Bachelor Recipies

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Cheap, easy and tasty recipies for you bachelors.

1. Tuna-noodle cassarole.

One box of Kraft Macaroli and Cheese. (Can be Dinoraurs or Sponge Bob Square Pants veriety.)

One can of tuna.

Oh yeah, you'll need some fresh milk and butter. (Don't ever buy margarine.)

Make mac'n'cheese. Drain tuna and mix. Salt and pepper to taste. For the adventerous, cool up some frozen peas and mix in. Helps break up the color while adding a vegeatable to your dish.

2. Smoked Suasage and Potato cassarole.

One box of Betty Crocker Augratin Potatoes.

One half of a Hillshire Farm smoked sausage. (I use the turkey variety. While it tastes a little funny, I feel better that its not as fattening.)

Follow box directions, then slice up sausage and throw it in the dish before it hits the oven.

3. Quick Thanksgiving all year 'round.

Stove Top Stuffing.

One can of Hormell turkey. Could be chicken too I suppose.

One jar or can of turkey gravy. Same as above, could be chicken.

Make stuffing as directed. Pour on plate. Fry poultry of choice in pan with butter. (Remember, margarine-bad.) When poultry is slightly browned, pour in one half jar of gravy. Let it bubble. Pour on stuffing.

4. Frito Chili Pie

Bag of Fritos.

Can of Chili.

Cheddar cheese.

Pour Fritos in bowl. About one cup. You need to leave room for the chili and cheese. Slice or grate cheese, put on bare Fritos. Open chili, pour one half can in bowl. Top with more cheese. Put in microwave for around 1 min, toss, then another 30 sec.

[JustMe]

You cook better than I do.

RangerD's Patented "White castle" dogs:

Take hot dogs, and split em open. Fill em with Taco cheese, then wrap in Bacon. Sprinkle liberal amount of cheese on top and place in broiler until bacon is no longer hazardous to your porcelein collection.

Home made Pizza:

Put tomato sauce (cheap 69 cents a can kind) cheese + whatever is around on white bread and place in toaster oven until hot.


Home Run Inn Pizza and Ore Ida Steak fries:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees: Place pizza and fries into oven until not yet burnt.

Meat surprise:

Take random meat product (Note: Go for the "Beef" that is onsale at the store) throw in hot skillet until no longer bleeding. Serve with AI

I got a million of these.

[Stunseed]

Ramen Noodles and it's millions of variations. Bags of salads. Drink a gallon of Hawaiian Punch, then refill with pure water. In college, I lived off of Hot Pockets and Ramen....Unless I chilled at my friend's place, and someone cooked for all of us. I remember taking the change jar to the grocery store at 4:30 in the morning to buy tomato sauce for a HUGE batch of spigetti. Oh, and the "not popular" versions of stuff. Chek cola cost 59 cents a 2-liter........Nasty as hell, but when you add alcohol and parties, it did alright. Good times.

Love you Jolena!

[GSLeloo]

Hmm I live at home and I cook complicated things but let me think simple things...

Ok take those mini hot dogs and some of that pillsbury dough stuff, the pastry dough. And just wrap it around the hot dogs, shove them in the oven till they go golden, and you have pigs in a blanket.

Crepes are really simple, so are meringues, just don't have the recipes in front of me.

If you have to look it up its too complicated.

If it has a french name its gay.

Hey dude, i'm about to make some crepes you want some?

It just sounds gay.

If it costs more than say..5 bucks (for th ehigh end meals) then its too exspensive.

These are put a few of the rules to bachelor cooking.

[Bestatte]

Snackin-good croissants:

Pillsbury or store-brand crescent rolls in the refrigerated explosion-tube.

Grated cheese (my preference is romano but asiago is awesome)

Chopped garlic - jarred is fine, but fresh is best.

Olive oil

Explode the tube, unroll the rolls onto a baking pan.

Spread chopped garlic on each unrolled roll, sprinkle with cheese, roll up into the crescent shape.

Drizzle olive oil over the top of each roll - a pinch of dried basil is optional but also yummy.

Cook according to instructions, but watch carefully.

Easy hot yummy gourmet cheap lunch with enough leftovers you can let them get stale and use the crumbs in italian meatballs.

[Stunseed]

I wouldn't buy Ramen unless it was 6 cents or less a package. I can admit it's cheap, but there's alot of stuff you don't think about paying for while in college. I think the best cheap meal we made was when we did beer-battered stuff. Of course, it was like 12 people in a dorm apartment made for 4, so it was a challenge.

Love you Jolena!

[Betheny]

I live off of ramen and the 99 cent tuna sandwiches from work. And coffee, and free Coke from the Coke guy.

quick easy... pizza pick up the damn phone... ready in a hour

[GuildRat]

Here's one for ya RangerD....

First ya need a sharp knife...

Insert knife into MRE plastic and pull sharply across.

Open MRE and empty contents onto table, save heater packets for 20 oz bottle bombs.

Grab main course and repeat first step.

