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A recipe

A plate of pasta in tomato sauce

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Instructions

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Preparation

Reading

My favourite dish: Pasta with bacon and tomato sauce

Ingredients

  • 1 red onion
  • 2 red peppers
  • 120 g bacon
  • 1 can (450 g) tomatoes
  • 1 cup water
  • olive oil
  • garlic
  • oregano
  • 50 g pasta per person

Method

  1. Cut the onion, red peppers and bacon into small pieces.
  2. Heat some olive oil in a pan and fry the onion, red peppers and bacon.
  3. Add oregano, garlic, tomatoes and water and cook for 20 minutes.
  4. Cook the pasta in a big pot of boiling water.
  5. Serve the pasta with the sauce, and enjoy!

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Discussion

What type of food can you cook?

Language level
A2 Pre-intermediate
Topics
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recipes
writing
Average: 3.5 (43 votes)
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Comments

Submitted by pomelo on Wed, 02/15/2023 - 10:42

I can cook everything but some food i can cook fail

Submitted by xxerboll on Fri, 01/27/2023 - 08:29

i can cook everything

Submitted by shinta on Fri, 10/14/2022 - 19:38

I can cook Cap noodle. LOL

Submitted by LauraMar on Tue, 08/30/2022 - 23:29

Water Lemon Panela 1. Put the water to heat 2.Add the panela to the water 3.Mix the panela and the water and some drops of lemon

Submitted by Turtle08 on Tue, 08/30/2022 - 10:33

I'm not very good at cooking but I can cook fried eggs, scrambled eggs and my favourite food, which is gratin tomatoes.

Submitted by ahgima099 on Sat, 08/27/2022 - 06:54

I can't cook very well but I can cook easy dishes such as fried potatoes, egg salad, rice and spicy noddle.

Submitted by Baldbanana on Mon, 07/04/2022 - 11:41

Ok, I'll try to remember things, that I've cooked well. Scrambled eggs, omelette, pasta with cheese, “Navy-Style” Pasta. I can also cook different cereals and fry some meat. I also did a cake, but I didn't have an oven so i bought layers for the cake
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Submitted by Javiera_Ophelia on Sat, 07/02/2022 - 01:50

I cannot cook :(
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Submitted by FlowerQueen on Sat, 06/04/2022 - 09:35

Hi I can not cook well but I sometimes help my mother. My friend can bake and cook very well. FlowerQueen~♡
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Submitted by Darkside on Thu, 12/23/2021 - 12:52

I love cooking porridge in various tastes, and actually I can say that I've already turned into porridge expert!! I even started a book with recipes and I'm stoked

Submitted by Malika2009 on Sun, 10/31/2021 - 15:52

Hi! Well, I can make a salad, I can make cookies and bake bread. I'm not good cook, but I want to become famous cook one day

Submitted by sofipunchi on Fri, 10/29/2021 - 21:48

Chicken salad: 1 broccoli 1 lettuce 2 tomatoes chicken Method: 1) You take two broccoli and cut it. Do the same with the other vegetables 2) When you have everthing cutted , take the chicken and cut in into small pieces. 3)you put everthing in a container and if you want you add salt or pepper.

Submitted by Ain on Sun, 09/12/2021 - 03:07

I can cook a veriety of food, but my favorite food is fried rice. Fried rice is very tasty and very easy to cook it also uses little ingredients. First, you need to cut some onions, some chillies, a few cloves of garlic, and such as choy and cabbage. Second, take the pot and heat it. Third, you need to fry onion, chillies and garlic. Fourth, when cooking , break to eggs untill it is well cooked. Fifth, add rice and vegetables and cook them well. Lastly, the fried rice is ready to be served
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Submitted by COOLIONELA on Mon, 04/19/2021 - 16:28

Curry, pizza, pasta, and some others.

Submitted by Ashley_122 on Wed, 02/24/2021 - 20:34

I can't cook, but I can cook just noodle and puding. That's all. I can't cook anything else.I love to cook and eat practical things. And I love to eat sweets. Especially, I am a big fun of içe cream!

Submitted by Nooname on Sat, 01/16/2021 - 12:33

I can not cook
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Submitted by Kostantinus on Thu, 01/14/2021 - 08:59

I can cook pasta, pie, boiled and fried eggs, different kind of soup, any kind of salad, bread, pancakes, porrige and fruit salad.

Submitted by Highflyer2020 on Tue, 08/25/2020 - 09:26

Hi, I'm Amaya. Today I'm going to show you how to make my favourite dish. My favourite dish is a salad! Ingredients: 3 or 4 tomatoes Some salad 1 boiled egg 1 tin of tuna Method: 1. Cut the tomatoes. 2. Put the tomato pieces into the salad bowl. 3. Add the boiled egg and the can of tuna. 4. Serve the salad. Eat and enjoy it!

Submitted by Ian_reynoso on Thu, 08/13/2020 - 17:56

I can not cook
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Submitted by Giovannichoi on Fri, 07/03/2020 - 08:24

I can make Kimbab, Bibimbab, and Jumeokbab. Those are famous Korean food. And also I can make cup ramen too!!!!!

