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Every forum I've been part of has a recipe thread. Since I'm moving out, I decided I might as well get your advice, gentle people from NSG, on cheap recipes for lazy, stingy people like me.

Yup, you heard me, this is me trying to make NSG my personal cookbook.

The advantage is, it'll become EVERYONE'S cookbook. >.>

So... I'm all ears. :D

How cheap and easy do you want it?

i'll have a video of my excellent bolognese recipe tomorrow :)
too tired to upload tonight

Beer + pretzels = Beer & Pretzels
Phone + $20 = Pizza
EasyMac = EasyMac
Cereal + Bowl = Breakfast



I'm a simple kind of guy. :D

Pasta. All you have to do is boil that. I like to add a pinch of salt to the water while boiling as well.

Beef ramen (drained but with a wee bit of broth left) and a bit of Worcestershire sauce, that's always good if you use the right amount of sauce.

I'll post more as I think about it.

Yootopia's Incredibly Easy Yet Delicious Middle-Eastern Eh Thing In A Pitta Recipe :

Ingredientes :

- A pound Del mince
- La turmeric
- Un egg
- Lettuca
- El Cooking Oil
- Pitta

"Och Yootopia, this is rubbish without a recipe"
"kk will gief recipe lolol"

- Wash your hands
- Put mince in a bowl, along with one egg, and a wee bit of turmeric
- Mash together for a bit
- Fry this burger-esque delight for a bit
- Stick it in a pitta along with some lettuce
- Eat

chicken cutlets:
buy chicken cutlets
bread it (dip in milk, then into flour, then back into milk, then into seasoned bread crumbs
fry in vegitable oil or other light oil (canola, etc) till golden brown on both sides (only flip once)
drain on paper towels

If you don't have a thermometer for the oil, there are two easy ways to tell when it is at the right temp. A 1" square piece of bread should brown fairly quickly, or you can take one drop of water and wait for it to pop

this can be used for fish as well (pollock is almost always cheap and pretty comparable to cod)

Parmesean chicken tenders:
bread chicken tenders as above, but mix about a cup of grated parmesean into the bread crumbs
broil about 5-10 minutes each side


honey nut chicken tenders
take a few handfuls of honey bunches of oats. Crunch up really well. Mix with breadcrumbs. Add a tablespoon or two of extra virgin olive oil.
bread the chicken
broil about 5-10 minutes each side


The oil will let it crisp, so it tastes more like fried chicken without the fat.


Hamburgers:
take ground beef. throw in some grill seasoning (available from McCormic in lots of flavors) and an egg. make patties. Cook.

Tuna burgers:
Use about a can and a half per person (chunk white in water). Drain tuna. Add an egg and shredded cheese of your choice. Add French's Fried Onions. Make into patties. Cook at 350 for 45 minutes to an hour.
For this one, either grease up the pan really well or use parchment paper...there's almost no fat, so they will stick.

The trick is the three ingredient rule, if it involves more than three ingredients it's too hard, and too expensive for a student

Put curry in everything to make it taste better.

Also, possibly pepper.

this can be used for fish as well (pollock is almost always cheap and pretty comparable to cod)
I recommend Yootopia's Delicious Salmon Curry Thing for fish delights -

Ingredientes :

- Some salmon, cut into pieces
- Some curry spices
- Some extra cumin or coriander or whatever you have
- Rita (yogurt + cucumber and a bit of mit)
- A naan bread for each person (garlic is best, normal is fine, Peshwara is for dirty communists, unless you're eating it with a korma)

Method :

- Wash your hands so your food doesn't taste of single
- Pick up salmon
- Place this salmon in curry spices, rub spices all over
- Put in frying pan (salmon is oily like the UAE, no need for extra stuff needed)
- Flip a couple of times so it's not all burnt on one side but tepid and horrific on the other
- Sort naan bread out
- Make rita if you've not bought it (it's a piece of piss, you just add a tiny splash of water to the yoghurt and mix it with diced cucumber and a bit of mint)
- Put naan on plate, followed by salmon, followed by rita and then your leaf of whatever's spare.
- Eat

Other fish can be used if you're some kind of pleb, but salmon is best.

