The thought was to teach my oldest son how to make quick and easy food - that does not involve peanut butter and a loaf of bread - or leaving something on the stove and forgetting about it until the smoke detectors go off - 5 quick, easy, healthy, and affordable meals.
To Date, the recipes I've shared were:
Chicken Salad
http://mini-van-mom.blogspot.com/2014/04/chicken-salad.html
Eggs in the Microwave
http://mini-van-mom.blogspot.com/2014/03/eggs-in-microwave.html
Hummus
http://mini-van-mom.blogspot.com/2014/03/hummus.html
Next Up?
Roasted Veggies
Can be made in either a toaster oven or the oven on the stove.
Preheat oven to 350*.
2 potatoes, cut into quarters
1 onion, cut into quarters
2 carrots, peeled and cut into chunks
Mushrooms, (4 or 5) gently washed and sliced into half
Coat the baking sheet with a little bit of olive oil (About 1 TBSP of oil, depending on size of pan.)
Place cut veggies on the baking sheet, stir to make certain oil coats all veggies evenly.
Sprinkle the veggies with spices: Choose one: several shakes of Mrs. Dash, salt and pepper, rosemary, etc. Use your own judgement - start lightly, you can always add more flavor later, but you can't take it away!
Place all veggies on the baking sheet in the oven. Bake at 350* for 20-30 minutes, or until all veggies are tender when pierced with a fork.
Personally, I'm a very big fan of the toaster oven when working with college students. My toaster oven has a timer feature on the side. I can set the time and walk away. There's always a risk of fire when dealing with food, but there's less of a chance of something burning when the toaster oven turns itself off. Okay, wait, there is one key item here. You do, on occasion, have to empty the crumbs and other flotsam and jetsam off of the bottom of the toaster oven, or it will eventually catch fire!
No pesky fire alarms in the building going off! (Not that I would know about this from personal experience or anything....)
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