Sweet Tooth But You Only Have Water

Water Enhancement

While living the dorm life you notice that you took mom and dad's stocked fridge for granted, I know for a fact I did and still am!

At first all I could think about was the food but I never took in to consideration of the beverages!

Man there have been so many times that I've sat in my door room and wanted something to drink but didn't have anything.

But I solved that solution by buying my water and hiding it so no one could see where it was or ask me for any!

GREAT now I have something to drink, but of course now this water is not doing it. I really want something sweet against my taste buds!

I have come to realize soda and juice are little too much for pay grade, if it's not screaming FREE its not likely that I'm going to buy it.

Well over Time I learned instead of buying juice and soda buy water enhancements!
Water Enhancements are affordable, long lasting, and adds tons of flavor in my water!

Water Enhancement

 

 

Snicker Salad

 

I was on YouTube browsing, once again, and I came across this really tasty treat.

 

However, I did make it at home and I forgot to take pictures and I also used instant vanilla pudding!

 

I would recommend to make this with friends while hanging out; its fun, easy, and tasty and who doesn't like doing fun thing to with their crew. 

Dorm Coffee Making

Coffee Making No Maker

If you know me you know for a fact that I do not like coffee, I can’t get past the taste. However, one day I was on YouTube looking up something and I came across this video on how to make coffee without a coffee maker.

I couldn't cut the video so I posted you the clip I wanted you to see!



Start Video at :40-1:20

 

I thought it was really cool so I tried it and OMG it worked!

 

Coffee and Coffee Grinds



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*Note: I did not drink the coffee

Quesadilla

Ooooh so Cheesy

Cheese quesadilla are the best and really simple!

You’ll need:

• Cheese

• Tortillas

• Microwave

Get you two tortillas put cheese on one tortilla and place the other one on top place it in the microwave for :30 seconds, grab you some salsa and enjoy!

Thanks for Giving

Leftovers

Thanksgiving Leftovers

I hope everyone had a lovely Thanksgiving with your loved ones.

 

I made sure that I brought my leftovers back to school with me to make sure I had some good food to eat during exam week.

 

The good thing about holidays you have extra leftovers, however you can always go back home get a cooked meal and then make you a to go box. If you eat out a restaurant you could also save those leftovers too.

 

 

Things You need:

• Leftovers
• Refrigerator
• Microwave

 



Cold Days Hot Drinks

Hot Chocolate

It is getting cold outside and some places are much colder. So don’t forget to bundle up on your way to class.

When I was back I use to love to drink a cup of hot chocolate on the way to school on very cold days.

I’m sure that you get your dose of Starbucks on the way to class, however sometimes the funds are not looking too bright.

But you are still cold and in need of a nice hot drink, what do?

This is when having some hot chocolate packets in your room comes in handy! You also get to save up for your next cup of coffee.

ONIONS!!!

How to Get Rid of Onion Smell Out Your Mouth

 

 

In the video above is one of my favorite childhood videos to watch, the original Little Rascals. Never in a million years did I think that me and Alfalfa would have something in common! Overtime I have developed a love for RAW onions but I can never get rid of the HORRIBLE after taste and smell.

 

I had to figure out how to make my smelly breath vanish.

 

  

When I eat onions I make sure I brush my teeth and tongue, however sometimes I still wake up with an onion after taste and things that have worked that I've tried are:

• Brushing with Baking Soda
• French Fries
• Water
• Lemonade
• Gum 

I usually first start with rinsing my out with just water, then I brush my teeth but I pay close attention to my tongue because that's where the smell is being captive!

Okay if I STILL taste the onion after brushing, which is possible, I eat something bland like potatoes (French fries) to neutralize my taste buds.

While eating I make sure that I have water or lemonade to drink to also help. In the video it says prepare your own lemonade... well I didn't do that and on top of that it was pink lemonade and it worked just fine for me. 

Lastly for safe measure I always chew minty gum throughout the day.

I hope this helped you as much as it helps me!