The trick is the three ingredient rule, if it involves more than three ingredients it's too hard, and too expensive for a student
Pure balls, I make decent stuff with plenty of ingredients at least twice a week and I'm a student :tongue:

I use Mr. Noodles (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Noodles) as a cheap substitute for spaghetti.

Ingredients:
-Flour
-Vegetable Oil
-Food

Heat oil to 350 degrees (177 degrees Celsius).
Dust food with flour.
Put food in hot oil.
Fry.
Eat.

Put curry in everything to make it taste better.

Also, possibly pepper.

Not bad advice though I'd switch curry for sweet Thai chili sauce.

The absolute easiest meal to make is a can of soup spiced up, so...

1 can tomato soup
Thai sweet chili sauce
Pepper and salt to taste

You can try another sauce, I often add HP sauce or Worcestershire sauce if I have it.

Add vodka as well.

This is the ultimate in I can't be bothered to feed myself food, if you have bread laying around, it's almost a complete meal.

Um...Uh...Frozen Food and Take out are all I know, lol...

That, and tons and tons of Ramen...When youve got no money and youve gotta feed yourself for a week...Ramen is your best pall...

you get one box of the kraft mac and cheese (the one with the sauce packet not the powdery kraft)

add i can strained tuna fish

and then add paprika and chili powder to taste

(cayenne works well too)

How cheap and easy do you want it?

Excel Excel could buy it, Misato Katsuragi could cook it. :p

Two slices of bread, peanut butter, jelly. Spread peanut butter on bread, spread jelly on peanut butter. Slap the duly slathered slices together, cut in half or not as you see fit. Eat.

Two slices of bread, peanut butter, jelly. Spread peanut butter on bread, spread jelly on peanut butter. Slap the duly slathered slices together, cut in half or not as you see fit. Eat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZ4KaU_FVWg&feature=related

Two slices of bread, peanut butter, jelly. Spread peanut butter on bread, spread jelly on peanut butter. Slap the duly slathered slices together, cut in half or not as you see fit. Eat.

PB&J - J + honey = awesome.:tongue:

make a fluffernutter and add butterscotch chips to it and grill....the result is an orgasm in your mouth.

make a fluffernutter and add butterscotch chips to it and grill....the result is an orgasm in your mouth.

Warm with a creamy, gooey, sticky finish?

Buy a shitty Hitachi bbq. If you can't cook it with fire, it isn't food.

Warm with a creamy, gooey, sticky finish?

and enough sugar to kill wilfred brimley

Excel Excel could buy it, Misato Katsuragi could cook it. :p
That bad?

Cup Noodle.

Take one cup noodle
Add hot water to the fill line
Wait 3 minutes
Eat

Frozen Mac and Cheese

Open the box
Take out mac and cheese
Put in microwave
Nuke for a minute
Eat and listen to the sobbing of your stomach as it's handed what ammounts to yellow plastic

:p

Ok, some serious, easy cheep recipes.

Mock Chicken Fried Rice

Cut chunks of chicken (raw now), no bones
Soy sauce
Oil
1 package of frozen veggies (I like the carrot, corn, and pea mix)
About a cup or 2 of cooked rice
1 to 2 eggs
Wee bit 'o butter
Salt and pepper

1. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan (with lid, you'll need the lid)
2. cook the chicken chunks though, salt and pepper the suckers to taste
3. Add soy sauce (a bit, usually enough to coat the chicken) plus whatever else you like for flavor and put the lid down. Cook for 6 minutes, stiring after every 2 minutes.
4. In the mean time, place the frozen veggies in a microwave safe bowl with about a 1/2 cup of water. Nuke for 4 minutes. Add a bit 'o butter and pepper and stir, nuke for two more minutes or until hot. Drain.
5. Toss rice and veggies into the frying pan with the chicken, mix it well. Push everything up to the edge so you've got a nice clear spot in the center.
6. Add a wee bit 'o butter to grease the pan with, crack the eggs into the space and scramble. When they start turning a solid yellow (aka scrambled eggs), mix them in with everything else.
7. Add a bit of soy sauce to taste, close the lit for a minute or three then dump into a bowl and enjoy.

