Simple Recipies for a College-Bound Guy

[Handofpwn]

take penne rigate paste and boil it up so it is nice and soft, adding in salt and some other fun spices like garlic and thyme. At the same time fry a cut up chicken breast in a pan using vegetable oil and crushed red pepper. mix the pasta and chicken into a bowl with sauce and sundry other spices. Enjoy.

 

[DrDeath3191]

Thanks for all of your advice, guys! I just might survive college with an intact stomach after all!

 

[Crofty]

I am not a culinary expert.

In that case, cheese on toast. It can only be done well if you're not a culinary expert.

 

[sneak_copter]

You need in your cubard:
Noodles.
SOME form of Veg.
Bread.
Soup.
Sliced Meat.
Orange Cordial.
The Cheapest Beer.

Like it or not, That is your new shopping list.
Of course, Fridays are booze nights, so discount eating for that night

 

[El Poncho]

Why choose easy stuff to make when you could improve your cooking skills over the summer

 

[Biek]

Soaked beans and rice are healthy and cheap. Also, buy bulk.

 

[Panken]

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

Ok, Ramen Noodles are good, but dont always use the sauce pack that is included. If you do use the sauce pack then dont drink the broth left behind, just look at the sodium content on the back, and that is for only 1 serving (there is 2 servings per pack). There is plenty of good things you can make with just the noodles. Like this:

(Assuming you wont have access to a stove to boil water. Also, these are the ways I like to make these dishes so feel free to change these up.)

~Microwave Stir Fry
Ingredients:
1 Pack of Ramen
Chicken/Beef of your choice
Veggies (optional)

-Microwave some chicken, whatever you prefer (Grilled, boneless hotwings, sweet and sour chicken)
-Microwave the noodles in water for 2 min, then stir and microwave for two more minutes. Drain the water.
-(optional) Add veggies of your choice.
-Add soy sauce and BAM! Microwave stir fry!

~Twisted Microwave Mac N Cheese
Ingredients:
1 Pack of Ramen
1/4 bag of kraft sharp cheddar (DO NOT USE SPRAY CHEESE/CAN CHEESE FOR THIS!)
Worcestershire sauce
Ground Beef (optional)

-(optional) Cook ground beef in microwave.
-Cook Ramen in water in your microwave for 2 min, stir and cook for 2 more minutes. Drain water.
-Immediately add cheese while stirring the noodles as to get an even coat.
-Add Worcestershire sauce to taste.
-Add Beef
(I know this sounds weird, but its really good)

~Fluffernutter (Dessert)
Ingredients
Peanut Butter
Marshmallow fluff
Bread (White works best, but Wheat is good too)

-Add peanut butter to taste
-Add Marshmallow fluff to taste
-Eat

That is all I can think of for now. If I think of anything else that is not hot pockets or microwave dinners ill let you know. Good luck in college!

 

[Stevato]

Stir Fry

Can be done with chicken breast, or without and with a variety of different vegetables.

Look on google for the recipe Remeber soy sauce!

Noodles are your friend man

 

[coldfrog]

Lastly, drinks:
Pop is cheap. You're going to drink a lot of pop, even if you weren't a pop drinker before.

I disagree fully with this. What's even cheaper is a water filter jug. If you see them on sale you could get a pitcher and 4 filters for about 30-40 bucks, and filters on sale run 15-20. Each filter lasts 6 months and you have as much fresh water as possible. (I'm basing these numbers on Brita, but there are others available, I happen to like brita a lot) Once you've got this, juice from concentrate is generally cheap and you can add it to the water for a switch, or even Kool Aid or other powdered mixes if you so choose, and these are also very cheap. Of course, as mentioned, this is also great for making tea/coffee with, and making your own again is always cheaper.

Another recommendation, get a bulk club card to something like BJ's or Costco (I try to avoid Sam's Club because I hate Walmart but that's also an option) and always buy mass quantities of things. I especially recommend, if you have a decent sized freezer and an oven available, their mass of frozen fries and chicken pieces, you can hardly go wrong, just make sure they don't burn. Bulk buying will save tons of money.

