Easy pasta recipes for busy college student??

Question

I need simple pasta recipes, with like 5 ingredients or less, that I can make in under a half hour. I'm a busy gal on the go so and not a cook. I'd REALLY like if the ingredients were things I could use for lots of items, not specialty items, but any suggestions are appreciated.

Answer 1

This is kinda my cheap way of making lasagna. :)
Take elbow noodles (mac and cheese shaped) and boil till cooked. Mix with spaghetti sauce. Sprinkle your favorite cheese on top. Eat as is
or...Put it all in a cassarole dish and sprinkle some more cheese on the top. Bake in the oven on 400F for about 10 minutes, or untll the cheese melts!

Answer 2

Student Pasta Recipes

Answer 3

Well, if you can find it there was a cookbook done pretty much specifically for college students that was about recipies you could do with Ramen soup packages. That could help.

Something I might try if I could afford it were I you would be to pick up some Ramen (or similar brand) soups, a jar of pesto, and some shrimp. Take the Ramen noodles and cook them, but don't add the flavor packet. Also boil the shrimp if their not pre-cooked. Then drain the noodles, add a little of the pesto (say no more than a spoonful or two), and shrimp. Toss so the shrimp and noodles get covered with the pesto. Kinda a fast shrimp scampi-like dish.

You could also use other noodles like liguini or spagheti, but I think the Ramen noodles cook in like three to five minutes, maybe a little more or a little less. Still, tends to be faster than the others.

Answer 4

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Easy pasta recipes for busy college student??
I need simple pasta recipes, with like 5 ingredients or less, that I can make in under a half hour. I'm a busy gal on the go so and not a cook. I'd REALLY like if the ingredients were things I could use for lots of items, not specialty items, but any suggestions are appreciated.

Answer 5

you're in college, so I bet you have ramen noodles everywhere. Get a bottle of stir fry sauce. Now the world is your oyster. Whatever is on sale at the market is great. some broccoli, ramen noodles (without spices), stir fry sauce, and parmesian cheese is awesome. chicken? Good too. for the convection oven you can make so many things. Google some convection oven recipes. Basically anything you can make in a regular oven can be made there. Now here is a trick I use a lot. You know those frozen pizzas that you get for a dollar and they taste like they were made from cardboard? get a few of those. they may not be great on their own, but combined with whatever leftovers you have in the fridge they are awesome. half a tomato, some garlic, and lunch meat on top is great. You can literally top them with anything to make a pizza that will rival anything you can get delivered. I've even used leftover chinese food on top and it was awesome. Just set the cook time a little longer than normal. another cheap and easy solution is to buy tortilla shells and use them as a sort of crust for mini pizzas/wraps. Just put whatever you like on them. you can also make rice in the convection oven by bringing the water/rice to a boil in the microwave the transferring it to a lidded oven safe pot for the convection oven to finish. If that's too much trouble you can buy microwaveable rice packets that are really good and done in 90 seconds. The potential is endless with those.

Answer 6

I do not know if you're looking for nothing more than pasta with herbs and seasonings or if you have a broad taste. If you try your best to have a certain amount of servings from the food pyramid then I would suggest that you try Chicken 'N' Tortelloni Alfredo.

I am going to leave the tortelloni flavor up to you, because I once made it with Portabello mushroom tortelloni and my sister was not crazy about the flavor. I then made it at a later date with five cheeses flavored tortelloni and my sister enjoyed the dish.

The prep time is 10 min. The total time to make the meal should be no more than 20 min. The measurements given should serve three people.

INGREDIENTS
1 package (9 oz.) Di Giorno tortelloni

2 cups broccoli florets

6 oz. of grilled chicken breast strips (you may buy these pre-cooked and packaged or manually cut the chicken breast and grill or fry it yourself)

1 pkg. (10 oz.) Di Giorno Alfredo Sauce


DIRECTIONS
Rinse your brocolli out well, and break into large, bite-sized florets.

Cook pasta as directed on package.

Bring 3/4 to 1 inch of water to a boil in a saucepan with a steamer. (Note that if you do not have a steamer, you can simply put the broccoli directly into an inch of boiling water.) Add the broccoli to the steamer and cover; reduce heat to medium and let cook for 6-7 minutes. The broccoli is done when you can pierce it with a fork. But be careful not to overcook the broccoli. As soon as it is pierce-able, remove from heat.