Harvest Apple Mash

1 large sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons white sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 Granny Smith apple - peeled, cored and sliced
1 tablespoon milk

1. Place the sweet potato in a medium saucepan and fill with enough water to cover the potatoes. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and simmer for about 20 minutes or until tender. Remove from heat, drain and set aside.
2. Melt butter over low heat in a small saucepan. Mix in the sugar, cinnamon and allspice. Add the apple slices, cover, and let simmer for 5 minutes, or until the apples are tender. Mix the apple mixture into the drained sweet potatoes along with the milk. Mix well using an electric mixer or just a fork until potatoes are mashed.

And when all else fails:

Whatchagot Stew

It's just what it sounds like. Take what'cha got, put it in a pot, add water, and let it stew.

Cereal + Bowl = Breakfast



Breakfast is the most important meal, so it's important to "Curb stomp that appetite!" (http://www.g4tv.com/xplay/features/35316/Comedy_Grains_of_War.html)

That bad?

Cup Noodle.

Take one cup noodle
Add hot water to the fill line
Wait 3 minutes
Eat

Frozen Mac and Cheese

Open the box
Take out mac and cheese
Put in microwave
Nuke for a minute
Eat and listen to the sobbing of your stomach as it's handed what ammounts to yellow plastic

:p

Ok, some serious, easy cheep recipes.

Mock Chicken Fried Rice

Cut chunks of chicken (raw now), no bones
Soy sauce
Oil
1 package of frozen veggies (I like the carrot, corn, and pea mix)
About a cup or 2 of cooked rice
1 to 2 eggs
Wee bit 'o butter
Salt and pepper

1. Heat 1 tablespoon of oil in a frying pan (with lid, you'll need the lid)
2. cook the chicken chunks though, salt and pepper the suckers to taste
3. Add soy sauce (a bit, usually enough to coat the chicken) plus whatever else you like for flavor and put the lid down. Cook for 6 minutes, stiring after every 2 minutes.
4. In the mean time, place the frozen veggies in a microwave safe bowl with about a 1/2 cup of water. Nuke for 4 minutes. Add a bit 'o butter and pepper and stir, nuke for two more minutes or until hot. Drain.
5. Toss rice and veggies into the frying pan with the chicken, mix it well. Push everything up to the edge so you've got a nice clear spot in the center.
6. Add a wee bit 'o butter to grease the pan with, crack the eggs into the space and scramble. When they start turning a solid yellow (aka scrambled eggs), mix them in with everything else.
7. Add a bit of soy sauce to taste, close the lit for a minute or three then dump into a bowl and enjoy.

Harvest Apple Mash

1 large sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
1 tablespoon butter
2 tablespoons white sugar
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1/2 Granny Smith apple - peeled, cored and sliced
1 tablespoon milk

1. Place the sweet potato in a medium saucepan and fill with enough water to cover the potatoes. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium, and simmer for about 20 minutes or until tender. Remove from heat, drain and set aside.
2. Melt butter over low heat in a small saucepan. Mix in the sugar, cinnamon and allspice. Add the apple slices, cover, and let simmer for 5 minutes, or until the apples are tender. Mix the apple mixture into the drained sweet potatoes along with the milk. Mix well using an electric mixer or just a fork until potatoes are mashed.

And when all else fails:

Whatchagot Stew

It's just what it sounds like. Take what'cha got, put it in a pot, add water, and let it stew.

Thanks. :D

Walk to SuperFresh.
Buy 3-pack of tilapia cakes for $1.99
Buy microwavable baked potato thingy for $0.99
Cook
Profit.

Walk to SuperFresh.
Buy 3-pack of tilapia cakes for $1.99
Buy microwavable baked potato thingy for $0.99
Cook
Profit.

you forgot the 6 pack of yuengling.

you forgot the 6 pack of yuengling.

They don't sell beer at SuperFresh. :(

1 Can of Baked Beans
1 Can of tomato soup
Some cheap ass ground beef.
Unspecified amount of worcestershire sauce
Some spices. Or not. It doesn't matter that much.

Combine beans and tomato soup in a microwave safe bowl.
Add some worcestershire sauce
Put the bowl in the microwave for like 4 maybe five minutes.
Fry up the meat with some spices and moar worcestershire sauce.
Put meat in combined tomato soup/beans. Stir.

Impromptu chili.

Pasta. All you have to do is boil that. I like to add a pinch of salt to the water while boiling as well.

Beef ramen (drained but with a wee bit of broth left) and a bit of Worcestershire sauce, that's always good if you use the right amount of sauce.

