From a Seminar project
Julia / Ali / Emma
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2012-05-11
Source: theresonlycolorandlight
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One of my own
Source: theresonlycolorandlight
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Source: theresonlycolorandlight
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2010-10-22
Best Sandwich Ever
avocado + sliced deli chicken + shredded cheese
on buttered bread to give it that pressed sandwich look/taste/etc.(srsly the only thing I ever wanted from life was a paninni press)
-julia
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2010-10-16
Connecticut Pasta
“This is what I imagine Italy would smell like.” - A- AD fresh basil (a lot)
- a clove of garlic
- AD equal parts butter & olive oil
- AD salt & pepper
- 3/4 cup Trader Joe’s Roasted garlic pasta sauce
- 1 cup water
- pastaMelt the butter, add the oil, chopped basil leaves, garlic, salt and pepper. Have the stove on a higher setting. Let that cook for about 3-5 minutes, reduce the stove setting to a medium heat, then add the tomato sauce. Let that all cook together for another 3-5 minutes, stirring it up every once and a while. Now, set the stove at a low setting and slowly add small amounts of water, mixing it into the sauce after every addition.
Set the water to boil for the pasta before you start and you’ll be golden.
-E
ps— AD now means ‘as desired.’
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Trader Joe’s shrimp dumplings + broccoli.
Microwave with water (covered) for 2.5 minutes.I eat wayyy too many of these.
-J
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2010-10-14
The One-Color Meal
- a yellow onion
- a clove of garlic
- fresh basil
- dried basil
- salt
- pepper
- 1 tbs butter
- olive oil
- a small chicken breast
- pasta (gluten-free if you’re awesome)Chop up the onion, garlic and basil. Drop the butter into a frying pan that should be on a relatively high stove setting. Add the chopped onion, garlic and basil. Shake as much salt and pepper as desired with a pinch of dried basil. Let that cook as you start the water for the pasta. Add a dash of salt and a little bit of olive oil in the water - especially if you’re cooking gluten free pasta. As you’re waiting for the water to boil add pre-cut chicken to the frying pan. Everything should finish cooking around the same time. :)
-E
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We like to share. Forcibly.
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Seasoned Potatoes
Cook time: 10-15 minutes
What you need
Red potatoes
Basil
Oregano
Salt
Pepper
Garlic Powder
Olive Oil
Okay so there are three ways to make this. The first way involves only a microwave. The second involves a microwave and a stove. The third involves an oven so, being dorm-bound, we’re just going to disregard the third way.
The first part of this is the same for both microwave and microwave+stove. Using a fork, stab the potatoes about 4 times each in different spots. Then cut them in half. Next, put a little olive oil and as much seasoning as you feel appropriate on top.
This is where things split off. If you are just using a microwave, just pop them in for about 2 1/2 minutes and you’re ready to go. If they aren’t completely cooked after that, put them in for another minute.
If you would prefer your potatoes a little more brown:
Microwave for about 1 minute. Then, in a pan with about a tablespoon of olive oil, fry your potatoes (the side that you can see in this picture should be face down in the oil) until they are as brown as you’d like them. Then, put them back in the microwave for another minute or two and voila, potatoes to rival your grandmother’s. Okay maybe not that good, but she’ll definitely be impressed that you managed them in a room with no real cooking appliances!
Also, here are some tips for cookin’ up pasta:
1. Add about a tablespoon of some kind of cooking oil to the water. This will keep your pasta from forming clumps of noodles that might be a little more al dente than you were really hoping for.
2. Adding a little salt to your water makes the temperature at which the water boils higher, which will make your pasta cook a little faster.
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This here is my go-to food staple. (and really good for a shoestring budget)
I’ll call it: Almost-Impossible-to-Fuck-Up Stir Fry
So it goes like this.
1/4 cup of rice.
Add about 1/2 cup of water. Probably less than that, I always add too much water.
Let that cook for about 5 minutes before you start cooking the vegetables. Otherwise you will either have cold vegetables or overcooked vegetables and nobody wants that.
Now throw your favorite frozen veggies and a little olive oil into a small pan. I use peas and corn. Cook on a setting between medium and high, but closer to high until the vegetables look fat and definitely not frozen.
If you are wondering how to tell when food is done, here’s a tip : pick some of it out of the pan (not with your hands), blow on it, and taste it. If it’s the right texture and warmth, it’s done.
Then add some General Tsao’s sauce from either last week’s chinese or from a bottle you can get at any grocery store (I personally love Trader Joe’s brand).
If you use potatoes, you will need to cook them for a while so start those as soon as possible and then add the rest of the vegetables when the potatoes are done or almost done.
When the rice is done (hopefully you have a rice cooker like we do so you don’t have to worry about making that right), toss it in a bowl, put your vegetables on top, grab the cleanest fork you can find, and dig in.
-A
