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

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.  

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

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