r/cookingforbeginners is a subreddit with 2.2M members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and solution requests, and the community frequently discusses cooking, chicken, struggling, hate, and tired, and they frequently recommend/review seasonings, smoothie blender, and blender.
Just moved into your first apartment and don't know a thing about cooking or have lived on your own for years and have existed on take out and fast food? Then this is the sub for you!
Learn how to cook simple recipes for yourself and find it isn't as hard as you think it is.
Post your questions about cooking and links to easy recipes and basic techniques. Come to learn or to teach.
Join us on Discord! https://discord.gg/FfKqrtZ
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/r/Cooking
/r/AskCulinary
Popular Themes in r/cookingforbeginners
#1
Advice Requests
: "My risotto always ends up gluey instead of creamy, what am I missing?"
23 posts
#2
Solution Requests
: "what can i use as beef stir fry sauce thats not oyster sauce or hoisein sauce or wine or merin"
6 posts
#3
Pain & Anger
: "I hate the consistency of beans but they are low-key really filthy. How can I make them not have this consistency, like really soft and disgusting?"
4 posts
#4
Ideas
: "Looking for alternative veggie preparation/ideas as opposed to just boiling/steaming"
1 post
#5
Money Talk
: "walking into the grocery store without exact quantities is how i wasted so much money learning to cook"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/cookingforbeginners
#1
Cooking
: "Cooking tips for someone who really doesn't like Cooking"
21 posts
#2
Chicken
: "I deboned Chicken drumsticks into skin on drumstick fillets. Would using the broiler in an oven be a good and easy way to cook them?"
10 posts
#3
Struggling
8 posts
#4
Hate
8 posts
#5
Tired
8 posts
#6
Recipe
6 posts
#7
Rice
5 posts
#8
Texture
4 posts
#9
Fish
3 posts
#10
Meal
3 posts
Products Discussed in r/cookingforbeginners
Seasonings
187 reviews
#1
Trader Joe's
5.0★ from 6 reviews
#2
Lawry's
4.2★ from 5 reviews
#3
Tony Chachere's
5.0★ from 5 reviews
Smoothie Blender
39 reviews
#1
Vitamix
4.8★ from 16 reviews
#2
Ninja
4.3★ from 11 reviews
#3
Blendtec
5.0★ from 3 reviews
Blender
35 reviews
#1
Vitamix
5.0★ from 14 reviews
#2
Ninja
4.3★ from 10 reviews
#3
Blendtec
5.0★ from 2 reviews
Flair Used in r/cookingforbeginners
#1
Question
: "Adding a tiny bit of milk to frying mushrooms"
121 posts
#2
Request
: "Mandoline recommandations"
9 posts
#3
Recipe
: "How do I learn how to adapt recipes?"
9 posts
Member Growth in r/cookingforbeginners
Yearly
+120k members(5.9%)
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Last updated: October 26, 2026