This is kind of an extension of the dinner topic, But it seems like some of our students in the group could use some quick, cheap recipies for their finals! I cant cook worth a damn so I wont be any help, anyone else have some ideas?

 

Spam hot or cold, especially like to smear the gelatin on it! What a bonus!

 

*Top Ramen (cheaper by the case). Adders as desired: diced meat, veggies (buy a bag of mixed frozen is one way to deal with this and it's fast), curry, jap peppers, etc etc. Optional: before adding noodles, beat an egg in a cup and dump it in the boiling water. Slowly stir to form threads then add noodles, meat, etc.

*Mac n Cheese. Adders as desired: 1lb ground beef, can of tomato sauce/paste, chedder cheese, green beans, touch of italian seasoning.

*Spagetti. Buy the bottled sauce to save time. Adders to sauce (as desired): mushrooms, chopped garlic cloves, onion, ground beef, italian seasoning.

*Curry and rice. Buy a pack of S & B curry mix. Saute 1 lb chicken breast or thigh. Add curry and vegies (optional) such as onion, green peppers, jap peppers, sliced carrot, sliced celery. Serve over white rice. Note that this is pretty good stuff but to make the curry takes roughly $8 or so. However, you get a great left over .

*Toasted cheese sandwiches with ham. Use chedder and not gross processed cheese. For more flair, add some onion and or jap peppers. Butter up the piece of toast that does not have cheese on it (margerine/oleo crap is NOT allowed ).

*Crock pot creations. Stew meat, chicken, pork then add vegies as desired. Chunk up potatoes, carrots, celery, onion, etc. Add a can of diced tomatos. Salt/pepper/etc seasonings as desired.

***Nothing I noted above really needs to be measured, just use common sense and add as much as desired. I'd suggest making more than needed as leftovers are great time savers.

McGuts 99 cent menu.

 

1) Brown some burger with french onion soup mix,add a can or two of brown gravy and pour over bread,fake potatos,real potatos or whatever else you can think of.

2) pizza fixins of your choice on english muffins.

3) brown some burger with taco seasoning,add salsa,put in a crock pot with velveeta cheese and make some killer cheese dip.

Good luck
Fat250

 

Two words: BEEF STEW (It's 'brain food'...)

Get a large can of it, and some cheap hot sauce if you're into that.

Heat it with a micronuke in a glass or plastic bowl with a plate on top of it in case some of the potato chunks burst in the process (tends to make a mess unless the dish is covered).

Canned stuff was the first thing I played with in the kitchen, and big cans are better than small ones.

Ya know how tortilla chips tend to have about two inches of busted chips in the bottom of the bag? Crunch 'em up, mix them into some canned chili, heat 'em most of the way and then top it with shredded cheddar cheese and heat (in a micronuke) for another 30 - 45 seconds.

Chopped fresh tomatoes are good in canned chilli too. Not to mention black olives...

OR

Brown some burger in a skillet. Dump in a plain old can of tomato sauce. Add italian spice, garlic, and a small can of mushrooms. When it's simmered for a bit, boil some water. Cook the noodles about ten minutes exactly.

As with chili - you can add all kinds of goodies to spaghetti sauce....

Get some cheap french bread, cheese, and smoked sausages. Cut the french bread loaf in half, split it, spread it with cheese and hot sauce (I like Tobasco), split one of the sausages and lay it on the cheese. Then NUKE THAT PUPPY for about 1.5 to 2.5 minutes. Quick, easy, munchy, and lasts a long time...

*Naturally, since I mentioned that, I had to out to the kitchen for about 5 minutes. Yum!

 

i just do the typical cheep food. ramen, fake taters, anything else that is just heat it and eat it. but i add a twist to it all. everything gets ham (the kind you get as sandwich meat that way you can use it for a sandwich durring lunch) and sredded cheese added. eggs go between bread with ham and singles cheese. burritos get cheese on the top and are smeared in ranch. the biggest thing is to just have some fun and go for it. i doubt you will ever come up with anything more discusting than i have.

 

I'm trying to think back on what I did.......

O ya- girlfriend!

OK, OK- it was a different time.

One of my favorites involves frozen Potatoes O'Brien, eggs, whatever meat is in the fridge (ham is best), and shredded cheese. Mix it all together and bake it @ 350 for about 20 minutes. This is a good one to make ahead and freeze in portions (great for camping too).

 

Cereal

hotdogs and beans
peanutbutter and jelly
toast
grilled cheese









Just kidding

 

grilled cheese with jalepenos, fry the peppers alittle first so they aint crunchy, adds a kick to the old boring grilled cheese.
also chili make a big pot and eat it for a week.