Tatsu wrote on 2010-10-27 00:17
Rice is pretty simple to make actually, with or without a rice cooker.
Without, wash rice, pour into pot, add water. Water should only a bit above the rice. Turn on the heat to about medium, cover. let it steam for a bit, and get it off the heat when the rice is cooked to your liking. When reheating the rice, add water, move the rice around, heat. The rice should be good for about a day or two, iirc.
like Byakko said, just fry up some veggies afterwords. Or, alternatively, make some soup and eat it with the rice.
Shirayuki wrote on 2010-10-27 00:35
Peanut butter and Jelly tastes good imo, and its really easy to make, doesn't really change in taste from just after making to 4 hours after, and its cheap if you don't buy the really expensive breads/pb/j. It's healthy-ish too compared to other things.
-eats PB&J everyday for lunch-
Kazuni wrote on 2010-10-27 00:38
Quote from Tatsu;195781:
Rice is pretty simple to make actually, with or without a rice cooker.
Without, wash rice, pour into pot, add water. Water should only a bit above the rice. Turn on the heat to about medium, cover. let it steam for a bit, and get it off the heat when the rice is cooked to your liking. When reheating the rice, add water, move the rice around, heat. The rice should be good for about a day or two, iirc.
like Byakko said, just fry up some veggies afterwords. Or, alternatively, make some soup and eat it with the rice.
Or you could heat rice with the microwave.
Fracture wrote on 2010-10-27 00:42
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Almost everything pre-packed and microwavable is overpriced or has no nutrition value.
It's like cheap cup noodles or a packaged sandwich for $3.
It's a good idea to make all your meals in bulk every week or so.
That way you can refrigerate the food and reheat when needed.
I guess you should avoid buying meat because that tends to be much more expensive (if it's not unhealthy fast food).
Look online to find what fruits/veggies are in season and only buy those, they should be a lot cheaper and taste better.
There's always certain foods that are just plain cheap such as bananas.
As long as you know basic cooking terms and you can follow directions you should be able to cook.
Cooking really doesn't require much skill imo as long as you pick recipes you that work for you.
It doesn't mean you have to sacrifice any quality or taste either.
It's like baking brownies or sponge cake, both are equally amazing but brownies are much easier to make.
If you need recipes you should look with the keywords- college, frugal, simple, cookbook.
You can find a lot of good recipe sites on google or you can torrent a popular cookbook.
Some of them are actually quite balanced, as I said. Granted, not something you want to be doing for lunch every day, but they'll do in a pinch.
Tatsu wrote on 2010-10-27 02:43
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Or you could heat rice with the microwave.
I don't like microwaves. It adds a random metallic taste to food.
Chillax wrote on 2010-10-27 06:21
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Same goes for the opposite, never buy at the "high end" grocery store.
Never buy at Whole Foods, even though their food is sooooo good it's insanely overpriced...
Well, I had a large bowl of noodles (not instant), some meat, and some veggies for <3 US dollars at a Taiwanese 7-11. I think that's a pretty good deal.