Recipes Sub-Forum Suggestions Box.......

Hopefully, you will have seen the thread that I posted a short time ago, containing a link to our Recipes sub-forum.

As I explained on that thread, I was wondering if we could give recipe sharing, and home cooking in general a bit of a boost, not least as I know we have some very talented home cooks here.

Many of us grow our own produce, and use it in our kitchens be it at harvest time, or preserved for later; most of us hate waste, but sometimes might be stuck for a recipe to use up those left overs; and I am pretty sure that most of us find ourselves looking for inspiration in one form or another at some point in time. Money is ever-tightening for many of us too, so surely the time is now for us to make the most of our Recipes sub-forum.

The purpose of this thread, is to allow us to discuss further ideas that may increase our use of the Recipes area, and also other ways that we can get more enjoyment out of cooking, eating and drinking.

So, what do you think ladies and gents?

 

I will kick off with some suggestions:

Recipe of the month:
We could have a thread each month where we post recipes that we have made in that month, at the end of which we could have a vote similar to the photo competition to nominate the best one, and then highlight that recipe for the following month by way of a forum notice declaring the winner and containing a link to the winning recipe.

Phoodie-Photies:
An addition to the photography threads and competitions (which it would be nice to see those also get increased entries!), we could have thread(s) where we post pictures of our food and drink achievements.

Haynes Manual of Home Cooking:
An 'instructable' - threads with expanded recipes complete with pictures, diagrams and detailed descriptions to help those who may be at the start of their cooking journey.

 

I can assure you it would be allowed @Kandy - you are a member, therefore by extension Mr Kandy is part of the family (although we would of course also welcome him as a member in his own right too!)

 

I don't mind posting some of my recipes but not sure I shall have time to do some of the other things. I rarely take photos of food as I'm too busy eating it directly after I've cooked it.

 

Any and all contributions would be great @shiney - I would just love it to become something that helps all of us enjoy cooking more, and to perhaps help others cook more quick and healthy meals rather than going for processed food.

 

A thought.
As food is such a large subject it may make things easier to have sub-headings such as:-

Starters
Soups
Cold Starters
Hot Starters

Fish

Main Courses
Veggie
Poultry
Beef
Lamb
Pork

Desserts
Hot
Cold

Salads
Hot
Cold

Cakes and Pastries

Chutneys and Pickles

Special Diets:- Gluten/Dairy/Sugar Free

There are certainly other headings that could be used but can't think of them at the moment.

 

@Fat Controller I rarely use any processed foods and if I do, can't think of any, it is minimal. Apart from being healthier I think it also works out a lot cheaper.

I suppose some of the things that I use are processed. Tinned tomatoes, tinned coconut milk, tinned chick peas etc. Any that I might use are with no added salt or sugar.

 

I don't think we will be able to sub-divide the Recipes section any further, but maybe a sticky thread on each of these headings?

 

@Sandy Ground I would be more likely to call that a fish dish

Request for help could come under the main heading. What are you looking for? Is it likely to be known over here?

 

@Fat Controller I'd be happy to start it off with a few recipes of mine. I just need to know where to post them.

 

Champion - I am in the midst of cooking dinner at the minute, after which I will go and create the relevant sticky threads for each category; what about adding an 'International Recipes' thread where we can share international recipes that don't necessarily fit anywhere else? And maybe a 'Requests/Teach Me' thread where people can ask for a particular recipe?