I myself did eat the occasional ramen but I also did a lot of pasta and salads (fresh vegetables, never pre-packaged salads, but only as much as you will eat in a week, otherwise you wasted your money).

Couple last things, always get coupons, get pickup instead of delivery if possible, and always ask for the specials.

 

[The_White_Crane]

To make baked beans more appealing, just add Tomato Puree, Worcestershire Sauce, and a dash of Paprika!

 

[Dele]

Cans of pea soup (A 80c) will get you through college fairly well fed.

 

[TwistedEllipses]

Pasta is your best friend. $10 of pasta will last you for at least a couple of months, sauce isn't very expensive, and it's very, very easy to prepare. Just boil it for a while, heat up the sauce, and combine them.

My other classic fallback is chicken breasts. Buy one of those large packages that have the bulk discount and some seasoning that you like (it's expensive, but it lasts forever; my favorites are these wierd greek and cajun medleys). One breast is a meal; freeze the rest and defrost them when you want them. Sprinkle your seasoning on your breast and broil it, flipping after a few minutes. Once it's cooked through, eat it. It works out to a $2 or $3 meal.

Stir-frys are cheap and delicious, but you need to keep a lot of ingredients.

With my meals I usually have some bread and some salad. Salads aren't tough - grab a head of green leaf or romaine lettuce, some dressing, and combine them; add in other veggies if you like.

Don't eat ramen noodles. That's a level you don't want to lower yourself to.

Listen to this guy he knows what he's talking about.

I would add rice is cheap and versatile like pasta. Chicken is also infinitely versatile - you don't have to buy chicken breast if you're using it for something like a stirfry you can settle for something lower grade. Cans and packets of soup are pretty cheap at the moment too.

From each of the ingredients; rice, pasta and chicken - you have a whole bunch of possibilities from curries to stirfries to faijatas to risottos to whatever...

 

[jasoncyrus]

Ok to skip the suggesting of recipes and simply point out the obvious.

You are of college age...and have no idea how the hell to make basic foods like scrambled eggs, beans on toast, pasta (with anything), steak (epicly simple, pan + steak + fry till brown on outside = great meal with chips...or pasta). Or any other extremely simple food.

Seriously...wow...

Maybe you should rethink the whole college thing if you have yet to get to the point of basic household skills. I mean really...you ain't gonna do well if you don't have the willpower to master something that takes literally 5 minutes to master.

EDIT: Also, screw chicken too much risk of food poisoning if you come in to make a snack and not entirely sober. Beef is your best friend, nigh impossible to get food poisoning from rare cooked beef. Hell you can eat the stuff while its still bleeding.

EDIT2: I'm feeling generous so i will gift you with a recipe:

Biscuit Pudding:

5-10 Sweetmeal digestives crushed into very small crumbs.

dash of milk (enough to make a thick porridge texture, its a bit of trial and error depending on how big your biscuits are. Best thing is to add a bit, mix add some more till its sticky.)

Add Syrup to taste, mix well.

Microwave for 2-3 minutes (2 for 5, 3 for 10)

Remove from microwave (carefully will be skin torching hot so use a towel) add milk if you want some more liquid to it and serve.

Very filling *extremely* tasty. Not suitable to those with wheat/gluten allergies.

Simple Grilled cheese sandwich:

block of cheese, 2 slices of bread, soy/wostershire sauce to taste.

Put 2 slices of bread to toast UNDER THE GRILL. (You'd be amazed how many people assume they can use the toaster)

While its toasting, slice enough thin slices of cheese from your block to cover EACH slice of toast.

nce first side is done, add cheese, and sauce to taste

place slices together and toast each non toasted side till ready.

Remove GCS, slice in half and serve.

Quick Beef Stirfry:

Noodles of whatever kind you like.
Two medium braising/frying steaks.
Soy sauce
Onions
1 slice of bread
Any other vegetable to taste.

Boil noodles if not the ready to use kind.

Slice steaks into thin short strips.

Slice bread into small cubes, aka croutons.

Fry onions in butter until golden brown.