Noodles Noodles Noodles!

Noodles: By Guest Micah Proctor

Micah (Mee-Sha) and I have been friends for a very long time, and over the years I noticed how creative she can be with food. I remember going over Micah's house and she was always thinking of easier ways to her make favorite foods. So I thought Micah would be a great person to have as guest on my blog!

I am more than happy to share my friend's very creative ways with you and I hope you enjoy! :)


Noodles are a dorm room must. And not just Ramen noodles but spaghetti, bow ties or even macaroni noodles can be made right in your microwave. My personal favorite is easy and quick, something you can make in between classes or taking a quick study break.

Step 1: Fill a microwave safe bowl full of water and add the spaghetti noodles, break them in half for best results.

Step 2: Heat for 1 minute then stir; repeat until the noodles are the desired firmness. Usually about 5 minutes total.

Step 3: Remove from microwave and drain.

Step 4: Add sauce and cheese and other desired toppings.

Step 5: Enjoy! You have your own Italian feast in your room!

Noodles By: Micah Proctor

Jell-O

Jell-O you ask, well believe it or not I have made Jell-O in the microwave!

One day my friend was really sick and could not really hard foods and asked me to make her some Jell-O.

Of course I asked her why I couldn’t just buy already made Jell-O but nope she went on and on how it doesn’t taste the same.

So I made Jell-O in the Microwave.

I just simply followed the direction on the box with a twist of course!

Jell-O

1. I put what I thought what was a cup of water into a microwavable bowl (did not have measuring cups at the time).
2. I then put the bowl with water into the microwave for 6 minutes. It wasn’t boiling but the water was steaming and extremely hot!
3. Then I poured the Jell-O mix in and mixed until the powder dissolved, like the directions tell you too.
4. Then I poured another cup of water in the bowl and put it in the refrigerator until it was a solid.
5. My friend was upset she had to wait for it to become a solid but enjoyed it once she could eat it.

Trail Mixology

Trail Mix

Almond Trail Mix

 

Have you ever had a bag of trail mix and you ended up with a bag full of stuff you didn't like?

I know I have!

Well there is a solution to avoid having to pick around all the unwanted items in your bag of trail mix.

It is time to say good-bye to accidently picking up that nasty raisin and hello solution!

 

MAKE YOUR OWN!

I know its crazy but it is so simple. All you have to is go to the store and buy all the things you like to eat in your trail mix.

 

Here is what I use to make my trail mix:

 

• Almonds
• Rice Chex Cereal
• M&M'S milk chocolate
• Pretzels
• Salted Peanut
• Cashews

I make up my own portions it depends how I feel and what I want most at the moment.

 

Then I put it in a large plastic bag to mix it all together.

 

I hope you enjoy this idea and please make it your own, unlike me you might like raisin.

Light and Fresh

Salads

Is one of the best meals you can make in your dorm!

I'm sure everyone has had a salad before and knows how to make one so I am not going to tell you how to make one!

Here are some fun and creative salad ideas to make in your dorm room.

Fruit Salad!

• Rainbow Fruit Salad
• Fruit Salad in Seconds
• Very Easy Fruit Salad

 

Chicken, Turkey, or Tuna Salad

You can chose which pre-packaged meat you would like to use.

• Chicken Salad Spread
• Quick Chicken Salad
• Campbell's Whole Wheat Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Garden Salad

So garden salads are simple and what you usually make at home.

• Lettuce
•  Cheese
• Crotons

You could always add more but that's the basics

Garden Salad

Dorm Room Gourtmet

Bagel Pizza

For anyone who knows me knows I love pizza! I try to get my hands on pizza all the time. However, I don't always have the funds to buy pizza or just my luck the one time I do go to the cafe they don't have pizza.

So while browsing on YouTube I came across the video "Dorm Room Gourmet: Easy Coking in the Dorm Room" and you don't understand my excitement when I realized this video was about pizza bagels!

I love pizza and now this guy has made my life so much better! He has taught me how to make my own personal pizza on a budget and in the microwave.

