Home cooked meals are undeniably a cheaper and healthier alternatives especially to those who are not living with their family. If you’re about to crack your head for the umpteenth time, trying to figure out what should you have for your next meal, here’s some ideas and recipe for the easiest meals which require less than 7 ingredients to prepare. You’re welcome!
#1 Tomato Egg Rice
Nutritious, delicious and filling.
All these can be found on a plate. Follow the simple steps below to create your very own dish:
Ingredients:
1 or ½ tomato
1 egg
Rice (based on your preference)
Scallion
1 pinch of salt
Cooking Oil
Black pepper
Additional Ingredients (optional):
Ham
Chicken
Steps:
- Wash rice and add water to it as normal.
- Put the tomato, chicken, and ham together with the uncooked rice.
- Add some salt, pepper and cooking oil.
- Cook the rice as usual.
- Add egg when the rice is done, stir it together with the rice.
- Add scallion, and it’s done!
The ingredients can be customized based on your own preferences for example, corn, carrot, bacon, mushroom and more. You can purchase a 16 piece dinnerware set and serve with a glass of wine to feel like you are dining out.
#2 Macaroni Pasta
If rice is not really your thing, how about switch it up with some good ol’ macaroni?
Follow the simple steps below to create your very own dish:
Ingredients:
Macaroni
Water
Pepper
Spaghetti Tomato Sauce
Chicken Sausage (optional)
Steps:
- Add macaroni into a microwave-friendly bowl, fill in at least twice as much water.
- Put into microwave for 2 minutes.
- Add in chicken sausage, pepper and spaghetti tomato sauce and stir well.
- Put into microwave for 1-2 minutes. This time may have a small margin of error, depending on how old your microwave is. Check out this website to see some of the most efficient ones.
- You may enjoy your macaroni pasta now!
This is the easiest way to cook macaroni pasta. You can either use macaroni or replaced it with elbow pasta. You can try to make mac and cheese using this way as well!
#3 Berries Overnight Oats
Meal preps can be therapeutic for those who likes things organized and do not enjoy starting their day with an empty stomach.
Follow the simple steps below to create your very own overnight oats:
Ingredients:
½ cup rolled oats
½ cup low-fat milk
½ cup greek yoghurt
½ cup strawberries
½ cup blueberries
Steps:
- Add ½ cup of rolled into your container, followed by low-fat milk and yoghurt.
- Layer in strawberries and blueberries.
- Refrigerate overnight.
You may replace with any fruits of your choice. Refrigerate it overnight and have it as your breakfast or quick lunch.
#4 Tortilla Chicken
Need to look good soon without blowing your budget and calories on takeaway salad bowls? How about making some lip-smacking tortilla chicken wrap?
Follow the simple steps below to create your very own dish:
Ingredients:
2 tortillas
A couple chicken strips
Some lettuce
½ bell pepper
2 tbsp mayonnaise/thousand island sauce
Steps:
- Heat 2 tortillas into microwave for 1 minute.
- Mix the chicken strips and bell pepper and heat them with microwave for 1 minute.
- Put the lettuce, chicken strips and bell pepper on the tortillas and top with some mayonnaise or thousand islands.
- Wrap it and enjoy your meal.
You may replace mayonnaise or thousand island sauces with your own preferable sauce.
#5 Omelette
This is almost everyone’s to-go meals even at their laziest days. Best of all, you can make it taste different just by switching up your ingredients.
Follow the simple steps below to create your very own dish:
Ingredients:
2 eggs
¼ cup of bell pepper
¼ cup of spinach
¼ cup of hams
A pinch of salt
A pinch of pepper
Steps:
- Put 2 eggs into a cup, stir it.
- Add in bell pepper, spinach and hams, stir it.
- Add in a pinch of salt and pepper to enhance the taste.
- Place it into microwave for 2-3 minutes.
- Your 3 minutes omelette is ready.
In short, you are what you eat. So it’s good that you have some sort of control to what’s going into your food. Learning a few dish or two is also a good quality to attract the opposite sex. So you’re definitely in for a win. Have fun cooking!
