Trying to be more self-efficient and force myself to cook so I don't starve to death at home or spend too much money eating outside food. Give this college student your idiot-proof delicious recipes. Also, I would prefer if it doesn't require too many spices. 4 ingredients or less would be nice. Here's one I like. Spoiler: Enoki Beef Rolls Ingredients: Marinade (Mine is usually soy sauce, mirin and garlic) Beef Slices Enoki Mushrooms 1. Clean and soak mushrooms in water for 30 min. Soak Beef Slices in Marinade for 30min. 2. Wrap beef slices onto each chunk of enoki mushrooms 3. Sear that baby up on a sizzling hot pan (oiled of course) and flip it around until the beef is thoroughly cooked and the juices of the mushroom start seeping out. Voila! Dinner is served. I can't stop salivating while writing this post.
If you put more milk and less flour, voila you get crepe! Serve it with ice cream. Dessert!! You could also make a pancake in a blender using bananas, oatmeal and milk!! A much healthier version Spoiler: Banana Oatmeal Pancake
idiot proof, tuna with pasta and the ways to mess it up -boil water in your container of choice ( try not to burn yourself or other around you) - add pasta and salt ( don't add the whole packet for both ingredients) - regularly taste little piece of pasta to check when it is done (again do not burn yourself) -when done, turn off the heat - Open the can of tuna and add it with the oil (don't cut yourself opening the can) -drain water/oil to sink (don't burn yourself) you can't cook anything simpler than this and still call it cooking and if even you can't do this, humankind is better off without you
Egg recipes that i always do at home ~ Egg Scramble with Hotdog Bits is easy enough and is good with rice or bread Egg Rice is a bit easy desu... Just get egg, overnight rice, butter/oil and soy sauce Just do the normal scrambled egg and put in rice to mix and add soy sauce... Salt and pepper to taste Beef Mushroom Rice with Left over beef strips button mushrooms gravy mix and rice would suffice too ~ Just saute garlic and mushroom + beef first and do the gravy mix... Add in both beef, garlic and mushroom and gravy to rice And the good old trusty student noodle pack. Just search on internet some noodles made with leftover ingredients since they are numerous but they will help a ton if you're tight on budget... I have so many quick easy recipes to share but i think these are the easiest i could think of
Speaking of eggs, I recall seeing this Japanese video once about mixing rice with raw egg and a little bit of soy sauce and eating it just like that. I wanna try it but I don't wanna risk getting salmonella. Might try investing in imported eggs Spoiler: Japanese Egg Rice
Something I like eating and its cheap ingredients - olive oil (or any salad oil) or butter (if you like to live dangerously) - brocolli - tofu - any vegetables you have in your house - an egg (bonus step) 1) heat olive oil in pan for 5 mins at low-med heat 2) while oil is heating cut vegetables into small sizes (dont forget to include the broccoli stalk because broccoli stalk tastes good) 3) put all the bits and stir fry it for like 10 minutes or something 4) viola stir fried vegetables bonus step 5) once you have eaten most of the vegetables, reheat the pan then mix the egg with your leftovers viola fried egg with vegetables I can usually use around Php150 (approx. 3 USD converted)for this and I can stretch the ingredients for around 3 meals solo with an additional egg to create 5 meals
It's cooked normally like a simple scrambled egg so no worries (｡･ω･｡) i remember there's the half-cooked one which they put raw eggs while cooking the rice and mix, but don't worry about that since they cooked it with rice which i dont think is raw anymore when they already sit it on pan being cooked for a while...
There's egg noodles too which just replace rice with cooked pasta just season them Then there's tomato pasta with tomatoes noodles,mushroom and garlic Saute garlic and mushroom, add in tomatoes and squash them in and put in the cooked noodles... Quick and easy
A slow cooker lets you easily prepare soup the night before, then have it ready for lunch and dinner the following day. E.g. cheap meat with root vegetables like potatoes, radishes and carrots. Pour in water; add some condiments/spices like thick soy sauce and pepper, turn on the slow cooker and wait till the next day. You want cheap meat and root vege because they're tougher and can slowly turn soft in the heat overnight. Another easy slow cooker recipe are chunks of cheap meat and potatoes marinated in bbq sauce. This needs more cleaning after cooking than the soup, though. If you have a microwave, you can easily make baked potatoes. Just wash the potatoes, remove the eyes, make a slit in the potato halfway through it, cook it in the microwave, then put stuff like butter or mayonnaise on top. Cooking time depends on your potato and microwave model and settings. I recommend starting with 2 to 4 minutes, then add another 30 to 60 seconds until cooked. My microwave takes about 4 to 10 minutes, depending on the breed and size of potato. I've also poured stuff like sesame salad dressing over it, or just sprinkled some garlic salt when needed. You can also slice or chunk the potatoes if you like. Cover the outside with salt, then cook. If it's normal cooking, I've dumped rice, meat chunks, cut radishes and/or potatoes, thick soy sauce and other spices to taste into a pot of water, bring to a boil, then simmer for 30 minutes or so. Just make sure to stir the pot from time to time to prevent burning the bottom. You can also easily cook chicken in a microwave. E.g. thaw breastmeat, slather soy sauce or salt all over, then cook. Just need to check to make sure the insides are also cooked.
It's not a exactly a recipe, but you can brown ground beef in the microwave. Works great as a way to conveniently prepare a meat ingredient for things like pasta sauce: https://tastessence.com/how-to-brown-ground-beef Also, here's how to make grilled cheese in the microwave too: https://www.wikihow.com/Make-a-Grilled-Cheese-Sandwich-Using-a-Microwave I put up microwave recipes because they are simple and almost every college student has a microwave, but if you are willing to invest about $80, I would suggest you get this. By following the simple included instructions, it can automatically cook white and brown rice, pasta, steam vegetables, and many other things.
Can you tell which ingredients are in the picture? I can't tell if the roll or the noodles are the beef or mushrooms. Also you have succeeded in making me salivate a little for this exotic looking meal.