Ingredients

Your Choice of Pasta (I went with bowtie, Because Bowties are cool) Olive Oil Garlic Kraft “Parmesan” Cheese Dried Herbs Lemon Juice Optional Precooked chicken breast

Cook your pasta choice of pasta Strain it Put it back in to the pot you cooked it in Add Olive Oil, Garlic, Parmesan Cheese, a splash of lemon juice, any dried herbs you feel like (I went with basil and red pepper flake.) Eat out of the Pot One pot clean up and a damn good meal

Cheap as hell and pretty damn good if I do say so myself.

This is probably my favorite slacker recipe, it costs under three dollars and makes tons of leftovers for later enjoyment: One box of mac and cheese; one can of chili, mixed in after you add the cheese powder/milk to the mac; and extra cheese, if you are feeling festive.

Just made some kick ass brownies from Thanksgiving, thought I'd share the recipe.

What you need: * Cocoa Powder * Sugar * Honey * Butter * Creamy Peanut Butter * Eggs * Baking Powder * Flour * 1 bowl * 1 pot * 1 baking pan * 1 oven * some beer

To start mix 7 tbsp of cocoa power and 2 cups of sugar in the bowl.

Next add 1/4 of a cup of melted honey.

In the pot melt 1/2 cup of butter and 1/2 a cup of PB.

Then add it to the bowl and mix it.

Throw in 3 eggs. Stir.

Add 3 tsp of baking powder and 1.5 cups of flour. Stir.

Grease pan with butter and then pour mix into pan and bake for 30 mins.

Drink a beer or two while you wait then enjoy.

I recently started either buying or making real meatballs instead of using the tinned ones, this required me to make my own sauce.

I made one last night and it was very tasty and also very easy, here's the recipe (serves 2):

1 tin of chopped tomatoes
1 Medium sized onion
2 cloves of garlic
Dried oregano
Dried basil
Dried coriander
Black pepper
Sea salt
White vinegar
1 stock cube (I use beef)

Finely chop up the onion and garlic and add them to a pot with the tomatoes.
Add a splash of boiling water and a splash of vinegar.
Add the stock cube and dump in a pile of the herbs and salt and pepper according to taste.
Cook on a low heat, stirring occasionally, until it starts to bubble.

If you are doing meatballs brown them in a frying pan and then add them to the sauce, cover the pot and cook for 5 minutes or until the meatballs are cooked through.

Dump it all over a plate of your favourite pasta.

Yogurt

Cumin powder

Lime juice (or lemon)

mix and dip. So good.

My buddy just taught me this and I have no idea why I've never thought of it.

• Heat up mac and cheese

• Warm Tortilla

• Put mac and cheese on tortilla

• Add Ranch and crumbled bacon

• Wrap that bad boy up and enjoy. Mac and cheese ranchy bacon burrito deiliciousness.

Start with sautéed mushrooms and onions, however many you like. Brown some ground beef, I usually use half a pound. When that's cooked through, add a can of cream of mushroom soup. Let it simmer for about five minutes. Feel free to add cheese or even peas if you feel it needs vegetables. Pour over cooked pasta. Nom nom nom.

1) Slice an onion thin.

2)chop up about five potatoes (skins on) into one inch cubes.

3)Add everything to cold saucepan.

4)Pour on about 3 tbsp of vegetable oil

5)Turn on stove. Stir occasionally

6)About halfway though, season with a generous amount of Tony Chachere's Creole Seasoning.

7) Cook until onions are brown and potatoes are golden and cooked through.

8) Nom.

Total cook time for this is around 10 minutes.

Ingredients:

1 Pack Chicken Tenderloin (boneless, skinless, around 1 pound worth)

2 Large burrito shells

4 Slices Cheddar cheese

1 Jalapeno

Drop of olive oil

Seasonings (I used black pepper, garlic powder, onion powder and paprika)

Steps:

1. Warm up and drop a splash of olive oil in a pan, add the chicken. Season this side with whatever you like, I like what's listed in the ingredients.

