This is the grad-student recipe booklet, people. Or the domestically-untrained young professional away from home. Or the lazy lump who wants the easiest route to not starving =P Take your pick. These recipes are easy, very quick, and actually utterly delectable. Give them a shot!
Meals (because even the rushed have to eat):
Quick Bites, or, Food on the Move: (in order of difficulty)
Meals (because even the rushed have to eat):
- Beak that fast! -- so you thought breakfast was a cup of coffee?
- Easy salads and dressing -- not exactly zero-effort, but so close!
- Cheese-and-chicken omelette -- scrumptious protein overdrive, usually for lunch.
- Fish and chips --batter-fried white fish, fried potatoes, plus steamed and buttered asparagus for health-points. This dish, you can't beat!
- Scraps-to-dinner --the most productive way of clearing out your fridge.
- Everything stir-fry -- another clear-fridge venture, with leftover beans, sausages, cheese, and veggies. Not to be missed!
- Green noodles --as many different kinds of vegetables you can think of, in a thick, garlicky noodle-soup.
- Onion soup with noodles -- non-cheesy onion soup. With noodles thrown in.
- Cheese-baked Chicken and Mushroom Noodles -- a cheese-rich, slightly spicy tetrazzinni.
- A day in the life -- omelette, sandwich, strawberry shortcake. In less than 30 minutes.
Quick Bites, or, Food on the Move: (in order of difficulty)
- Rush! -- better than coffee and doughnuts.
- Tangy-sweet yogurt -- in a bowl, glass or bottle. The perfect restorative for blazing summers.
- Fruity meals I: Watermelons -- chilled, sliced, in a tall glass with ice :-)
- Fruity meals II: Golden-ripe papaya -- sliced and chilled.
- Jhaalmuri I -- hot and spicy puffed wheat mixture.
- Jhaalmuri II -- tangy and savoury puffed wheat mixture.
- The perfect mashed potatoes --no surprises there.
- Bread, cheese, olive o I -- exactly as advertised.
- Bread, cheese, olive o II -- grated cheese marinated in spices and olive oil, with crusty fresh bread.
- A healthier Ramen -- or, how to make instant noodles taste better than boiled cardboard.
- Sheddho-bhaat -- one of my childhood delights: boiled rice, boiled red lentils, boiled potatoes, with a dab of butter, ghee, or mustard oil.
- Cheese toast --Bread. Butter. Cheese.
- Kitchen club (club sandwich) -- cheese, tomato, lettuce, and two kinds of meat. Yum!
- Spicy roasted drumsticks (tangDi kababs) -- marinate. Shove in oven. Done.
- Mushur daal -- red lentil soup with onions and tomatoes. Healthy, delicious, easy.
- Fingerchips (or French fries) -- fried potato by any other name tastes just as awesome!
- Indian toast -- savoury French toast (oh all right, you can pour sweet syrup over it).
- Cheese pakora -- grated/sliced chedder whisked in a spicy egg-batter, and fried. Perfect with a cuppa.
- Leftover samosas -- a divine way to use up those leftovers. Also perfect with a cuppa.
