The Official Professional Bachelor Food Suggestion Thread

[El Diablo]

j,

Here is a meal I used to make in college. It is pretty horrible for you, but so delicious.

Get a box of fettucine. Make sure it's a brand that has fettucine alfredo instructions on the back. Buy the appropriate amounts of butter, cream, and parmesan cheese. Kraft parmesan cheese container may also have a recipe on it, but I liked the fettucine box directions better because it featured more of the bad stuff.

Boil fettucine. Drain. Put it back on stove on low heat. Mix in butter until melted (like a stick or so). Take off heat. Pour in the cream and parmesan cheese. Mix it all up. I think the recipe I used included like a whole thing of cream and grated parmesan. OMG SO HORRIBLE FOR YOU AND OH SO DELICIOUS.

[nyc999]

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j,

Here is a meal I used to make in college. It is pretty horrible for you, but so delicious.

Get a box of fettucine. Make sure it's a brand that has fettucine alfredo instructions on the back. Buy the appropriate amounts of butter, cream, and parmesan cheese. Kraft parmesan cheese container may also have a recipe on it, but I liked the fettucine box directions better because it featured more of the bad stuff.

Boil fettucine. Drain. Put it back on stove on low heat. Mix in butter until melted (like a stick or so). Take off heat. Pour in the cream and parmesan cheese. Mix it all up. I think the recipe I used included like a whole thing of cream and grated parmesan. OMG SO HORRIBLE FOR YOU AND OH SO DELICIOUS.

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How were we typing this at the same time?

[samjjones]

Grilled pork roll and cheese on a hard roll, frozen fries with beef gravy.

[samjjones]

Omelettes are also super easy/quick to make.

[gumpzilla]

If you're doing things like macaroni and cheese, it really wouldn't take too much longer to do a pasta with some simple sauteed vegetables. While the water's heating up, you chop the vegetables - zucchini, summer squash, broccoli, onions, spinach, mushrooms, bell peppers, eggplant are all pretty good here - and cook them in a little bit of olive oil until it softens up a bit. You can then use a store-bought tomato sauce, or do what I usually do, which is just to add a small amount more olive oil to the drained pasta, some crushed garlic, and some salt and pepper. Stir that all up, throw in the vegetables, delicious. It's also worth splurging on real Parmesan that you grate, in my opinion. Tastes great, and completely different from the pre-grated Kraft powder stuff.

Baked potatoes can be done pretty quickly in the microwave, as El D mentioned, and take about zero effort. You might also consider investing in a slow-cooker, which would allow you to cook a bunch of things where you throw stuff in and walk away, basically. Soups and stews are the most natural, but you can do some other things as well.

[traz]

Campbell's soup-meals...some of them are friggin awesome

[lippy]

Jman,

Trader Joe's has completely altered my eating habits. It's easier to make stuff from TJ's than it is to make hot dogs + mac/cheese.

Start with;

- Pizza that entices you, it's all good
- Burritos, many many burritos
- Bags of chicken + veggies + sauce (they have stir fry, oriental and other varieties)

This should get you well on your way.

[jaydub]

Jman,

Presuming you have a real kitchen and do not wish to eat like a college student; buy How to Cook Everything or for that matter one of the other dozen good cookbooks. Most have indexes for sub 30 minute meals. Then you can eat meals like Sauteed Cod with Spicy Garlic Sauce instead of dried pasta in a bag.

J

[GooseHinson]

Recently, as a weekly staple, I have been having fresh pasta (usually cheese or beef stuffed tortellini). I buy a quality jarred tomato sauce and fry up some lean ground beef with fresh garlic to add to it.

The pasta only takes about 6-7 minutes to prepare, the sauce and beef maybe 12-15.

Sprinkle some fresh parmesan and it makes a good "go to" meal when you have a guest (not ashamed to serve it).

Cost 4-5$ per serving.

[Big Poppa Smurf]

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Grilled pork roll and cheese on a hard roll, frozen fries with beef gravy.

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sam you're from NJ right? we do pork roll (and breakfast sandwiches) better than anyone!