being a recent college grad, i learned to cook and scrounge up something from what little i had. I do like salads and pasta is always a staple. One recipe that i especially like is my tuna casserole meal that I usually eat after working out. (lots of protein)

1 can of dark tuna (can't have to much mercury!)
half box of rigatoni pasta
cavenders non-msg greek seasoning
2tblsp of miracle whip

cook pasta, put pasta in bowl, add tuna ontop, mix in miracle whip, then top with some non-msg greek seasoning.

(serves 1)

Me and my mum once created a recipe similar to ckcomputerstallahassee. We don't have a name for our recipe, but it's a simple tuna and pasta dish.

You'll need Pasta (we use Penne Pasta - but any kind will do), a small can of tuna, some tomato pasta sauce and a stock cube (the OXO Italian Stock Cubes are brilliant for this dish). You can also add Garlic Paste and/or Tomato Puree to flavour the dish to your preference.

Cooking it is simple. Boil the pasta until it is to the quality you like (for this dish I recommend cooking it so it is soft but still has bite), and in another pan mix the tuna and tomato pasta sauce and cook under a gentle heat. After a short while, add the stock cube to this mix and mix well. If you are using garlic paste or tomato puree, add it in when you feel it would do the most good. Once the pasta is done, drain it and place onto a plate, then add the tuna and pasta sauce mix on top.

You can serve it as it is or mix it around on the plate a bit to give the flavour to the whole plate. I also reccomend serving with bread, as not only does it accompliment the dish well, but also it can be a rather watery dish - it depends on the quality of the sauce and how well you drained the pasta.

pizza! it's easy to make cause I'm not making it I take the money and buy one..as simple as that.. fast/tasty and no dirty hands..eh damn forgot about that ketchup maybe a little dirty

Who doesn't like PB & J???


2 pieces of bread
Peanut Butter
Jelly
Knife

Spread the PB & J On The Bread With The Knife.

Make it complte with a cup of milk! YUM!

Well, I have 2 that come to my mind right now.

First is really simple, boiled vegetables with salt, pepper and some additional spices if you want.

Second is, a vegetarian sandwich.

Ingredients:

Potatoes.
Onions.
Tomatoes.
Coriander.
Bread.
Butter.
Hari Chutney. (Spicy condiment made of coriander or mint and coriander together.)
Salt and grounded red chili.

Directions:

[1] Boil the potatoes. I usually do this the earlier night if I plan on having these for breakfast.
[2] Layer the bread slice with butter. This is a very important step, if you skip this, the chutney will dampen the bread and then tear it apart because of it's high liquid content. You need to spread the chutney over the butter.
[3] Peel the boiled potatoes, mash them up and add salt, grounded red chili, sliced tomatoes, sliced onions and coriander according to the expected taste.
[4] Place half a palm of mashed potatoes in the bread and then another layer of bread on top, with butter and chutney.
[5] Level it up and toast this in the sandwich toaster.
[6] Serve with additional chutney or tomato ketchup as some may like.

I don't really know if this is nutritious, but it's not oily, just heavy on carbohydrates due to all the potatoes. It's delicious nonetheless. XD

Besides, I am not vegetarian. Just being in a vegetarian household, you don't really get to learn many non-vegetarian dishes.

One of my familys all time favorite dishes is my ham, I make it at thanksgiving and a few times through out the year, It is very good and very easy to make. Buy one uncooked but smoked shank portion bone in ham, One baking pan the hard foil if you dont have a good baking dish and its easier to spen the 3 bucks for a pan you can toss afterwards. I bag brown sugar and 3-4 can pineapple chunks or rings. Aluminum foil if you dont already have it.

Cut open ham while it is sitting in the baking pan so the juices in the bag run into the pan. If the ham has a paper linning around it pull it off and the little plastic piece on the top of the ham. Ok place ham rightside down in the pan. (the big roundish side in bottom if pan) open cans of pineapple and leave tops in can push can tops and drain juice all over the ham from all the cans. Bag of brown sugar. Coat the whole outside of the ham in brownsugar not a whole lot but a good layer pat all over the outside of the ham. Cover pan with foil and bake in oven at 350 degress baste about everyhour. depending on the size of the ham is how long it will take. I usually get a 13-15 pund ham and cook it for about 4-5 hours it is very tendar and very very delicious. when done you can add the pineapple to the juices or leave it on the side. Also if you are having potatos with this meal the juice is very good to make a sweet candid gravy with. just drain the juice into a saucepan heat slowly and add corn starch a tablesppoon at a time until desired thickness.
Also at thanksgiving time I like to make yams in the pan with the ham for about the last hour and half of cooking time i jsut peel the yams and quater them into the sizes i want and just put them into the juice and baste them when you do the ham. Its a very easy and delicious meal. takes very little preptime and very little to do while its cooking. Enjoy!

Another family favorite. For pizza lovers. We call them pizza boats very simple and not much time to make. Depending on how many you are cooking for buy a loaf of french bread for every 3-4 people you are feeding. Pizza sauce and any pizza toppings you like on your pizza and of course cheese. I buy the shredded pizza blend because it is convienant. Cut the loaf of frence bread in half then turn the half over standing on its side and with a good serated knife cut right down the middle so u have two open faced pieces of bread do that with all your loafs of bread. put on pizza sauce and the toppings you want put the cheese on top put them on a cookie sheet and pop in the oven on broil for a few minutes until the cheese is melted or browned to your desire and your done. This is a fun one to do with kids big and small I have a 4 and 5 yr old who love to make there own. It gives them a chance to decide what they like and dont like, and its fun for them to create there own and eat it, if you have kids they will love it. Enjoy