While pasta and brocolli are cooking, prepare chicken breast strips to your liking. When strips are ready, mix chicken breast strips and sauce in saucepan; cook on medium heat 5 minutes or until heated through, stirring occasionally.

Drain pasta; place in large bowl. Add broccoli and chicken mixture; toss to coat.

NOTE
You can steam the broccoli in advance if you believe that you may be overwelmed. Cooked broccoli should be covered and refrigerated. Use within three days.

SUBSTITUTE
Di Giorno Alfredo sauce for marinara sauce or sauce of your prefrence.

Answer 7

get the garlic in a jar, that is always a pasta staple. and tomatoe sauce is always cheap and you can jazz it up to make it more "you". there is always the butter, galic, salt pepper and parmisan that is great! If you want something out of the ordinary get the bell pappers and onions from the frozen section (they are mixed and precut) sautee with some garilc and you could even throw in some cut up smoked sausage and there is a great meal. And that is good on rice or potatoes too. If you like tuna you can make a simple sauce with cream of mushroom and flakes tuna.Or just put the tuna on over lightly oiled pasta a little salt and pepper. Pretty much if you can eat it, it can go on pasta. Good luck in your studies!

Answer 8

Macaroni & Cheese - Diner Style

1 pkg elbow macaroni (8 oz)
2 tablespoon butter or regular margarine
3/4 cup chopped onion
1/2 cup chopped green bell pepper
12 oz cheddar cheese spread
1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

Prepare the macaroni in a large saucepan according to the directions on the package. Drain and return to the saucepan to keep warm.

Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.

In a small saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter add the onion and chopped green bell pepper and cook for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, until crisp tender. Remove from the heat; add vegetables to the macaroni in the saucepan along with the cheese spread, shredded cheese and hot red pepper sauce, if desired. Toss until well mixed.

Spoon the mixture into a 2 1/2-quart casserole and bake 30 minutes or until hot and bubbly.

Answer 9

This is so easy and so good, but it takes an hour. Well worth it and the leftovers are great too!

Cheater's Lasagna

1 lb. Italian sausage
1 pkg. frozen cheese ravioli
1 jar spaghetti sauce
1 pkg. shredded mozzarella cheese

Place frozen ravioli in a 9 x 9 baking dish. (yep, frozen)

Cook italian sausage until it is not longer pink, drain if you want. Pour spaghetti sauce over the sausage, heat to boiling. Pour the sauce/sausage over the ravioli, cover and bake at 350 for about an hour. Remove from oven, uncover and sprinkle with the cheese. Put back in oven until cheese is melted.

Answer 10

Campbells Cream of Mushroom or chicken soup, any kind of pasta, and frozen peas & carrots.

Cook the pasta, & about 2 minutes before straining the pasta, throw in some frozen vegetables. While you're straining the pasta & veggies, heat up the soup. Throw in the pasta & veggies, and you've got a good, hot meal. You can also add canned tuna, chicken, or ham into the soup for some protein. Canned soups have alot of sodium so opt for the low-sodium types, it'll be better for you!

Answer 11

1 ball of Mozzerella cut into small cubes.
4 roma tomatos diced
4 basil leaves thinly sliced
salt & pepper to taste.
Small pasta is better.

Boil pasta.
Drain. Save a cup of water.
Off heat add mozerella, basil, tomatos, salt & pepper.
mix it all together, the pasta should be hot enough to slightly melt the cheese and if you need to thin it out just a little bit at a time - add water. but it is not a saucy dish.
eat & enjoy!



TUNA CASSEROLE
Can of cream of mushroom.
cup of milk
4 tbl flour
4 tbl butter
3 cups of cheese
1 cup of peas (optional)
salt & pepper
can of tuna - drained
noodles.

boil pasta.
drain.
melt butter.
add flour making a roux
add salt & pepper.
add milk thinkening the mix
add can of soup and cheese
add peas and salt & pepper
add pasta.

pour into a casserole dish or even a brownie pan.
you can also add some buttered white bread pieces on top and some more cheese.
bake in oven 350 degrees for 30 min.

let it cool for 5 min and ta-da.

or the cheap way.
Blue box mac n cheese. make as usual
add can of tuna.
Drink with glass of milk! :)