Food Fight: Desperation Dinner Challenge
Entries
This contest ended on Monday, March 31, 2008, 5PM PDT.
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Lemon Pepper Tuna & Corn
This is a quick and simple dish that uses only prepared ingredients, and can be served in a variety of ways. There's nothing fancy about it, and the ingredients are staples in starving artist type kitchens.
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Easy Fish Tacos
Quick enough for a weeknight, easy enough for an "I don't feel like cooking" night, and yummy enough for any night: Easy Fish Tacos.
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Popeye pasta
It is easy and kids like it in spite of the spinach.
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Fried Macaroni in a Wok
Because it never feels like desperation food. It feels like love.
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Po' Man's Bibimbap (or Essentially Egg on Rice)
It's cultured (being Korean-ish) and it's easy, what more can you ask for? Your equally poor roomies will think you are being worldly and sophisticated, eating Korean cuisine like is KD (ie. Kraft Dinner for those who are not Canadian). And depending on your food budget this recipe is easily upgradeable in terms of adding meat and veggie fixings. This recipe is also university student approved, quick to make in a pinch (many nights after late classes, I've been able to make this effortlessly while sleep deprived).
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Shrooms of Doom
I've been making this since I was 13 years old. I'm 43 and it's still comfort food. Only now I add hot sauce.
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Roasted Garlic and Flat Leaf Parsley Pasta
This is a GREAT staple dish to make when you have nothing else on hand. We always have the basics listed in this recipe on hand as well as a couple different pastas or risotto, you can add them to this sauce as well.
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Hamburger Helper Helper
My recipe is a MAJOR time-saver, one that, with a little efficient preparation on the day of grocery shopping, you can save countless minutes preparing cooked ground beef for individual meals!
This tip can be used for not just one, but a huge variety of meals requiring a lb of ground, cooked. It is equally helpful on days when you have a little more time to do a recipe from scratch, sans box.
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Black Bean Soup with Rum Over Brown Rice
I. It's healthy. Lots of protein, vitamins from veggies, and fiber from the brown rice.
II. It's quick. By the time the rice is done, the soup should be done too.
III. It's delicious. Black beans and parmesan rinds have natural umami.
IV. It's versatile. It's a great way to use up leftover veggies from your fridge or freezer.
V. It's easy. I have all of these ingredients in my pantry or freezer right now.
VI. It's creative. I learned to add rum to my black beans from my cuban roommate in college. Great way to use alcohol in your cooking.
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Moroccan Peanut and Tomato Soup
It's amazingly simple, and totally pantry - nothing to keep in fridge or freezer. It takes minutes, but tastes exotic and gourmet. Though it's my pantry meal (always have the cans and pb for it), I get asked to bring it to potlucks all the time by people greedy for more of it!
