Learn to cook, one recipe at a time

Four paths through 36 recipes from our kitchen, in an order that builds. Each step names the techniques it teaches, what to watch for and one tip. Cook at your own pace and tick off each one as you go.

• Brand new

  Never cooked before? Start here

  Ten easy recipes for your very first time in the kitchen, from a dressing shaken in a jar to a whole dinner on one pan.

  10 recipes · 10 techniques

  1. Shake a dressing in a jar
  2. Mash and fold guacamole
  3. Your first oven recipe
  4. Roast a vegetable
  5. Soft scrambled eggs
  6. Pancakes on a griddle
  7. A pot of fluffy rice
  8. Pasta and a quick sauce
  9. Bake chicken to a safe temperature
  10. A whole dinner on one pan

  Start the path: Never cooked before? Start here

• Easy to medium

  Your first 10 dinners

  Ten weeknight dinners in an order that builds, from a pot of meat sauce to a whole roast chicken.

  10 recipes · 20 techniques

  1. Start with a pot of meat sauce
  2. One pan in a hot oven
  3. Juicy chicken breasts
  4. Fried rice on high heat
  5. Sear a pork chop
  6. Your first pan sauce
  7. A smooth cheese sauce
  8. A creamy sauce that doesn't curdle
  9. Crispy cutlets
  10. Roast a whole chicken

  Start the path: Your first 10 dinners

• Beginner to confident

  Baking basics

  Eight bakes from a classic cookie to a double-crust apple pie, each adding a baking skill.

  8 recipes · 13 techniques

  1. Cookies: cream butter and sugar
  2. Muffins: fold, don't stir
  3. A quick bread in a loaf pan
  4. Scones: cut in cold butter
  5. Your first yeast dough
  6. Knead a sandwich loaf
  7. A layer cake
  8. The finale: a double-crust pie

  Start the path: Baking basics

• Any level

  Knife and heat skills

  Eight recipes that each practice a cut or a kind of heat, from chopping and grating to searing and braising.

  8 recipes · 16 techniques

  1. Chop a salad together
  2. Dice and slice for a stir-fry
  3. High-heat roasting
  4. Steam in a skillet
  5. Grate and pan-fry
  6. Grill and slice across the grain
  7. Sear a steak
  8. The long braise

  Start the path: Knife and heat skills

Cooking with kids Recipes where a child can do real steps, with the knife and heat steps marked for a grown-up.

How the paths work

• One recipe per step. Each is a regular Simmerbee recipe with cook mode, timers and the shopping list.
• Techniques are linked. “You'll learn” names the skills; tap one for a short how-to, or tap the underlined word while you cook.
• Your progress is kept. Signed in, a step counts once the recipe is in your cooked log. Not signed in, this browser remembers it.