The People's Cookbook is an idea for having easy, simple meals for people to make on a tight budget. People need to eat, but processed food is bad for you and is often more expensive than making your own. These recipes will hope to give comrades the recipes they need to eat well while giving less money to those fuckers at Walmart.

Anyone can post a People's Cookbook recipe, provided it meets these criteria:

  1. The total cost of the meal must be affordable. I won't put an exact cost on this because prices vary all around the world, but try to keep the recipe to ingredients you can easily and cheaply get from the store.

  2. The meal must be simple enough that an untrained person can do it. No fancy Bernaise sauces and dauphinoise. These need to be easy to follow recipes, that anyone can do at home.

  3. The meal doesn't use specialist equipment. Again, not specifying exact equipment, but nobody in real life owns a sous vide. Make sure your recipe can be done with a hand whisk as well as an immersion blender, etc etc

  4. The post is formatted well. This means a clear ingredients list, clear step by step instructions, and preferably a picture of the finished product.

  5. Make sure to offer alternatives if necessary. Can you make your dish with Quorn instead of meat? Can it be done with almond milk? Can you make it halal or kosher? Present options.

To get a recipe into the cookbook, post it with the tag in the title [PEOPLE'S COOKBOOK]. Eventually, we'll get a wiki or something set up so that they're all collated in one place.

Bon appetit!

  • cilantrofellow [any]
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    4 years ago

    Pasta carbonara

    This is the ultimate comfort food and really easy to make - easily scaled and only needs one pot! I’ve basically memorized this from 1 pan 2 plates which is a really really awesome cookbook to get if you’re new to cooking.

    Ingredients:

    • 10 oz Linguine (fresh is awesome but boxed is perfect too)
    • Salt and pepper
    • 4 strips bacon, finely chopped into little strips (rolling it up and cutting it shortwise into 8ths will do this well)
    • 2 cloves garlic, minced
    • 2 eggs
    • 1/2 cup Parmesan + more for serving
    • Parsley to optionally garnish (fresh is best but you can soak some dried parsley in water for a few minutes and squeeze it dry while the pasta boils to get something close)

    Instructions:

    1. Boil salted water in a large pot and cook pasta for 1 minute less than usual.
    2. Reserve 2 tbsp pasta water and drain pasta, spray down the noodles briefly to stop cooking
    3. Add bacon to pot and cook on medium-high heat until crispy (~5 minutes).
    4. While the bacon cooks scramble the eggs and add salt and pepper to taste. Add some of the reserved pasta water to make it a bit more runny but don’t add it while it’s super hot or the egg will cook. You can add the bacon into the egg mix using a slotted spoon or fork (keep the grease in the pot!)
    5. Put the minced garlic in the bacon fat (should be a bunch but add some olive oil if you feel the need) for 30 seconds with the heat on low. Should smell awesome.
    6. Add the pasta back in into the pot and swish it around to let it warm up and coat in the garlic and grease sauce for about 1-2 minutes.
    7. Turn off heat and very quickly add the egg/bacon mix and 1/2 cup parmesan to the pot and mix it all up. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
    8. Serve on plates or in bowls with some parsley and extra parmesan sprinkled on top. You can also go wild with red pepper flakes or what have you.