Grab condiments bag and repeast first step for this package also.

Get Tobasco and salt, add generously to main course.

Finish up with the dessert, crackers, jelyy/cheese/peanut butter/ and don't forget the gum.

Yum!!! 2000+ calories with no muss, no fuss.

[EmpressBtch]

Uh you left die in one week due to carboard particles stuck in intestines.

[GuildRat]

MREs are good!!!

That's GWS talking....not me.

[GSLeloo]

How can you guys eat like that... come over my house and I'll cook for you! Quiche, apple pie, sugar cookies, brownies, a baked chicken, baked potatoes, sugar cooked yams, fresh cheesecake and lasagna to top it all off!

I've eaten nothing but Mre's for months at a time. They aren't so bad, but i definately avoid them when i have the choice. I still have a case or two in my car for "Emergencies" I.e when i'm hungry and too lazy to go get some food since i don't have a kitchen anymore.

[Stunseed]

Alot of my friends loved MRE's.....I couldn't stand em. Maybe it was lack of salt, they just tasted horrible to me.

Love you Jolena!

I can actually cook pretty well, but then again i rarely had the money\ time to do so before i joined the Army, and now i don' thave a kitchen so it sucks.

[GuildRat]

yea...bland food sucks, I was always stealing the rest of the guys' salt. But, I'll take an MRE over T rats anyday.

[Stunseed]

Originally posted by GuildRat
yea...bland food sucks, I was always stealing the rest of the guys' salt. But, I'll take an MRE over T rats anyday.

Agreed.

Love you Jolena!

[Weedmage Princess]

Hotpockets...

Hotpockets are God.

[Edited on 11-8-2003 by Weedmage Princess]

[GSLeloo]

Hot pockets are really good... I like frozen dinners for when there's no time to cook or nothing to cook. Budget gourmet is actually good and only costs like .79

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Originally posted by Weedmage Princess
Hotpockets...


You are what you eat...


Thank you! ::raises arms to the sound of cheering::

[Stunseed]

Like MRE's....Hotpockets get old. I just got done with a 5 month stint of working from 9pm to 6am, where I couldn't go out for lunch. During that time, I hardly cooked at all, so buying Hotpockets by the case was my solution. The only one I haven't gotten tired of is Pepperoni Pizza. If I tried to eat a Cheeseburger Hotpocket, I think I'd violently blow chunks. Bleh.

Love you Jolena!

[Bestatte]

Oooh another gourmet dish, cheap, easy, but takes a little more time in cooking:

Bestatte's Disgustingly Delicious Candied Yams

A big can of cut yams, not mashed, in light syrup.
An orange
A lemon
A small can of chunk pineapple
A few handsful of raisins
Brown sugar
Blackstrap mollases (optional!!!)
Powdered cinnamon
A dozen whole cloves
Butter
Marshmallows

First, drain the can of the candied yams. Get rid of the syrup, you'll be making your own.

Next, add the other stuff to a saucepan, slicing up the lemon and orange and squeezing the juice from them into the pan before adding the pulp. No peels though, and don't add the marshmallows yet.

You need around 1/4 stick of butter, no more. Just enough so the brown sugar doesn't burn. All ingredients are to taste, no need to measure shit. Go light on the cinnamon, between a teaspoon and a tablespoon is all you need.

Lay the yams out in a glass baking dish. Pour the sauce with all the fruit stuff over it. Bake at 375 for around 15 minutes, adding the marshmallows over the whole thing for an additional 5 minutes cooking time.

Total prep time: Around 10 minutes, not including the chore of peeling the lemon and orange.

It's truly disgusting and delicious and sweet and fruity and yummy, and serves around 6 people as a side-dish with ham or turkey.

[Syberus]

Hot dog + 30 seconds in a microwave + bun = Lunch

[AkMan]

Originally posted by Backlash

4. Frito Chili Pie

Bag of Fritos.

Can of Chili.

Cheddar cheese.

Pour Fritos in bowl. About one cup. You need to leave room for the chili and cheese. Slice or grate cheese, put on bare Fritos. Open chili, pour one half can in bowl. Top with more cheese. Put in microwave for around 1 min, toss, then another 30 sec.

OMG I thought my girlfriend made this up! Except she cooks it in the oven and it's not that bad. Sounds nasty in the microwave; don't the Fritos get soggy?

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Your woman is a Southern Bell. Hold on to her.

Most of them don't. Thats why we use Fritos.

[Red Devil]

Originally posted by GuildRat
Here's one for ya RangerD....
save heater packets for 20 oz bottle bombs.


More information please.

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Originally posted by Red Devil

Originally posted by GuildRat
Here's one for ya RangerD....
save heater packets for 20 oz bottle bombs.


More information please.

Dumbass. You don't need heater packs for shrapnel.

[Rowi]

Two bags of beef flavored roman noodles <cook> add cheese and crackers along with 1/4 pound fried beef!

till it looks like itll stick to the wall and not move! EAT IT im tellin you it isnt half bad!

