Microwave Recipes for College Students Who Can’t Cook
The ultimate beginner’s guide to microwave meals for when your budget is starting to look like “we’ve got food at home.”
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by Katie Liao
This story was originally published on New York University’s Washington Square News.
If you’re wondering how you’re supposed to survive with a kitchenette and some frozen tofu from your local dining hall without spending every last penny on DoorDash, you should learn how to use your microwave – properly.
One of my biggest regrets from my first-year at college was only using the microwave for heating leftovers and instant ramen. I believed that the only thing wasting my time, money and health was the lack of a kitchen, until I actually got a kitchen the next year. That’s when I realized the problem was never the microwave — it was me.
So here it is: the official breakup cookbook with depressing reheated meals and the beginning of our microwave era. Try these five easy microwave recipes, with accessible ingredients that can be bought from either H Mart or Trader Joe’s, and break the ice with your microwave. When done right, microwaving proves to be efficient and effective for busy students who can’t cook.
Coke-Braised Pork
Ingredients:
- 200 grams pork belly chunks
- 1 stalk of scallion
- ¼ cup soy sauce
- ¼ cup mirin
- 7 tablespoons Coke
Korean Steamed Egg
Ingredients:
- 2 eggs
- 2 crab sticks
- 1 teaspoon of chicken powder
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- ½ teaspoon of sesame oil
- 1 cup of water
- Some chopped scallion
Spaghetti Napolitan / Japanese Ketchup Pasta
Ingredients:
- 80 grams of spaghetti
- 2 sausages
- 1 green bell pepper
- ¾ cup of water
- 1 teaspoon of chicken powder
- 3 tablespoons of ketchup
- 1 tablespoons of shredded cheese
Chocolate Cupcake
Ingredients:
- 30 grams pancake mix
- ¼ cup milk of choice
- 5 grams chocolate – dark chocolate recommended
- 1 tablespoon of sugar – depends on personal preference, but I recommend less if your pancake mix and/or cocoa powder contains sugar
- 1 tablespoon of cocoa powder
- 1 tablespoon of olive oil
French Toast
Ingredients:
- 1 egg
- 7 tablespoons of milk
- 2 slices of white bread
- 2 tablespoons of sugar
Read the rest of the story at Washington Square News.