I occasionally cooked during High School, however, college was my first real experience cooking on a daily basis. Since I have lived to tell the tail, I want to share some of the recipes that I created/found/modified which got me through my first two years of college. # Level 1 Cooking in the Dorms Being stuck in a dorm room you are limited to only being able to use the microwave. Desperate times calls for desperate solutions. ## Ramen Pizza This recipe surprised me as to how it turned out. You start making this by microwaving the ramen noodles for about a third of the instructed time in a normal bowl. When you place the noodles in the bowl make sure to not break them apart. Quickly take the romen noodles out of the bowl, dry, and place on a plate to prevent overcooking. Next you slather the ramen noodles with your desired pizza toppings and place in the microwave for around 2 minutes. ### Ingredients - Ramen noodle packet - Pasta or pizza sauce - Cheese - preferable shredded mozzarella - Peperoni or any pizza topping you can get ## Omelet In a Mug Life hack: you can cook scrambled eggs in a coffee mug in the microwave. The resulting eggs are abnormally fluffy and taste a little strange, but, it makes for a quick dinner. It just so happens that you can also cook hot dogs in the microwave. One summer on a college campus I stumbled upon this recipe and clung to it since it was fast, cheep, and most of the dinning places on campus were closed by the time I got out of work. To make this you crack and mix two eggs in a coffee cup. You then microwave the coffee mug, mixing the eggs every 30 seconds. Half way through cooking the eggs, you add a diced hotdog and some shredded cheese. Once your eggs have all cooked, you can add a healthy dosage of salsa. Voila, you have an omelet which can compete with whatever they are serving at the dinning hall. ## Ingredients - 1-2 Eggs - 1 Hotdog - Cheese - Salsa # Level 2 Cooking with no Time ## Chili ## Poor Mans Chicken Parmesan ## Lasagna ## Soup ## Potato Casserole # Level 3 Cooking with Free Time ## Fried Rice ## Chicken ## Chicken Stock ## Home Made Pizza