Students must stay well-nourished and healthy if they want to have the energy to make it through classes and study sessions. At the same time, students are very busy and can’t spend too much time cooking.
Their budgets are also usually quite limited, so this also affects their options but eating ramen noodles every night is not the answer. The following five delicious recipes are also nutritious and easy enough for first-time cooks to master without too much difficulty.
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1. Creamy Pesto Macaroni
Get a good dose of green vegetables by including spinach in your comfort food. This meal takes only half an hour to prepare and cook. If you can make a white sauce, this dish is very easy. The only other ingredients you need besides 2 cups of uncooked macaroni are ¼ jar of basil pesto, ½ cup of grated parmesan and salt and pepper.
Thaw frozen spinach and lightly cook in the microwave. Squeeze out the excess water and set it aside. Add the macaroni to a large pot of boiling water, cook it till tender and drain it. Prepare your white sauce and whisk the pesto and parmesan into the sauce. Season it with salt and pepper. Combine the spinach and macaroni, pour the sauce over, mix it in and serve straight away.
2. Thai Peanut Chicken Salad
Thai Peanut Chicken Salad is easy to make, crunchy, high in protein and low in carbs. You will need some boneless, skinless chicken breasts, 1 diced red pepper, a cup of shredded carrots, a cup of shredded purple cabbage, ¼ cup diced green onion and ½ cup chopped peanuts. For the dressing ingredients, you will need ¾ cup Greek yogurt, 3 tbsp of peanut butter, 2 tsp ground ginger, ¼ cup lime juice, 1 tbsp. soy sauce and some salt.
Bake the chicken breasts until they are soft enough to shred easily. Put all the diced and shredded salad ingredients in a large bowl. Once you’ve shredded the chicken and allowed it to cool, add it to the bowl. Pour the sauce mixture into the salad and mix until it’s evenly combined.
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4. Black Bean Quesadillas
These quesadillas are full of flavor and fiber and easy to make. You will need a can of black beans and one of corn, ½ cup diced red onion, some crushed garlic, ½ cup chopped fresh cilantro and 2 cups of shredded cheddar cheese. You can use store-bought taco seasoning and flour tortillas.
Drain the black beans and corn and add them to a bowl. Add the diced red onion, crushed garlic and chopped cilantro. Add the shredded cheddar and Taco seasoning. Mix until all ingredients are coated in the seasoning. Take a tortilla, place some filling on one side before and fold it over. Cook in a pan over medium heat on each side. Slice into triangles and serve.
5. Sticky Chinese Chicken Traybake
Traybakes are very easy – just throw ingredients in a roasting pan and put them in the oven. Traybakes can make some of the best Christmas dishes for students. For this recipe, you need to roast some chicken thighs. The sticky sauce is what makes this dish so great and it consists of 4 tbsp hoisin sauce, 2 tsp sesame oil, 1tsps grated ginger, 2 grated garlic cloves, and 1 ½ tsp Chinese five-spice powder.
Arrange the chicken thighs in the roasting pan and heat up the oven. Mix all the sauce ingredients, pour over the chicken and marinate. Baste the chicken thighs while roasting. After the thighs are cooked, stir through some cashew nuts. Serve with brown rice.
A final word
Before we close, here’s a tip for making your own pizza dough. Mix 1½ cups of self-raising flour and a cup of Greek yogurt in a bowl. Transfer the dough to a flour-covered work surface and knead it for about 10 minutes. Spray a pizza pan with cooking spray and spread the dough to the edges of the pan. Add any toppings you want and cook at 500 degrees F (260 degrees C) for a lovely, crispy crust.
Author’s Bio
Jeremy Raynolds works for a leading PR firm and has been the main force behind the company’s success as he has proven his worth with high-quality writing and work ethics. He has been equally successful in his freelancing role, where he writes essays for students. His days off are for relaxing on the beach, playing basketball and reading research journals.