Add beef and stir well making sure not to burn the onions.

Add bread cubes & any extra vegetables.

When bread is golden brown add noodles followed by soy sauce to taste.

Heat for a few minutes to make sure entire dish is hot then serve.

And finally the most basic yet enjoyable meal of all.

Baked Potato:

1-2 large pototaoes depending on hunger.
Butter
Any filling you like.

Prick large potatoes with fork several times each

Place in oven on a high heat, cook for 20 minutes.

remove potatoes, cut in half, add butter and any filling chosen, serve.

Viola. Even simpler than telling meerkats from markets. (bonus points if you get the reference.)

 

[DrDeath3191]

Ok to skip the suggesting of recipes and simply point out the obvious.

You are of college age...and have no idea how the hell to make basic foods like scrambled eggs, beans on toast, pasta (with anything), steak (epicly simple, pan + steak + fry till brown on outside = great meal with chips...or pasta). Or any other extremely simple food.

Seriously...wow...

Maybe you should rethink the whole college thing if you have yet to get to the point of basic household skills. I mean really...you ain't gonna do well if you don't have the willpower to master something that takes literally 5 minutes to master.

EDIT: Also, screw chicken too much risk of food poisoning if you come in to make a snack and not entirely sober. Beef is your best friend, nigh impossible to get food poisoning from rare cooked beef. Hell you can eat the stuff while its still bleeding.

EDIT2: I'm feeling generous so i will gift you with a recipe:

Biscuit Pudding:

5-10 Sweetmeal digestives crushed into very small crumbs.

dash of milk (enough to make a thick porridge texture, its a bit of trial and error depending on how big your biscuits are. Best thing is to add a bit, mix add some more till its sticky.)

Add Syrup to taste, mix well.

Microwave for 2-3 minutes (2 for 5, 3 for 10)

Remove from microwave (carefully will be skin torching hot so use a towel) add milk if you want some more liquid to it and serve.

Very filling *extremely* tasty. Not suitable to though with wheat/gluten allergies.

Simple Grilled cheese sandwich:

block of cheese, 2 slices of bread, soy/wostershire sauce to taste.

Put 2 slices of bread to toast UNDER THE GRILL. (You'd be amazed how many people assume they can use the toaster)

While its toasting, slice enough thin slices of cheese from your block to cover EACH slice of toast.

nce first side is done, add cheese, and sauce to taste

place slices together and toast each non toasted side till ready.

Remove GCS, slice in half and serve.

I know how to make the basics. I was wondering about other things I could make to prevent me from going mad from repitition.

 

[jasoncyrus]

Well thats simple, you just spices things up a bit, switch your ingredients around to make an entirely new dish!

Use potatoes instead of meat chunks in a stir fry!

Have potatoe waffles on a sandwich (that is awesome at short notice!)

Hell try Quorn that stuff is great.

You just gotta think about it like an rts game. You get extra points for winning in different ways.

The trick is making something that is both edible and delicious. I do not recoomend a blueberry, banana, apple and oatmeal smoothie...not fun.

Lasangue(however its spelt) is a good one to learn. Extremely simple and lasts a couple days.

If you slice your potatoes into thin crisp like slices then they makes a wonderful addition to any meal.

And best tip of all. If you peel your potatoes: Fry/deep fry the skin and serve them salted. Delicious!

The best tip you can get is to use every part you can in as many ways you can. Grilled vegetables give a nice crunch but the same taste as fried vegetables which are better as a softened addition to a hardier meal.

OH! and one last thing before i forget...

If you can eat tuna:

TUNA PIE! (without potatoe topping for speed)

One regular sized tin of tuna
One tin of condensed mushroom/chicken soup
One tin of peas

Add soup and tuna to a pot, heat and stir until tuna has broken up into small pieces. Add peas, water and all. Mix well.

Serve when hot.

 

[chefassassin2]

BLT with chipotle or srirachi sauce (a thai chili sauce you can find at any good grocer.). So good, so simple.

 

[MRMIdAS2k]

Beans on toast.

Spaghetti on toast.

posh bastard.