Submitted by SPM on Thu, 05/28/2020 - 15:01

Hello,I´m Sonia. I going to share my favorite dish. Recipe for my favorite food: Albondigas in sauce Ingredients 1/2 kg minced meat 1 egg 50g breadcrumbs 1 garlic clove 100ml milk extra virgin olive oil Salt Parsley For the sauce: 2 onions 1 carrot 2 garlic cloves 1 tablespoon flour 1 glass of white wine extra virgin olive oil Salt Preparation of the recipe of meatballs in sauce: Soak the breadcrumbs in the milk. To make the meatballs, finely chop the garlic and put it in a bowl. Stir in the minced meat, egg, breadcrumbs soaked in milk, a little chopped parsley and a pinch of salt. Mix everything well. Take small portions of dough and give them rounded meatball shape. Flour and fry in a frying pan with plenty of oil. Remove from heat and set aside. To make the sauce, finely chop the onions, carrot and garlic. Re-chop the vegetables in a frying pan with a little oil until they catch color. Season, add flour and briefly re-choe. Pour in the wine and, if necessary, some water or broth. Cook the sauce for 20-25 minutes over a low heat. Pass the vegetables through the raisin, place the sauce in a casserole and put the meatballs in. Cook the meatballs with the vegetable sauce over a gentle heat for about 10 minutes.
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Submitted by MissOrchestra700 on Fri, 05/15/2020 - 15:00

Spicy noodles on my own recipe. Ingredients Maggi noodles/any noodles Spicy masala(stay with noodles) Pepper powder 1 cup water Oil(one tablespoon) Lemon juice Cucumber Method 1.Cut the lemon and cucumber 2.Cook noodles in a frypan with masala, pepper powder and boiling water. 3.When the water is low, add oil. 4.Serve the noodles with some lemon juice and cucumber. Enjoy my recipe.
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Submitted by RosenSindSchwarz29 on Wed, 02/03/2021 - 15:31

Hey! Your recipe sounds very nice, I will try. I like cooking and baking. I can bake pancakes, pizza, prepare pasta, polenta with goulash, cake, lots of different kinds of buisquits and cookies, many soups, vegetable minestrone, fish with chips, many other desserts like pies, snowball dessert, toppings, puff pastry, muffins... and more. I almost always cook and bake with my twinsister Gwen. Enjoy in cooking and baking. =) Nice day,

Submitted by rain_ran_r on Fri, 04/10/2020 - 15:51

Matcha icecream Ingredients: Matcha 15g Yolk 2 Sugar 90g Cream 250ml Milk 200ml Method: 1. Mix sugar, yolk, and milk together. 2. Keep them worm. 3. Put matcha in it. 4. Use machine mix the cream to fine and smooth. 5. Mix cream and matcha mix together. 6. Put into the freezer.

Submitted by JaOgonek on Sun, 02/23/2020 - 10:38

I can cook an pancakes. 1 cup of flour 2 eggs 1/2 cup od milk 1/4 spoon of salt 2 spoons of malted butter Pour milk into a bowl. Then pour in the flour. Then add the salt. Fry the cake. And.... Ready!

Submitted by Makam on Wed, 01/29/2020 - 02:22

I can cook my favourite dishes.

Submitted by Elife on Mon, 01/27/2020 - 23:57

I can cook a lot of types of food, especially traditional food.

Submitted by lancer on Mon, 11/11/2019 - 19:40

What type of food can you cook? I don't like cook any dishes. But i like watching cooking programs on TV and eathing delicious cooks. The dish what i love most is a vegetable salad. Let me write down it's ingredients and cooking method. - Ingredients XXg of cucumbers, potatoes, eggs, oranges, sausages, apples, etc. - Methods 1. Cut them into small pieces like the dish with bacon and tomatoe sauces. 2. Boil the eggs and cut into pieces. 3. Mix them with mayonnaise, and Enjoy!
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Submitted by empty on Sun, 07/28/2019 - 09:19

I can bake muffins . Muffins are very easy to bake you don't need a lot of ingredients .
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Submitted by Shashi on Wed, 06/26/2019 - 12:53

I can cook a lot of foods.It's Maggie peas,rice,chocolate cake and bar gar.

Submitted by Thu on Sat, 06/15/2019 - 02:27

I can cook one food, but very special. It's fried egg, hihihi. We just need one egg and one pan. Very easy, right? : )

Submitted by VasabiPie on Sat, 05/25/2019 - 15:12

~I really enjoy cooking~I started to cook in this year and now,after a few months, i can cook very well.My favorite food are pasta whith homemade sauce,banana-chocolate pancakes and healthy candies with dried fruits and nuts.I can cook everything what i want ,that`s so cool)I love eat:3
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Submitted by mannon on Thu, 05/23/2019 - 11:36

I can cook a very delicious dish of macaroni.
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Submitted by Youjiro on Sun, 01/13/2019 - 13:40

I like cooking .My favorite one is hotcake . In Saturday and Sanday. I cook hotcake by myself. I add cake powder to the bowl with milk and egg, then I shake it . I heat cake powder on the pan . after few minuts I eat hotcake with lemonade or coffee. That is my holiday.

Submitted by Ahmed (not verified) on Mon, 08/31/2015 - 09:27

well, to be honest I can't cook any sort of food , that because I have got fife sisters the thing that makes me lazy or to be more precise sluggish of cooking some kinds of food , whereas my friends cook , but I don't blame my self on that , I think While you have sisters ,you have to look after other things rather than cooking food
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