Delicious, college-friendly recipes?

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<p>I was curious as to whether anyone had any solid, easy recipes that could be prepared in a dorm kitchen or even (with, say, a hot-pot) a dorm room. I have a friend who recently packed off to college with the knowledge of how to boil spaghetti and make a simple sauce. It turns out that nobody else in her immediate area knew how to do this or wanted to do this and she quickly became very popular for her ability to produce food! Help me achieve star status ( ;) ) and learn how to provide food for myself after late-night cramming. Any suggestions for good frozen/preprepared brands are great too.</p>

<p>I'll start by saying that I am mildly obsessed with instant ramen, the staple of many college diets. My favorite brand is Indomie Mi Goreng as made by Indofood Indomie, as seen in this how-to clip YouTube</a> - Product review: Indomie Mi goreng .</p>

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<p>Pasta pasta pasta. With some water, a pot and a stove you can make pasta, and it is really easy to cook. There are a few different sauces that are easy to make but my favorite no-cook sauce is just olive oil, parmesean cheese and pepper (lots of pepper) mixed together. Mix the oil and cheese, adding cheese until you get it pretty thick. Then put pepper in until it tastes good.</p>

<p>edit: Steak is actually pretty easy to cook on a stove top too. Not as good as grilled, but what is.</p>

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<p>Curry chicken is actually very easy to make if you buy the prepackaged stuff. It took me 45 minutes.</p>

<p>Also I second pasta. Pasta is wonder food.</p>

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<p>Ramen, it’s filling, easy and very cheap.</p>

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<p>Buy a pork shoulder (a dollar to a dollar and a half per pound), rub it with salt/pepper/garlic, put it in a crock pot with a little bit of water and liquid smoke for about six hours or so, then serve it over rice. It’ll be fork-tender, juicy, and delicious.</p>

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<p>Chicken is also relatively cheap and easy to cook. Just get a pan up to low/medium heat and throw it on. Cut it up while it is cooking and put it in the pasta. Hardboiled and scrambled eggs are pretty easy, as is bacon. And don’t forget about the old staple of grilled cheese or grilled balonga sandwiches.</p>

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<p>If you have a small stove/cooking platform, refrigerator, ground beef, and a little bit of a spice cabinet, my dad taught me to make this stuff he calls “gunk.”</p>

<p>ramen, tomato sauce, ground beef, ramen seasoning, and a little bit of chili pepper (to taste).</p>

<p>cook and strain the ramen, cook ground beef, add tomato sauce, add beef, seasoning, and pepper. It’s not too bad, actually.</p>

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<p>Opie, that sounds good!</p>

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<p>If you’re cooking in the small confines of a dorm, don’t do curry. It ****ing stinks up a hallway. </p>

<p>Only cook curry in a real kitchen because you have ventilation and overhead fans to get rid of the smell.</p>

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<p>The liquid smoke gives it a bbq taste indoors… or faux 'cue, if you will.</p>

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<p>for dessert: if you can get some sort of mixer or beater, you can make cheap/easy chocolate mousse. just get some heavy whipping cream, whip it until stiff, then whip in instant chocolate pudding mix. lots of room for experimentation with other pudding mix flavors and add-ins, too. My favorite was chocolate pudding mix, with caramel syrup and coconut extract mixed in=german chocolate. yum.</p>

<p>also, if you get the liquid smoke, you can also do rotisserie chicken the same way in the crock pot. good stuff.</p>

<p>also, a crockpot thanksgiving type deal: layer chicken breasts, then a box of instant stuffing, then pour a can of cream of mushroom soup over top, and then sliced or shredded swiss cheese on top of that.</p>

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<p>PM threekidskid…she writes a column for the Daily Orange at Syracuse exactly about this topic!!</p>

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<p>Ramen Noodles lol</p>

<p>10 char</p>

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<p>I think homemade potstickers are pretty easy to cook–and I can’t cook worth a damn, so if I can make them, anyone can. </p>

<p>Basically take the ingredients, shove everything into a bowl, mix and spoon into either homemade dimpling wrappers (now those probably aren’t college-friendly due to the potential flour-hurricane, but very easy to make) or store bought wrappers and drop into a pot of simmering water and cover for 10 minutes. </p>

<p>The recipe I used is from SteamyKitchen.com – just do a search for it (I can’t get the exact site right now as my computer is activg funky.)</p>

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<p>geeeez, does anyone have any healthy recipes? lol</p>

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<p>rice and veggies is always a good heathy alternative. Add a little bit of soy or tariaki sause to it, and it works wonders.</p>

<p>Sorry for my mispealling.</p>

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<p>Turkey tacos. Buy ground turkey, taco shells, taco cheese, lettuce, tomato and seasoning. Directions are on the box. </p>

<p>If you want, you can search on “taco seasoning” and make your own.</p>

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<p>Mine’s not too bad.</p>

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<p>^^rice krispies don’t have a ton of calories. what about plain burgers or hot dogs?</p>

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<p>Quesadillas are easy. Buy some flour tortillas, taco seasoning, packaged grated cheese (if you don’t have your own grater), and whatever else you like in your quesadillas. Add a little oil to the pan, put in one tortilla, add all the filling and some taco seasoning (not a lot), and then add another tortilla. Wait till the cheese melts and flip when necessary. It takes fifteen minutes at the most.</p>

<p>I love rice of all kinds, so I bought a rice cooker. (You can get really cheap ones at Bed & Bath.) I usually stir fry some veggies and tofu to go along with rice. </p>

<p>You can make ramen marginally healthier by adding fresh veggies and eggs. </p>

<p>I also really like buying pre-packaged Indian food to go along with rice.</p>