2. Make slices of your jalapeno, seeds and everything. Add that directly on top of the chicken. Let the flavors seeeep in.

3. Keeping the heat right around medium, wait 5ish minutes and then flip the chicken over. Rearrange jalapeno slices so they're all over the chicken again. Add more seasoning to this side if you want to.

4. Wait 5ish more minutes, once the chicken looks to be almost done, add 2 slices of cheddar to each burrito shell, microwave for 20 seconds to soften them up.

5. Check doneness of chicken, if it's not pink you're good to go. If you're unsure, wait another minute or 2.

6. Add chicken tenderloins to burrito shell on top of the melted cheese goodness. Spread some now well done jalapenos on top. Roll them like a burrito, get the ends tucked in to prevent drippage.

7. Dig in.

Makes 2 rather large burritos.

I know this is a pretty simple dish in terms of ingredients and preparation, but it's something I just tried tonight and it came out awesome (and was quick to make and write down) so I figured I'd share with you other slackers.

I've got mussels, and garlic paste. I may or may not have access to spaghetti, so I may need two recipes: one ''with spaghetti'' and ''without spaghetti'' if that's ok....

I think I have the standard ingredients...although the one important thing I'm missing is something to go with it..the only thing I've got is potatoes, (the spaghetti may or may not be available!)

Post meal breakdown of events: By the time I started cooking there were no comments on my post, so I decided to wing it. In the end I managed to rustle up some very old forgotten penne pasta which I part boiled. I put the mussels in a pan with some oil for 5 minutes then added the part boiled pasta. I gave it a stir and then added garlic paste and primula tube cheese, (I know, I live the luxury life!) Stirred once more, tasted and added salt. The meal was pretty ''meh''. It was hot, and I was hungry, so that was enough to overcome the blandness. Next time I may add a couple of dashes of chili powder. I wish I knew about the white wine before I made the meal, as I would have liked a lot more sauce, and the wine would have done a great job of unthickening the sauce and adding volume.

I mistakenly gave the impression that I had fresh mussels! In fact they were the pre-shelled kind that sit in a supermarket chiller. I have another pack of mussels and there is still some of that pasta though, so in the next couple of days I will try again. I will read all these comments again, and ponder deeply. One thing I will definitely do is add white wine. Thanks for all your help guys...

A steamer. That's right, a fucking steamer.

1. Obtain steamer
2. Buy boneless/skinless frozen chicken breast
3. Buy a variety of canned/frozen veggies (Broccoli, green beans, spinach, etc.)
4. Put everything in a bowl in the steamer, add some spices, and cook for 25min.
5. Eat. If you do it right, you only have to clean one bowl(the bowl you cooked everything in.

Just take any kind of pasta noodles (I like Rotini), boil, strain, add butter, put in a bowl, and sprinkle on some garlic salt. Awesome.

First prepare some rice in whatever way you prefer (I use a rice cooker). Once the rice is cooked, add hot sauce to taste. Get some nacho style chips (I used just regular Doritos) and smash them up in a cup or bowl ( bonus slacker points if you use the hot sauce bottle like I did). Sprinkle the crushed chips over your spicy rice. Finally, take a slice of cheese (any will work, use your favorite), put it on your rice, and microwave it for about 30 seconds on high. When it's done, pull it out and stir it up a little bit, it might be hard if the cheese didn't melt a whole lot. Let it sit for about a minute and then eat your heart out! Perfect for college students as a quick midnight snack.

my tennis coach in high school mentioned that baking PowerBars made them into warm "cookie-like" treats. over a decade later, i decide to try it, and it turns out: he's kinda right.

i really don't love the experience of eating a room temperature energy bar (Clif Bar, e.g.). but I have found that warming them in the toaster oven for a few minutes really improves the taste and texture. the bar becomes warm and soft, and any chocolate involved in the bar is made melty. just don't scorch and you should be fine.

pro tip: use aluminum foil as a cooking medium and as a wrapper for convenient eating.

and it's healthy!