Grilled cheese with no stove

I'm not kidding, this is the easiest thing in the world. Turn on your broiler in your cute little toaster oven. Make up your sandwich like you would if you were about to use a frying pan... but instead just put it on a baking sheet and pop it into your oven. Wait until that side turns golden, then flip it. When that side's golden, you're good!!

Ingredients:
Butter
Bread
Cheese

Ramen noodle upgrade: Pad thai

Alright! I'm happily settled into residence, my roommate is cool, my whole kitchenette and bedroom is well stocked, and I've started to eat dorm-style. Today, I was starving my face off after orientation so I made myself a lunch.

-1 package mr.noodle or store brand ramen

-1 tbsp all natural peanut butter (of course, you can use kraft or skippy, but I really don't like the flavour of those)

-1 tbsp soy sauce (use a little less if you're not using the 100% natural PB)

-1/2 tbsp lime juice, if you have it

-1 egg if you're in need of a little extra protein, and a splash of milk, cream, or butter

1. Boil your kettle (take this time to stir your natural peanut butter if you're opening it for the first time or if the oils have resurfaced)

2. Pour boiling water over noodles and the flavour powder in a bowl, leave it to soften up.

3. Take this time, if you're adding an egg, to mix it (and the milk/cream/butter) up in a mug and microwave for thirty second intervals, stirring after each time.

4. Once the noodles are soft, strain the liquid (leaving about 1/2 a tbsp of the liquid), add the peanut butter, soy sauce, and lime juice.

5. Chop up the eggs in the mug with a fork, stir the chunks of egg into the noodles. Add green onions if you have them

Eat it by itself, or serve it on a plate with some kind of veggie to pretend you're being healthy!

Good luck, and enjoy!

The Pasta Panini Wrap

I call this the "Pasta Panini" because it combines my two favorite pasta things, pesto and tomatoes. This can be eaten "raw", pressed with a panini press/grill, or the good ol' clothes iron method.

-White or whole wheat tortilla, though I prefer white
-Roast beef
-Tomato
-Bocconcini or mozzarella
-Pesto
-Cooking spray for grilling

Preheat your grill... or iron. Spray the grill, don't spray the iron.   Spread a generous helping of pesto on one half of the tortilla. Slice or shred your cheese and place it down as a strip in the middle of the tortilla. Leave about a 2 inch space on either side, so the ends can be folded in. Place your roast beef and your tomatoes over the cheese. Take the side covered in pesto and fold it over your fillings and curl the edge under them. Fold the ends into the wrap, and roll the rest of the way. If you're using a panini press, throw it and let it do it's thing. If you're using your iron, wrap it in sprayed tinfoil and place on your ironing board, and rest the iron on it for about two minutes, flip, repeat, unwrap and eat!

Be careful that the pesto doesn't leak out and stain the white sleeve of your boyfriend's hoodie....