – If you’re a fan of any cooking games, you’ll certainly be a fan of cake games. Virtually bake and then ice your own cake. Then you can start adding all kinds of toppings and garnishes to your completed cake.

Campfire Cooking Games

If you’ve never been on a campout, you’re missing out not only on a good time overall, but also a chance to try out cooking games you might not have considered previously. A campfire isn’t just reserved for hot dogs and marshmallows – although they are a great place to start.

Hot Dogs
Hot dogs are one of the easiest things to cook on a campfire. Simply thread the hot dog onto a stick and hold it over the embers (not the flames) until it is crackling and golden. If you hold it in the fire, it will cook faster, but get charred. If hot dogs are too basic for you, try making chili dogs, but putting a can in the embers to heat chili to put on top or skip the hot dogs and opt for a heartier sausage.

Marshmallows
You can cook a marshmallow the same way as a hot dog by holding it over the embers on a stick. This is fun, but eating a plain marshmallow, even toasted to a golden brown can be a bit dull. Instead, toast your marshmallow and place it between two graham crackers with a bit of chocolate inside. Congratulations! You’re made your first s’more!

Shrimp on the Barbie

No, we’re not talking about a plastic doll and a piece of seafood. We’re talking about seafood on the grill. The phrase “shrimp on the barbie” became popular in the US some years ago during an advertisement campaign for Australia. If your still confused, throwing another shrimp on the Barbie means you’re putting another round of shrimp on the grill to cook, i.e. a barbeque.

Australia isn’t the only country with terrific saying such as this. There are abbreviations and local expressions for food all over the world. And the best way to learn some of these is to play cooking games from all over the world.

While you probably can’t travel down to Australia to try a fabulous new shrimp recipe, you can certainly try one of your own online thanks to the sheer number and variety of cooking games available. Barbeque your own hamburgers, hot dogs, shrimp and more in one version of a cooking game and then switch to creating cakes and pies for dessert in another. With so many cooking games available, you’ll learn world cuisine in no time and you might even decide you need to try something in real life that you never thought to sample.

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.

Bonfire Cooking Games

Heading to the beach or camping out? You’ll need a blanket or a towel, some charcoal or wood and a cooler full of food to play this cooking game. You’re going to have a bonfire, and eating under the stars has never been so much fun.

Head to an area that’s secluded, not counting you and your five best friends, of course. Grab an adult and make sure you have a safe area for a fire. There shouldn’t be anything overhead or close by that might catch fire from your flames. You also want to be sure you’re allowed to build a fire in your choice of locations.

Once you get your fire started using wood you’ve brought or found – or just charcoal if you’re using a fire pit, wait for the flames to die down and the fire to smolder just a bit.

Now, it’s time to cook!

Grab a stick and thread on your hot dogs. You can roast them over the flames. Put a can of chili down in the embers next to the flames and be sure you use tongs to remove it – it will be hot! Make chili dogs and grab some chips. Then, be sure you roast marshmallows for dessert. Yum!