THIS IS A MUST WATCH!!!

Hot Dogs

Hot Dogs

Hot Dogs in the Microwave

You'll Need:

• Microwave
• Paper towels
• Hot Dogs
• Hot Dog Buns
• Ketchup
• Mustard

Step 1 take hot dog out of package.

Step 2 wet a paper towel, squeeze out excess water but make sure paper towel is still damp.

Step 3 wrap hot dog in wet paper towel make sure it is completely covered.

Step 4 put wrapped hot dog in the microwave for 45 seconds or until hot dog is brown.

Step 5 then put hot dog in bun put ketchup and mustard on the hot dog and enjoy.

Camping Indoors

Dump Cake

Camp Fire

This summer I was given the opportunity to work for a Girl Scout Camp called Camp Pisgah! It was a wonderful experience and I really enjoyed working there and I miss it at times.

Every Wednesday we would cookout with the girls and I looked forward to building fires and making our meals over the fire… it’s not that easy making a fire when rained earlier that day.

Anyways my favorite thing to make, over the fire, was dessert and I always tried my hardest to convince a group of girls each week to make Dump Cake. Dump Cake was my favorite it was so good!

So one day I thought to myself if I can make dump cake over a fire I’m pretty sure I can make it in the microwave!

This recipe is meant to be made for one individual

You’ll need:

• A Sweet Tooth
• A deep medium Microwavable bowl
• Fork

Ingredients:

• ¾ cups Pie Filling
• ½ cup of Boxed Cake Mix
• 1 ½ Stick of Butter

Cake and Pie Filling Ideas:

•  Yellow Cake: Apple, Cherry, Strawberry, or Blueberry pie filling 
• Chocolate Cake: Cherry, Strawberry, or Raspberry pie filling

Step 1: Take your bowl and use 1/2 a stick of butter and butter the bowl very well, to make sure you avoid things from sticking.

Step 2: Pour the pie filling into the bowl and then slice half a stick of butter up and place it on top of your choice of pie filling.

Step 3: Then pour cake mix evenly on top of the pie filling and butter. DO NOT MIX!

Step 4: Next you’re going to slice the rest of the butter up and place the slices evenly along the cake mix

Step 5: Take the prepped Dump Cake to the microwave and leave it in for 10 minutes it is normal to see the mixture bubbling... BUBBLING IS GOOD!

When the microwave is done you have your Dump Cake! Your Dump Cake should look like a cake/pie when done. It is normal to see some cake mix not really baked just mixed it in to the rest of the cake and you should be fine!

Enjoy!

Make Me Cheesy

Here is an image that came up in a search for "Noodle" at MorgueFile

Ramen and Something Special

 

I’m no fan of Ramen Noodles but sometimes that’s the only thing to eat in your room. However, you can get tired of eating the same thing over and over again.

Sometimes you have to spice things up. You know have something other than the norm.

How do you change already flavored noodles?

KRAFT’S VELVEETA CHEESE!

Velveeta Cheese
Here is an image that came up in a search for "Velveeta Cheese" at MorgueFile

Instead of putting the seasoning that comes with the pack replace it with Velveeta Cheese to spices things up a bit.  

Too Little or Too Much

What’s good to keep in your dorm room?

When I first arrived to college I went food shopping like crazy food shopping! I purchased all my favorite foods in BULK!

Cookies, chips, cake, juice pouches, you name I had it in bulk! 

All my favorite goodies

However, I had all my favorite foods in my dorm some didn't last long and I couldn't get rid of the ones I really wasn't fond of.

So I feel like this video is good for people who are trying to figure out what to buy and what not to buy for your dorm room.

Garbage Nachos

Nachos again?

I love nachos… soooo

YEAH! More Nachos

There are so many ways to make nachos, yup it’s nachos with Queso.

