Student in need of cooking recipes :)

Brisk.

Moving to uni in the next few days and i wondered if anyone here has any simple recipes + instructions for food, mainly dinner in the evening. I can get by on toasted sandwiches for lunch :P

Thanks for any help!

Lizard

get a crockpot

throw in some meat after rubbing olive oil and spices on it.

cook all day on low.

oil alternative

beans on toast!!!

chop a chicken up, chuck some curry sauce on it!

tadaaaaaa

ruby murry!

chime

Pasta, pasta and a bit more pasta

You mean you're not planning on living on Pot Noodles :eek:

shmap

I definitely agree on the crockpot, and would also recommend buying a mini Foreman grill. One easy recipe - that I used in college and beyond - is to marinate chicken breasts in soy sauce and red pepper flakes, then plop 'em on the grill. It works well for some veggies, too, like asparagus or zucchini chips (with different marinades). Easy cleanup to boot

mert

My stand-by, when I don't know what to make, is chicken with a side. One version is a chopped up chicken breast in a non-stick skillet with a clove of garlic and some olive oil. Then I make some rice, cooking it in chicken stock instead of water for flavour. I add a whack of frozen veggies when it's almost done, then throw the cooked chicken in the whole thing, some soy sauce and it's done.

Other variation on this theme is bake the chicken at 350F after being rubbed with olive oil and some seasoning (I use Montreal Chicken Spice, which is just a premade mix that is tasty)... Before you throw it in the oven, slice some sweet potato julienne-stlye (long and thin), throw them on a baking sheet, throw some oilve oil, salt and pepper over them. Then throw everything in the oven for about 20-30 minutes, cooking some vegetable for the last 5-10 on the stove, and it's done. Yummy chicken and sweet potato fries with a veggie!

Then there's always tuna noodle casserole: Cook some egg noodles. Throw them in a casserole dish with condensed cream of mushroom soup, peas, and tuna, then put it in the oven at 350F for about 20-30 minutes.

iamica

Cheese quesedillas. Easy and quick.

Sian-of-the-dead

Ohhhh

Try....

One can peeled plum tomatoes
Some veg (Aubergine, courgette, mushrooms, pepper and red onion)
Bread crumbs
Garlic paste
Tomato puree
Herbs
Pine nuts
Parmesan grated cheese
Goats cheese

Fry off yer veg and put it in a cassarole dish (or pyrex dish). Throw in a can of peeled plum toms, the tomato puree, herbs and garlic and mix. Top with goats cheese. On top of all that put a mixture of parmesan, bread crumbs and pine nuts. Whack it in the oven (about gas mark 6) for about 30/40 mins. Take it out and eat!

Mmmm delicious and easy

urbanhippie

Pasta, with pesto and parmesan.
Cook up some (fresh) chopped veggies in chicken stock. Add tiny pasta shapes just before the end...Minestrone soup.


Also invest in a good student cookbook. I still use mine, it's great when money's scarce.

Indian Summer

Box of Mac & Cheese + Can of Tuna + Can of Peas = Tuna Casserole.

It's cheap, it's easy, and I survived on this stuff in college, 3-4 nights a week.

Heineken Helen

there are plenty of good recipe websites.

My favourite though is to fry some chicken in olive oil, soy sauce, fresh chopped garlic, black pepper and mixed herbs. Add mushrooms and/or broccolli/bacon/whatever. Serve either with potatoes, rice, noodles or pasta. Tis yum, healthy and very very quick.

dontloseyourheat

Ramen noodles

Indian Summer

Heineken Helen wrote:

there are plenty of good recipe websites.

My favourite though is to fry some chicken in olive oil, soy sauce, fresh chopped garlic, black pepper and mixed herbs. Add mushrooms and/or broccolli/bacon/whatever. Serve either with potatoes, rice, noodles or pasta. Tis yum, healthy and very very quick.

WTF? First rule of college cooking: NO MORE THAN THREE INDGREDIENTS!

dunkman

Pot Noodles

Indian Summer

I also lived near a McDonald's and Taco Bell during my last year of college, so I ate that crap 5 times a week. I'd advise you not to do that however, I think I'm still getting that crap out of my system, and I graduated 5 years ago. Not to mention the 20 pounds I packed on that year. I've sworn off most fast food since then, just the thought of mcdonald's makes me gag still.

Vedderlution_Baby

http://www.unh.edu/health-services/good_eats/contents.html

http://yumyum.com/ (This website has a shit load of recipes and may not be geared towards the simpler ones like the top link)

meistereder

If I were you, I'd get a little grill and make lots of turkey burgers, chicken, etc.

Also, check out the million or so recipe websites on the internet. Food Network has lots of good ones. Also, you could watch the Food Network for ideas, but steer clear of Emeril's recipes, which are often kind of lame in my opinion. ("Now throw in 27 cloves of garlic!") Stupid.

Heineken Helen

Indian Summer wrote:

WTF? First rule of college cooking: NO MORE THAN THREE INDGREDIENTS!

well olive oil, soy sauce, black pepper, mixed herbs and garlic should be those things that you always have anyway... so they don't really count as ingredients, right?

chime

Notice temps being given in F and Gas Marks and chances are his oven may well be C so here you go http://www.hintsandthings.co.uk/kitchen/oventemp.htm

Jeremy1012

Chime wrote:

Pasta, pasta and a bit more pasta

You mean you're not planning on living on Pot Noodles :eek:

Agree with pasta.

Also Ed, where are you going? If it's anywhere around London, JAMAICAN LAMB PATTIES. They are a whole meal in one cheap, easy to cook, hard as a rock pastry.

surfanddestroy

The easiest thing to make, cook some pasta and throw in some OXO, I used to eat this all the time, so yummy