I'll post more as I think about it.

Worcestershire sauce makes everything better. Even salad.

They don't sell beer at SuperFresh. :(


always sucks that they dont sell beer in supermarkets in PA yet. they really need to get on that.

Nobody mentioned grilled cheese?

You will need bread, cheese, butter, a stove, a pan, and a spatula.

Put the cheese between 2 slices of bread, put butter on the outside of the bread, turn on the stove, put the sandwich in the pan... cook until cheese is melted, turning at least once to toast the outside of the bread.

Lazy mans way... put bread in toaster, put cheese between 2 pieces of toasted bread, microwave for 20-30 seconds on high.

always sucks that they dont sell beer in supermarkets in PA yet. they really need to get on that.

Well, the law won't let them.

Excel Excel could buy it, Misato Katsuragi could cook it. :p

Descriptive.

Well, the law won't let them.

oh i know, right before i left philly i remember people were trying to get beer in supermarkets in PA to no avail.....

Nobody mentioned grilled cheese?

You will need bread, cheese, butter, a stove, a pan, and a spatula.

Put the cheese between 2 slices of bread, put butter on the outside of the bread, turn on the stove, put the sandwich in the pan... cook until cheese is melted, turning at least once to toast the outside of the bread.

Lazy mans way... put bread in toaster, put cheese between 2 pieces of toasted bread, microwave for 20-30 seconds on high.

Lazy man's way is fail. I never do it that way anymore.

I've gotten fairly good at the grilled cheese sandwich, actually. It is quite a staple.

Ingredients
Can of beans(kidney, Romano, black)
Rice
Salsa
Pre-shredded cheese
nacho chips (optional)

Kitchen equiptment needed
stove
pot with fitted lid
strainer
bowl or plate, fork or spoon

Directions
-Cook rice. This is the hardest step. 1 part rice, 2 parts water. Boil. Cover and simmer for 20 minutes. DONOT open lid.

-Empty beans into strainer and rinse well

-Put beans, cheese, rice, and salsa in bowl or plate and mix until cheese is melted. eat with chips if desired.

Lazy man's way is fail. I never do it that way anymore.

I've gotten fairly good at the grilled cheese sandwich, actually. It is quite a staple.

I am the MASTER of the grilled cheese sandwich. I am not shitting you, people always want me to make 'em.

The lazy man's way was for the lulz.

always sucks that they dont sell beer in supermarkets in PA yet. they really need to get on that.

Well that sucks.

I am the MASTER of the grilled cheese sandwich. I am not shitting you, people always want me to make 'em.

The lazy man's way was for the lulz.

Awesome.

Well that sucks.

the glory of the commonwealth of PA.

Nobody mentioned grilled cheese?

You will need bread, cheese, butter, a stove, a pan, and a spatula.

Put the cheese between 2 slices of bread, put butter on the outside of the bread, turn on the stove, put the sandwich in the pan... cook until cheese is melted, turning at least once to toast the outside of the bread.

Lazy mans way... put bread in toaster, put cheese between 2 pieces of toasted bread, microwave for 20-30 seconds on high.

No no no...do them up the right way.

Spread mayo on one piece of bread, cream cheese on the other. Put 2 slices of cheese in the middle. Put some butter on the outside, and cook as stated above (not in the microwave.)

You will never have a grilled cheese so creamy.

-Slice tomato
-slice cheese
-toast 2 pieces of bread
-fry egg
-put cheese and tomato on top of egg in frying pan. Help it melt by covering the frying pan.
-put cheese, egg, tomato on bread, add pepper, add other piece of bread
-eat sammich

Two super easy fish recipes that sound weird but are quite tasty:

Place a halibut steak in a baking pan. Spread with mayonnaise and sprinkle with garlic salt to taste. Broil 5-7 minutes, flip fish over, repeat whole process.

Marinade salmon fillet(s) in store bought teriyaki sauce for at least one hour, then bake at 350 F for 20-30 minutes depending on the size/thickness of your fillet and how well done you like your salmon.

For easy clean up, line the baking pan with foil before putting the fish in it.

Ok, now a serious ASD recipe.

First, get a crockpot (WalMart has small crockpots, suitable for one person for a ridiculously cheap price, something like $10-15).

