Veggie Curry with Brown Rice

Another super simple meal idea, filling and heatlhy! =)

Ingredients:

1 cup of mixed frozen veggies

1 bowl of brown rice

1/4 tsp of tumeric powder

1/4 tsp of curry powder

tiny bit of garlic powder

a dash of olive oil

tiny bit of hot water

Instructions:

1. Cook rice

2. Microwave frozen veggies

3. Mix together tumeric powder, curry powder, garlic powder, olive oil, and hot water with the mixed frozen veggies and microwave for another minute

4. Pour curry, veggie mix over rice

5. Eat!

Tuna Steak with Corn and Mayo

Again, I don't really consider this cooking but its a good meal idea! =)

Ingredients:

1 frozen tuna steak

1 tbsp of mayonnaise

tiny bit of frozen corn

1 tsp of hot water

Instructions:

1. Preheat oven to 345 degrees Fahrenheit 

2. Cook tuna steak for 25 mins

3. Mix mayonnaise and hot water and frozen corn in separate bowl and microwave for 30 seconds

4. Pour sauce over cooked tuna steak

5. Eat!

Beans and Mushroom with Black Bean Sauce

This dish turned out surprisingly good, and slightly creamy although I didn't add in anything milky.  I think the mushrooms made it milky.

Ingredients:
A handful of green beans
A handful of button mushrooms
1 tsp of black bean sauce
Tiny bit of sesame

Instructions
1. Cook green beans in pan
2. Add in button mushrooms and black bean sauce
3. Stir fry it all together
4. Serve and sprinkle some sesame on top
5. Eat!

Konnyaku with Teriyaki Sauce and Beans

This was seriously really good, and simple to make.  Like super simple its crazy.  Lets get on to it then!

Ingredients:

A handful of green beans

1 konnyaku

1 tbs of teriyaki sauce

Instructions:

1. Cut konnyaku into flat slices

2. Boil konnyaku slices for 2-3 minutes

3. Marinate konnyaku with teriyaki sauce

4. Stir fry konnyaku with teriyaki sauce and green beans

5.  Eat!

Bell Pepper Stir Fry ( using microwave)

I bought bell peppers this week because they were on sale but I had no idea what to make with them so I decided on making a simple stir fry.  I also didn't want to talk to my roommates (I HATE small talk), so to minimize my time in the kitchen I decided to use the microwave to do all my cooking.  It came out sooo yummy!

Ingredients:

2 bell peppers

a few frozen green beans

tiny bit of frozen corn
1 tsp of minced garlic
1 tbs of soy sauce

Instructions:
1. Cut bell peppers into pieces
2. Toss bell peppers, frozen green beans, frozen corn into microwavable container and add in the 1 tsp of minced garlic
3. Stir it all together and microwave for 2 minutes
4. Add in soy sauce and mix, and microwave for 2-3 more minutes
5. Take out of microwave and stir and serve
6. Eat!

Tomatoes and Eggs

I ate this for dinner tonight and it was very satisfying =).  Kept me full for my long studying session of accounting!!! >.<

Ingredients:

1 Tomato

1 Egg

Tiny bit of brown sugar (tomato wasn't that sweet)

Instructions:

1. Wash and cut up tomato into small pieces

2. Crack egg and mix the whites and yolk

3. Heat up pan to medium heat

4. Pour in tomato pieces and cook, add some brown sugar in

5. Empty tomato pieces into bowl

6. Pour egg mixture onto pan and scramble it like how you would make a scrambled egg =P

7. Once egg is scrambled, pour tomato pieces back in and stir together

8. Empty tomato and eggs onto bowl

9. Eat!

Gai Lan with Chinese Mushrooms

I love chinese mushrooms, and gai lan because it reminds me of the dishes my grandma made for me when I was little.  This dish is pretty simple and its tastes great!

Ingredients:

100g of Gai Lan

10-20 Chinese Mushrooms 

1 tablespoon oyster sauce

Tiny bit of brown sugar

Instructions:

1. Soak chinese mushrooms until they're soft (I usually soak them for a day)

2. Pour chinese mushrooms with the water they're soaked with into a pot, cook on medium heat until the water starts to boil

3. Add in 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce with the tiny bit of brown sugar

4. Boil the mushrooms until the sauce isn't so watery anymore (watch the stove here, mushrooms boil over very easily)

5. Blanch gai lan

6. Fish gai lan out and pour mushroom and sauce on top

7. Eat!

Egg with Teriyaki Sauce on Brown Rice

This "rice bowl" really tastes like those Don I have at Japanese restaurants, and its super simple and healthy because I've used brown rice!

Ingredients:
1 Egg
1 teaspoon of Teriyaki Sauce
150g of Brown Rice

Instructions:
1. Prepare rice with your own method ( I use a microwavable bowl that can cook rice in 17 mins in the microwave =P)
2. Cook egg, sunny side up
3. Serve rice into bowl first, then add 1 teaspoon of teriyaki sauce on top of the rice
4. Lay egg on top
5. Eat!

Shirataki with Teriyaki Sauce Stir Fry

People who don't like slimy noodles will probably not like this recipe, but it satisfies my cravings for Korean glass noodles and teriyaki sauce all at once!

Ingredients:
1 pack of Shirataki Noodles
1 Egg
1 tablespoon of Teriyaki Sauce
Frozen Beans

Instructions:
1. Boil shirataki noodles in water for 4-5 mins
2. Heat up pan, add in frozen beans
3. Add in shirataki noodles when beans are starting to look cooked
4. Crack the egg and add in with shirataki noodles and beans, add teriyaki sauce
5. Stir fry until egg is cooked
6. Serve on plate
7. Eat!

Fish Balls with Shirataki Noodles

I loved this having this for my meals last year.  It was filling, warm to the stomach, and healthy =).

Ingredients:
2-3 Fish Balls
2 Fish Tofu
A pack of shirataki noodles
Frozen beans
Dried Seaweed
2 Tablespoons of Noodle Soup Base
Hot water to mix with soup base

Instructions:
1. Bring water to boil, put in fish balls, fish tofu, frozen beans, and dried seaweed
2. Fish everything out, put in bowl, boil shirataki noodles for 2-5 minutes
3. Fish shirataki noodles out, put in bowl
4. Boil some water
5. Pour boiled water in bowl, add in 2 tablespoons of noodle soup base
6. Eat!

Lol, I hope my instructions aren't weird, I don't know how else to describe "fish everything out".

Chicken Breast with Corn

Ok, so this first post isn't really cooking, but its a meal idea, since I'm so uncreative with my meals lol.

Ingredients:
Frozen Flavored Chicken Breast
Frozen Corn

Instructions:
1. Preheat oven to 375F( I use my toaster oven)
2. Put in chicken breast for 15-20 mins
3. Microwave frozen corn, 2 mins
4. Serve on plate
5. Eat!