USMC bush recipe!

[Edited on 11-8-2003 by Rowi]

[Jack]

Originally posted by Red Devil

Originally posted by GuildRat
Here's one for ya RangerD....
save heater packets for 20 oz bottle bombs.


More information please.


This obviously only works with the water activated MRE heaters. Take the heater packets, and break them up, pour the contents into an empty 20 oz bottle. Fill it about halfway with water, then shake the crap out of it. Roll it down the hallway in the barracks, get into your room and close your door. About 15-20 seconds later, the bottle explodes making a loud boom and a nice steaming mess.

[Geoff]

Originally posted by Jack

Originally posted by Red Devil

Originally posted by GuildRat
Here's one for ya RangerD....
save heater packets for 20 oz bottle bombs.


More information please.


This obviously only works with the water activated MRE heaters. Take the heater packets, and break them up, pour the contents into an empty 20 oz bottle. Fill it about halfway with water, then shake the crap out of it. Roll it down the hallway in the barracks, get into your room and close your door. About 15-20 seconds later, the bottle explodes making a loud boom and a nice steaming mess.

Yep! and we thought we made it up in the USAF. Looks like it was a "parallel discovery" type of thing, damn...
We still have dibs on smuggling shit in the refueling planes.

[JustMe]

Posted by The Edine
quick easy... pizza pick up the damn phone... ready in a hour

That is my kind of cooking.. hehe:P

Try making a CS bomb. Instead of water use Tabasco sauce.

[Weedmage Princess]

OMG Stunseed!!! How can you get tired of Hotpockets?! You gotta know how to switch em up, that's all. Like with Croissant Pockets and even Lean Pockets are pretty good. That and that Dole salad in a bag (the Ceasar one is bomb) and you're all set.

What's another good one? Oh, anyone ever have those Homestyle Bakes thing by Betty Crocker? (I think?) That's a diamond in the rough...just empty the contents into a pyrex dish and bake for 20 mins. and suddenly you have like a 3 course meal.

If you're going the more "frugal" route (just paid rent or a bunch of other shit and your ass is broke) those personal pizzas are pretty good. The Mama Celeste ones and Mister P's ones..they're like what, 79 cents..and sometimes on sale 2 for a dollar.

Dinty More Beef Stew in a can...

Oh and of course the food of the GODS...Fluffernutter Sandwiches!!!!

A real one...

can of beer
bottle of salsa
chiecken breast
cheese

pour 1\4 the can of beer in pot drink the rest
mix all in a big pot and sprinkle cheese on top
oven to 350
35-40min
side dishes upto you

[Myshel]

OMG.. this whole thread gives me the creeps. I'm a chef and own a restaurant, so here are a few tips for healthy eating.

George Foremen grills are the best thing to ever happen to quick cooking. Grilled cheese sandwiches are the best, just spray the grill and toast. Alot less fat than in a pan. Grill fish filets, hamburgers, chicken breasts, steaks and pork chops (my personal favorite is bacon because it gets it crispy with NO burns and drains away the fat) The only tip is make sure you use Pam spray and wipe it down with paper towels while its still warm and its an easy clean up.

#1 Frozen veggies are great. Take the bag of any frozen veggie, poke a hole in it add a Tablespoon of water, micro for 5 min. shake it a bit and micro for a few more min. If you can't eat a veggie without a sauce.. a can of cheddar cheese soup works great just add a 1/2 can of milk.

#2 Packaged salads from the grocery. Easy

#3 Chicken breasts.. very little effort. Buy a big package from the store and some freezer bags. Italian dressing. Pour a little in each bag and freeze them indivually. Two min. under warm running water to defrost and then George them.
This also works great with steaks, pork chops and fish filets.

[HarmNone]

Here is a good one for you. Uses chicken and is easy to make. Even a man can do it. ;)

New Zealand Chicken

Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees

1 1/4 cups honey
1 small jar American yellow mustard
2 tsp curry powder
dash of ginger
dash of salt
dash of pepper
1/2 cube margarine
chicken...can use light meat, dark meat or a combination. Best to use boneless chicken.

Melt margarine in microwave, and blend together with all other ingredients except chicken. Place chicken parts in shallow baking pan. Pour above mixture over chicken. Bake for an hour to 1 1/4 hours, or until chicken is tender.

Great over rice.

[Weedmage Princess]

LOL Myshel! I think everyone in their early to mid 20's (and I guess some of us even in our late 20's and even 30's apparently) eats like this :P

[CrystalTears]

Myshel, that takes preparing and planning. Lots of people just want something ready to heat up and eat. This is probably just about simple and fast foods to eat NOW.

Croissants. :rolleyes:

[Edited on 11/8/2003 by CrystalTears]

[GSLeloo]

Nope, it's a french name, too fancy!

Fast learner, that one there.

[GSLeloo]

Thanks. But I have a question, are french fries too fancy? They do have the word french in them..

But the word is english. If it was francois fries or something equally gay, then no.