Now at the store get

1 tiny box (@ 8 oz.) chicken stock (Swanson's has little boxes)
1 boneless, skinless chicken breast, cut in 1" chunks
1 small potato, peeled and cut in chunks
1 small onion, peeled and cut in chunks
1 carrot, peeled and cut in chunks (optional, I think carrots make the dish too sweet)
Salt, Pepper, sage, thyme, garlic powder (or diced fresh garlic) to taste

Spread the onion and potato (and carrot, if you want) in the bottom of the crockpot. Strew chunked up chicken on top. Add seasonings. Pour stock over the whole thing. If the stock covers everything, fine, if not add water until the everything is just covered. Stir. Cover crockpot. Turn on and allow to cook for as long as the crockpot direction book says. Serve the results with a salad and a nice, crusty bread.
(you can substitute stew beef for chicken and beef stock for chicken stock, use oregano, basil, marjoram and bay leaf instead of sage and thyme).

The nice thing about crockpots is that there is a huge variety of things that you can make with them, most of them inexpensive, and you don't have to be a gourmet chef to turn out good food.

Lazy mans way... put bread in toaster, put cheese between 2 pieces of toasted bread, microwave for 20-30 seconds on high.

When my mom was first married in '59, she didn't have a stove. She made grilled cheese using her clothes iron. Just press and toast on each side.

Passable Tomato Basil soup

To 1 can of condensed tomato soup slowly add one half a can of water and one half a can of milk. Sprinkle on dried basil and garlic powder. Cook until warm. Serve with cheese crackers.

Lentil Soup

Cook 1 part lentils in 4 parts water. Add salt, onions, carrots, and celery to taste (or any veg you have on hand). Simmer for 30 minutes. Add rice or pasta (or serve with bread) to make it a complete protein. This is one of the cheapest healthy meal you can make. I lived on this for months when I was at my poorest. My total food budget was $8 a week.

Toasted Cheese

Take any bread (crusty french loaf if you can get it) and slice it moderately thick. Put cheese on top. Place under broiler until cheese is bubbly. For variety, you can put onions, tomatoes, or some other veg under the cheese before broiling.

Soup Bake

Brown some ground meat. Place in a casserole dish (a used pie tin will work too). Add a can of alphabet soup or vegetable soup (do not dilute). Top with canned biscuits and bake at 375 degrees until biscuits are golden brown.

Kraft Dinner with a twist
Boil macaroni
drain
add powdered cheese
stir
add ranch salad dressing
stir again

Ok, now a serious ASD recipe.

First, get a crockpot (WalMart has small crockpots, suitable for one person for a ridiculously cheap price, something like $10-15).

Yep. If you're looking for inexpensive, easy, healthy, and tasty, a crock pot can be your best friend. http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/

You guys are all teaching real food recipes
common now!

take 2 pounds of gazelle, cut into small cubes, grill and add it to a gallon of campbells soup.

deeeeeeeeeeeeeelicious.

take 2 pounds of gazelle, cut into small cubes, grill and add it to a gallon of campbells soup.

deeeeeeeeeeeeeelicious.

Sounds good, but where would I find gazelle?

My fave:
take a between 2-3 slices of bread and slather on pizza/spaghetti sauce thick, take whatever deli meats or leftover steak, hamburger, pork, etc. you have and tear into bite size pieces and spread over bread. Sprinkle favorite shredded cheese, nuke for about 3 minutes/until cheese is bubbling, enjoy!

3 parts Gordon's Gin. 1 Part Stolichnaya 100 proof vodka. 1/2 measure Kina Blanc.

Shake until ice cold. Add lemon peel.

Drink.

Repeat until dead.

Descriptive.

Among otakus, it is. Excel is a character who never has any money, and Misato's cooking would be forbidden by the Geneva Convention. :p

Fried Pasta

You need :

Some pasta, cooked al dente (you can use anything, personally I like to use either Spirelli or Tortelini)
1 onion
1clove of garlic
3 eggs
Some grated Parmesan
Salt and pepper
Olive oil

Cut the onion and garlic, fry in some olive oil until soft. Add the pasta and fry for another few minutes (I like bits of the pasta turning slightly brown). Add the eggs and stir in, cook until the eggs have set.
Sprinkle with salt, pepper and parmesan.

