When I Was in School...

College can be rough.. Living alone and having a smaller area than being back home with no one coking for you and limited funds can start to hurt your stomach. But you can make some decent meals on a limited budget using your small dorm or apartment with just a little creativity. Here are a couple recipes you can use that are quick, easy and cheap


-Wine:
2 cups sugar
balloon
1 package active dry yeast
fruit juice concentrate/crushed fresh fruit
3 quart water
coffee filter

Directions
Make simple syrup with sugar and water (boil water add sugar while boiling let sit and cool)
Make sure water is cold add yeast and concentrate
Poke hole in balloon and put on the opening of the container
Let sit 7 weeks
filter the junk out with a coffee filter


-Quick Garlic Pasta
½ lb pasta (half box)
garlic salt
butter
black pepper
parmesan cheese
red pepper flake (optional)

Directions
-Cook half lb of pasta, drain, add 1 tablespoon garlic salt, 2 tablespoons of butter and cheese and pepper(s) to please.



-Quick Chicken Soup (use quantities according to taste)
Garlic
Onion
Carrot
Celery
3 chicken breasts cubed
salt
pepper
bullion cube

Directions
Sauté garlic in pan with butter until translucent on low, add in onions, carrots, celery and cook until bright in color,
Then add in chicken darken on all sides
Add in 2 cups water with 2 bullion cubes, bring to boil for 2 minutes let simmer for 10 minutes salt pepper as desired.


-Turkey Burgers

Ground Turkey
Salt
Pepper
BBQ sauce

Turkey is leaner and cheaper by the lb than ground beef

Marinade turkey with dash of salt pepper to taste in BBQ sauce over night or 20 minutes in fridge.