Here is an image that came up in a search for ‘Jalapenos' at MorgueFile

Ingredients:

•   Tortilla Chips
• Queso
•  Salsa
• Sour cream
• Jalapenos  (Optional)

If you choose to use queso instead of shredded cheese…

You need a microwavable bowl and pour a generous amount of queso cheese in to the bowl and warm in the microwave for :30 seconds or until cheese is warm.

Then pour salsa and sour cream in to warmed queso and mix together well.

Next place a generous amount of tortilla chips on a plate and then pour the mixture on to the chips and place jalapenos on if wanted. You could also dip the tortilla chips into the mixture (less messy).

Enjoy!

The Coffee Cup Scramble

Good morning

Good morning, Breakfast

It's my favorite meal y’all

I've waited all night long!

I love breakfast food but as a college student you have to skip breakfast for more sleep or you have morning classes and don’t have time to eat breakfast.

…Or so you thought!

A quick and tasty breakfast option could be Scrambled eggs in a cup!

You’ll need…

• Coffee Cup
• 2 Eggs
• Shredded Cheese
• Salt/Pepper
• 2 slices of Bacon
• butter

Scrambled eggs in a cup

Scrambled Eggs in a Cup

First cook bacon in the microwave. (If not sure see post “Beggin’ for More Bacon”). When bacon is done set to the side to cool.

While waiting for your bacon to cool, lightly butter coffee mug, then place the egg, cheese, and salt and pepper into the mug.

Once bacon has cooled break it up into pieces and then place in the mug with the other ingredients.

Beat the ingredients together until well beaten. Then place the cup in the microwave for: 45 seconds.

Now you can enjoy an egg, cheese, and bacon breakfast on the go.

Lets Snack Healthy

College can be a bit stressful and sometimes as college students we don’t have the time to get a decent meal so we snack… A LOT!

With all that snacking going on we get to enjoy that comfort food YUM YUM YUM.

However, we start to realize that we look and feel a little heavier and when we step on the scale and it says you’re getting little chubby… not what we want to see.

So here is a video to show how to eat healthy while you’re at school!

Of course this is only to give you an idea what you might want to keep in your dorm room. Its easy to eat health you just have to want to do what's best for you.

So try to avoid getting pizza, pasta, and fried foods try the healthier opinions, like she said in the video.

Customize healthy eating to your own benefit so you can have a healthier you.

Nacho typical Nachos

Easy Nachos

Well I don’t know about you but I love me some Nachos! If I could have nachos as often as I think about them I would. Here is a simple way to make nachos in your room with a microwave.

Here is an image that came up in a search for ‘Tortilla Chips’ at MorgueFile

Easy Nachos

Ingredients

•  Tortilla Chips
• Shredded Cheese
• Salsa
•  Sour cream (Optional)
• Jalapenos  (Optional)

Directions

On a microwavable plate place a layer of chips that just covers the bottom of the plate. Then add a generous amount of shredded cheese on top and then place another layer of chips. Continue as needed.

-layering the chips and cheese on the plate makes sure that the cheese is seen throughout the chips

Then place the plate with tortilla chips and cheese into the microwave for 1 minute or until cheese is melted.

Then place as much salsa as you like on chips

Next you place your choice of toppings and enjoy.

Beggin’ for More Bacon

Here is an image that came up in a search for ‘Bacon’ at MorgueFile

How to Make Bacon in the Microwave

You’ll need:

• Bacon
• Paper Towel
• Microwavable Plate
• Microwave

Step 1: Cover the plate with paper towels

Step 2: Place your desire amount of bacon on top of the paper towels. Try not to overlap the pieces.

Step 3: Next place another paper towel on top of the bacon. The second paper towel is to help absorb the grease that the bacon produces.

Step 4: Place plate into the microwave and heat for 3:00 minutes.  If not fully cooked, then place bacon back in to the microwave for another minute.  

Step 5: ENJOY!

Hot Potato!

Baked Potato 

Did you Know can make a bake potato in the microwave?

WELL YOU CAN!

Its fast easy and a yummy meal!