Rosemary chicken easy.

1 boneless chicken breast (can be bone just not as easy)
some olive oil
some rosemary
some garlic.


add rosemary garlic and olive oil in a frying pan season to taste.
turn on heat let warm.
Add chicken make sure it gets plenty of the seasonings on it.
cook and eat. I normally add other ingredients but start with that and work your way up according to your taste.

FINALLY! my bolognese video!

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ry8YAf4SYmc

cooks enough to feed a bunch of hungry students, or enough to freeze lots and have it again later if you're by your onesies

Roast Swan with Chaudon Sauce

INGREDIENTS:

1 swan
Olive oil
DIRECTIONS:
With your hands or a pastry brush, coat the entire outside of a cleaned & gutted swan (being sure to reserve the giblets for the Chaudon sauce) with olive oil. Roast on either a spit or in an oven. Roast until done, basting often with broth or drippings. Carve into serving pieces and serve with Chaudon sauce.

Chaudon Sauce:

Swan giblets
Salt
Broth
Unseasoned toasted breadcrumbs
Ginger
Galingale
Red Wine Vinegar
Wash the blood from the giblets, and while still wet, sprinkle with a little salt. Place in a pot, cover with water and boil until done. Remove, drain, & cool. Chop the giblets into small pieces; place giblets and the broth, spices, & breadcrumbs in a food processor (or any equivalent device) and combine into a smooth gravy-like sauce. Strain if necessary. Place in a sauceboat, add salt if necessary, and bring to a soft boil. Reduce heat to a simmer & add a little vinegar for a slight tartness. Serve with the roasted swan.

Cheap and simple Receipies?

hmmm...

By chicken (say KFC) take out what you will eat first then bag the rest in portions and toss into the freezer. do not let it cool down first (yeah, I know it's an energy drain) this freezes the chicken with as much juices inside and when you reheat them, they're nice and tender and not cardboard like.


then there are what I call Simple Sandwiches. bread, spread, meat, cheeze, and a pickle on the side.

then I have my Meat Tarts.

Make meatloaf... alot of it. but instead of putting it in a loaf pan, you pack it into alot of Tart pans. wrap in foil and freeze. then on days when you don't feel like cooking, you just pop one or two (depending on your appitite) into the oven and cook it.

Rice-a-roni tuna casserole

Prepare Rice-a-Roni as appears on the box.
While waiting for it to cook, open and drain one small can of sweet peas and one can of tuna. Dump into big bowl.

When Rice-A-Roni is done, dump over tuna and peas and mix well. Done.

$1.99 for a box of Rice a Roni
$1.50 for a can of tuna
can of sweet peas: $0.99

You could get two meals easily out of this.

Or
Make a pot of spaghetti sauce

1 large can of tomato puree (28 oz)
1 can of water (use the puree can)
3 tablespoons evoo
2-3 chopped garlic cloves
oregano, rosemary, salt and pepper to taste
3-5 leaves fresh basil, shredded

chop garlic and fry until golden in the bottom of a sauce pan
add the tomato puree -- careful! it will spatter!
add the can of water
add about a tablespoon of salt and as many grinds of pepper as "looks good'
add shredded basil, oregan, and rosemary
cover and simmer at least an hour

Use a ladle or two over pasta -- freeze the huge amount left in single servings in ziplock bags.

Spicy chicken noodle bowl
take some cauliflower and split up the heads,
take some brocoli and do the same,
then if you want some extra kick add a few shakes of cayenne pepper

Excel Excel could buy it, Misato Katsuragi could cook it. :p

Misato makes yucky curry!!!:eek:

Misato makes yucky curry!!!:eek:

better Misato than C-Ko... or worse... Akane Tendo! :eek2:

better Misato than C-Ko... or worse... Akane Tendo! :eek2:

Then there's Orihime, who cooks WELL, but cooks ODDLY. o_o

Spaghetti-Os

Then there's Orihime, who cooks WELL, but cooks ODDLY. o_o

but at least her's is... edible.

an old anime baised CCG where if you combine C-Ko's Bento with Akane's Cooking it turns into a wandering encounter!

