I'm a student in London and I don't really know how to cook. Currently, for breakfast I drink a cup of tea and eat a bowl of cereal. Sometimes I have milk digestives with my tea. For lunch, I often eat left overs from previous night, buy something, or skip lunch altogether and end up having an early/heavy dinner. Dinner is usually a big meal for me where I eat bread with either chicken, beef, or whatever.
Sometimes I can cook pasta or make beef burgers.
I am out of ideas. What can I do as a student to EASILY have a nice breakfast, lunch, and dinner? I need ways of preparing food for myself that is cheap, nutritious, healthy, easy, efficient, etc. I need help from what to buy, how to store, and then how to cook.
I remember that I was in the exact same situation when I was a student (it does seem like a long time ago and at the same time it feels like it was only yesterday...)
well, I think rather than thinking in breakfast, lunch and dinner categories, it might be easier to think about "what do I like and what don't I like" and what is quick to cook and yet still tasty and nutritious. I guess that's what you meant.
I found pasta one of the easiest things to cook as it can be mixed with nearly everything.
Olive oil, garlic, onions and speck help to get a bit of extra flavour. Chop some vegetables for example: zucchini or aubergines or tomatoes or bell pepper or broccoli or a combination of two or more types fo vegetables together and cook them until tender. Cook your pasta and voilá ... you have a meal. Add some additional salt or double cream.
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You might want to check out a few of my "cheats" recipes here for a couple of ideas and also, if you have a microwave, there are some useful ideas here microwave where I put a few more cheaty type recipes as have other people.
Good Luck
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