Hot Potato 

Ingredients:

·         Bake Potato

·         Plastic Wrap

Toppings (optional)

·         Sour Cream

·         Cheese

·         Butter

·         Salt/Pepper

First you tear a sheet of plastic wrap big enough to wrap your potato in, make sure it’s fully covered.

Then place the potato into the microwave (900 watts) and leave it in 5 minutes, or until the potato is soft.

Unwrap the potato and…

BAM a baked potato! Eat with toppings or as you please.

Tip: bake potatoes also taste good with Chili

                Places to get GOOD Chili

·         Wendy's

·         Harris Teeter

·         Whole Foods

Just Keeping it Simple…

For those Lazy Days

Peanut Butter and Jelly for lazy days

Well its October and it going to get really cold outside pretty soon and sometimes making that trip to the cafe is a lot of work!

You actually have to get up and get out of bed to take off your nice warm pajamas to get dressed.

And then you have to make sure you look somewhat presentable because you kinda going out in public… where people can see you.

Oh yeah and lets think of the possibility that you did all that hard work to get ready and the cafe food is not up to par!

Why waste all that time when you could keep it real simple!

Make yourself a nice meal in your room, in the comfort of your warm pajamas!

Here are a ton of fulfilling food ideas you can make in your room:

• Peanut Butter and Jelly
• A Bowl of Cereal/Oatmeal
• Mac and Cheese
• 90 minute Rice
• Canned Soup

Cookie Movie Scenario

Cookies N' Movies

It’s a Saturday night and you’re having a movie night with couple of friends and you happened to be in charge of the snacks. You feel like you have some of everything a variety of drinks, chips, nuts, and popcorn, pretty much anything salty it’s on the table.

Then you realize you forgot sweets…

What would be a tasty quick fulfilling sweet snack to watch during the movie?

Well everyone loves cookie… Fresh baked cookies!

But then you ask yourself, how do you make cookies if you don’t have an oven to bake them?

In the Microwave!

It’s really simple:

• Buy brake and bake cookie dough
• Get a coffee mug
• Put the cookie dough in the coffee mug
• Then place the cup of cookie dough in to the microwave for 1 minute

Cookie Monster Surprise

Hooray a cookie in a cup!

Now you can even get creative by putting any desired toppings on the cookie so you and your friends can enjoy your savory snack even more during the movie!

Banana Wrap

Sometimes you have mornings where you have some extra time before your class and you want to grab something to eat, however you don’t have enough time to go to the caf to get breakfast.

Well I guess you won’t be getting anything to eat this morning.

Nonsense                                   

Here is quick easy Banana Tortilla Wrap meal to take on the go.

Recipe

Banana Wrap

Ingredients

• Banana
• Coco Spread or Peanut Butter
• Tortillas

Utensil(s)

• Knife (optional)

Preparations

Take the wanted amount of tortillas out the pack and choose your desired spread onto to the tortilla.

Banana and Tortilla

Hazul Nut Spread

Next cut the banana in thick slices. (Can cut thinner, there is no difference.)

Sliced Banana

Then lay sliced banana on to tortilla. Roll the tortilla and enjoy!

The Tortilla Unwrapped

Also if you wish to try the Banana Wrap warm before placing bananas on the tortilla heat the tortilla with spread in the microwave for 10 seconds. After warming up the tortilla continue to place the bananas on and then roll and enjoy!

Banana Tortilla Wrap

Welcome

Dorm Appétit

Coming into college not all college students have kitchen appliances in their dorms; most of us just have a small refrigerator and a microwave. 

The food restaurants on campus is where college students may get their main meals but what happens when those options are not available? What a delicious night you get to eat a cup of noodles and some junk food, better yet you can spend your last $20 on expensive Chinese food and tip the driver because you got it delivered. 

BUT WAIT! 

There could be other options for food. You could prepare a meal in your microwave something quick and fulfilling. This blog is for college students to show them creative ways to make meals in their room when they don’t feel like spending money on fast food, going to the caf, or simply not wanting leaving their rooms. 

Fast Food