My girlfriend is a terrible cook, how can I help her get better because she gets very upset about it?!
It is her first apartment on her own (we don't live together) and she is determined to make her own meals and gets excited about making me dinner and it never comes out well. I'll show up and there will be all the pans and stuff in the sink and I'll ask her how it went and well... we usually end up getting pizza.
I try to be supportive, though we are adults so when the food is terrible we both agree. She knows when the food went wrong, she just can never figure out how it went wrong, and refuses to let me help her make anything. Or if we do make it together she says it doesn't 'count.'
Is there any ways I can help her or tips that can help her out? I learned cooking from my parents growing up, so I don't really know how to teach her. I hate to see her upset about something like this, the poor thing is dead set on thinking she is supposed to be cooking.
Answers: I've told her not to worry about it, I'm a fairly good cook myself and I'm more than happy to make dinner when I'm over.
It is her first apartment on her own (we don't live together) and she is determined to make her own meals and gets excited about making me dinner and it never comes out well. I'll show up and there will be all the pans and stuff in the sink and I'll ask her how it went and well... we usually end up getting pizza.
I try to be supportive, though we are adults so when the food is terrible we both agree. She knows when the food went wrong, she just can never figure out how it went wrong, and refuses to let me help her make anything. Or if we do make it together she says it doesn't 'count.'
Is there any ways I can help her or tips that can help her out? I learned cooking from my parents growing up, so I don't really know how to teach her. I hate to see her upset about something like this, the poor thing is dead set on thinking she is supposed to be cooking.
Encourage her to continue trying. Praise her for her efforts. Also, go to a book store and get her a cook book on the basics.
TASTE OF HOME has an excellent cook book out. It has tons of pics and the recipes are from people all over the country. Also, beginning has all the basic info a person could need if she's a beginner such as measuring accurately, what the differences in cuts of meat are, how to break down a chicken, how to sautee, roast, fry etc...
I say go with her and let her pick it out otherwise she could get her feelings hurt if you just came over and gave it to her.
try cooking classes. do it together.
maybe book her into a cooking class
print out some recipes of your own [or that you like] and tell her you found it on the Internet and want her to try it out. include the "tips" that she usually does wrong and so if she does follow the recipe she will learn what not to do, without you having to tell her!
Make it fun to teach her or learn together
Try and get her some cook books and try to cook together or take classes but if you follow a recipe it will work
Do you eat her cooking if so it cant be that bad.give her a bit of encouragement by saying that was not to bad .and remember practice makes perfection .every one has to learn
If my advice does not suit you (cook for her)
Get her to go to some classes. They are available. Also, try and cook together, and take one step at a time. These three suggestions helped me out.
I agree with others that cooking classes will be best. Go with her at first, suggest it to her as fun thing the two of you can do together.
Ask her if she actually likes to cook. Liking to do it is a great help to learn how to. Maybe she never had the opportunity to learn? [obviously ;P
Also get her good but easy to use cook book. Tell her you saw some tasty recipes that you thought she might like to try. Be supportive and diplomatic but she should also be willing to learn, especially since she obviously agrees that she's not a good cook...
sit down and watch the food network together
You should get a cookbook for her that has simple meal making in it. The recipes are pretty good and requires alot less ingredients and measuring. These cookbooks are for people that are usually on the go and do not have alot of time in the kitchen.