Cheesy broccoli rice is a simple, quick, and easy dish that is prepped, cooked, and served in under 10minutes. If you are going for fresh you are more than welcome to use fresh broccoli and fresh brown rice, but to save some time I used Uncle Ben’s wild brown rice. I also used some frozen …
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The Perfect Balanced Breakfast
One thing that most college students struggle with is eating breakfast, and if we do it is usually a pop tart or something quick and easy. This breakfast is the perfect balance of healthy, cheap, and quick. Average price of blueberries are sixty cents per pound. They are full of beneficial nutrition to last throughout …
Brussels Sprout Basil Pasta
This dish seems a little more upscale for a college student, but when the cost is broken down it comes out to three dollars a head. This dish usually feeds about four to five people and is easily cut in half if you are cooking for one to two people. For this recipe you will …
Chopped Vegetable Soup
As we move into the colder, winter months this chopped vegetable soup is almost guaranteed to keep your tummy warm while bearing the cold. What you will need for this soup is two cartons of organic vegetable stock, one tomato, one zucchini, half a cup of pearled barley, one carrot peeled and chopped, one onion …
Teriyaki Stir Fry: The College Way
This is a recipe I created one day when I thought we did not have any good food. This recipe is thrown together with random ingredients that work and taste really well together. I did not measure any of the ingredients for this recipe. I eyeballed the measurement and tasted and corrected if needed after. …
Breakfast Omlet
Looking for a healthy, but filling breakfast that will last throughout the day? This breakfast omlet is the perfect blend of savory and healthy. This is my own recipe and serves about two. The ingredients needed are red onion, olive oil, cilantro, green onion, grape tomatoes, garlic powder, italian seasoning, three garlic cloves minced, four …
Teriyaki Rice Noodles
This recipe is great complimetary dish for grilled or orange chicken. I strayed away from the original recipe and was happy with the final product. I did not have all the ingridients for the original recipe so I decided to switch things up. For this recipe you will need a half cup of soy sauce, …
Cinnamon Apple Dessert Jar
As the weather gets colder and the farther into fall we go, the warmer and sweeter the dishes become. This is a great dessert for any holiday. With pumpkin spice and apple spices becoming the tastes of fall, this is a great dessert for any occasions. This dish would pair with apple cider or even …
Baked Sweet Potato Fries
This was my first time making baked sweet potato fries with this recipe. These fries did not turn out bad, but they are not the best in the world. I like my fries more on the crunchy side and these were a little soft. They were seasoned perfectly, I would not change the seasoning. For …
Mexican Taco Casserole
As we are getting into football season it is hard to have different and unique game day dishes every week. Game day food can be a variety of finger food to casseroles and yummy desserts. This Mexican casserole is a great game day dish because it is so filling there will not be much need …
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