by: Carrie Borowy
While living in residence, sometimes the meals that the dining hall serves up get a bit repetitive. Below is a compilation of ways to spice up your food in the dining hall, and a few simple recipes that you can cook in the microwave!
Hack your breakfast: Coffee cup Quiche:
- 1 egg
- ½ tablespoon milk
- Salt to taste
- Black pepper to taste
- ¼ of a piece of bread/bagel
- 2 teaspoons cream cheese
- ½ slice of ham
Beat egg and milk together with a fork in a coffee cup, adding salt and pepper to taste. Tear bread into dime-size pieces; stir in. Add cream cheese; stir in. Tear or cut prosciutto into small pieces; add to mixture. Microwave on high for 1min 10 seconds, or until done. Enjoy!
Make your own parfait in the dining hall:
Use one of the plastic drink cups instead of a bowl and make perfect layers of whatever you like. You might have to walk around to different stations to get all your ingredients, but switching up at breakfast can be a nice change of pace. Consider adding yogurt, cutting up your own fruit, and snagging some cereal from the cereal station.
Hack your lunch: Coffee Cup Chilaquiles:
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon milk
- Salt
- Ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon sharp cheddar cheese
- 5 tortilla chips, divided
- 1 tablespoon salsa
- Sour cream
- Queso fresco
- Chopped green onion
Beat egg and milk with a fork in a coffee cup, adding salt and pepper to taste. Add cheddar; stir to coat. Break 3 or 4 tortilla chips into small pieces to fit in the cup; stir into the mixture. Add salsa.
Cook in the microwave for about 1minute and 10 seconds. Garnish with tortilla chips, sour cream, queso fresco, and green onion.
Bored of the salad dressing choices? Whip up your own.
- Lemon, Honey Dijon vinaigrette
- Oil
- Vinegar
- Mustard
- Salt
- Pepper
- Lemon
- Honey
Add each ingredient to taste, and toss over your choice of veggies.
Coffee cup mac & cheese
- 1/3 cup pasta
- 1/2 cup water
- 1/4 cup 1% milk
- 1/2 cup shredded cheddar cheese
Combine the pasta and water in a large mug or bowl.
Microwave on high for two minutes, then stir. A lot of times the water will overflow while it heats up. It is OK if this happens. If you don’t want it to overflow just make this in a very large microwaveable bowl.
Repeat this for at least 2 to 4 more minutes, stirring at each 2-minute interval. The water should absorb completely and the pasta will be cooked through. If the pasta needs another minute it is okay to add one more teaspoon of water and microwave for another minute.
Remove it from the microwave and stir in the milk and cheese. Microwave for another minute. Stir the cheese thoroughly into the pasta and eat up!
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