Put down that instant ramen.
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An Easy Pasta Dish
The secret to making a good pasta dish is to respect your ingredients. I know this sounds a bit cheffy but that basically means: Don't throw the kitchen sink in. This super simple garlic and olive oil recipe is a great place to start.
And then you can graduate onto the roasted cherry tomato dish shown above: recipe here.
Sunday Roast Chicken
A roast chicken is one of the hardest things to mess up. And this recipe only needs three ingredients. (I think you can ignore the twine and roasting rack bit until you get a bit more confident.) There's also zero shame in buying a rotisserie chicken, and using that as the focal point of your Sunday roast – whatever works for you.
Hang onto the carcass to make home-made stock for soups! And save any small pieces of meat for the next point on this list…
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A Quick Ramen Upgrade
Make Koka noodles gourmet by adding in a couple of fresh ingredients. If you have cold chicken meat left over, pop it in this too.
Get the recipe here.
Source: Food