2.1 KiB
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