Easy cooking

commodorified's Cooking for People Who Don't blog carnival is up!

I've been skimming over some posts to try to get back into the habit of cooking. So far, I've done two holiday-meal-ish things since November and promptly remedied that by eating out all the time or scrounging.

I started cooking a lot more Chinese food in the winter of 2010, and though I read a fair amount on cooking, I had to figure out a lot of shortcuts from my sister because there aren't that many English-language resources online that have good "quick Chinese cooking" advice. So... maybe some of this will be useful to someone?

I tend to be shorter on time and energy than money, which is reflected in the tips. I also only cook for one to two people at a time, and I've discovered that I'm absolutely terrible at things like buying in bulk and then storing in single-serving containers in the freezer unless I am 100% on in terms of mood and energy.

This also assumes having the basic ingredients and tools for basic Chinese cooking and relies heavily on the freezer and the microwave.

( A very random assortment of tips )