I can offer you the recipe for sprouts a la Rejis:

1 package of deep-frozen sprouts,
2 slices of bread
some oil

Preparation:
cut the sprouts in half or quarters, heat up the oil in a frying pan, put the sprouts in and when they stat getting dark, add the slices of bread as crumbs. Wait and occasionally stir until the sprouts are sufficiently dark. Enjoy with a caffeinated drink of your choice.

Why not use TV dinners and soup that all you have to do is add water and microwave it for 3 minutes?

I'm pretty fond of the jambalyia recipe on the back of the safeway rice. I think it's:

2 TBS of olive oil
1/3 cup diced onion
3 cloves of garlic
8 oz. of italian sausage
probably the same amount of shelled shrimp
two cups of water
one cup of rice
1 1/2 cup of salsa
bell pepper if you like food that tastes like poison, I don't.

You saute the onion and garlic (minced) in the olive oil for a bit, then add the rice, water and sausage until it boils, then simmer and cover the whole bit for 15 minutes, then add the salsa and shrimp and simmer for another 5 minutes stirring now and then.

I do it once, takes half an hour, makes enough to get me by for a few days.

I do the same thing with this turkey chili recipe (http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Simple-Turkey-Chili/Detail.aspx). Though I chop in chili peppers and add cinnamon and then let it simmer for two hours. Last time I did that it was awesome.

I rotate chicken and salmon recipes from that site as well. When salmon is on sale. I bought some tilapia recently but haven't found a recipe that really grabs me.

I used to do the pasta thing, but once a day usually late in the day. That, uh, didn't work out great.

Sounds good, but where would I find gazelle?

If mule deer is an acceptable substitute, I could - um - acquire one fairly easily as long as there's no game warden around... It's 25-50 cents per shot depending on caliber. :p

1. Brown a pound of ground beef
2. Boil some noodles
3. Drain noodles, combine with beef
4. Season to taste

Misato makes yucky curry!!!:eek:

And drinks lots of beer!

better Misato than C-Ko... or worse... Akane Tendo! :eek2:
No... As bad as Akane's cooking, I'm fairly sure that C-ko's is much, much worse.

Akane's just takes out super powered martial artists. C-ko's can flatten the daughter of Superman and Wonder Woman! :eek2:

Then there's Orihime, who cooks WELL, but cooks ODDLY. o_o

Take a look at the Cooking Alice ability from Gakkuen Alice. You'll cringe.:eek2:

And drinks lots of beer!

And likes to have sex with her ex. *nod*

Pasta. All you have to do is boil that. I like to add a pinch of salt to the water while boiling as well.
The salt is quite mandatory, I can assure you.

Btw there's nothing easier than making tomato sauce, quod wiki.

Poor Man's Lasagna

Ingredients:
Egg Noodles
Ground Beef
Jar Spaghetti Sauce
Bell Pepper
Onion
2 Large Bags of Shredded Cheese (Cheddar)

Boil Noodles, Drain and set aside.
Chop Onion, Pepper. Saute in Pan. Set aside.
Brown Ground Beef (Salt & Pepper to taste). Drain Fat.
Mix Ground beef, Onion, Pepper and Spaghetti Sauce to thick mixture (not runny!)

Layer Noodles, Cheese, Beef Mixture, Cheese, Noodles and more Cheese in casserole dish. Bake at 350 until cheese is gooey.

This will feed you for days. The leftovers (reheated in microwave) actually taste better than when originally cooked.

Another easy ASD recipe

Quick and Delicious Pasta Sauce

One Medium Tomato per person.
One onion, diced
Garlic to taste
Fresh Basil chopped
Fres Parsley chopped
Bread Crumbs (Store bought)
Salt and Pepper

Put a large kettle of unsalted water on and bring it to a boil. When it comes to a boil turn it down to a simmer. With a pair of tongs, put one of the tomatoes in the water for about 30-60 seconds - this will make it easy to peel - then peel the tomato. Do this for each tomato. Chop the tomatoes, garlic cloves, etc.

In a medium to large skillet (depending on how much you want to make) heat some olive oil. When the oil is heated, add the onions and garlic - sweat them, do not carmelize. When the onion and garlic are soft, but not browned, add the tomatoes, parsley and basil. Stir until heated through, add salt and pepper. Just before serving, add about 1/4 1/3 cup bread crumbs - toss. Remove from heat. Pour over pasta of choice, toss. Cheese isn't really needed, but some grated mozzarella is good.