Crispy Sweet PO-TAY-TOES!

Hey guys,

I have a mouth watering simple and cheap dish for you guys today!





Prep time 5-10 minutes
Cooking time 60 minutes (depending on how crispy you want them).

 Ingredients

• Sweet potatoes - One really big one, or two small ones will do
• Salt and Pepper - cayenne pepper can be a nice addition too
• Water

Cooking Instructions

• Cut the potatoes up into any shape you like. You can cut them into fries shapes or if you're lazy like I am, you can just slice it up. Make sure you peel the sweet potatoes too.

• Prepare a pot of boiling water then chuck your sweet potatoes in for around 10 minutes (this is depending on the proportion of water to sweet potatoes). A good indicator is if you grab a random utensil and attempt to scrape the sweet potato and if it flakes a little bit it's ready!

• Whilst you're boiling the Sweet potatoes preheat the oven at 190-210 fan forced. 

• filter the water out and put them into a bowl. Season according to your tastes (Salt and pepper) and pour some oil - enough to cover each slice of sweet potato. 

• Lay out the sweet potatoes nicely and evenly then put them into the oven for around 50 minutes. Flip each side after 25 minutes. Obviously at this stage, it depends on how crispy you want them. Just make sure you don't burn it because it is a slow cooking process. 

Enjoy y'all! 
 -W

Red-iculously Easy Pasta

As a university student pasta is one of my favourite dishes to make, its so easy and so so so versatile.
There are so many options and ways to make pasta, you can have it cold, hot, in a salad, with seafood or vegetables. The list is endless!
Today's recipe though is a simple, classic and super easy and efficient way to have pasta that is inexpensive and more importantly incredibly delicious.

Ingredients:

- 100 grams pasta (any kind)
- 2 tablespoons of canned pasta sauce
- 1/4 cup grated cheese (any kind)
- Pinch of salt

*Optional: 1/8 cup olives

Utensils:

- 1 pot
- 1 mixing spoon
- 1 serving plate or bowl
- 1 fork
- 1 tablespoon
- 1 strainer

Method:

- Bring a large pot of water to a boil over high heat. Salt the water, and let it return to a boil.
- Add the pasta, and cook accordingly to package directions, stirring occasionally.
- When cooked, drain the pasta then add the pasta and the canned pasta sauce into the pot on low heat and mix the sauce through.
- Once the sauce has been combined with the pasta to your liking add the pasta to a plate.
- Sprinkle the grated cheese (and olives) over the pasta and serve hot.

bon appétit!!!

- Z

Beef Stroganoff

This is a meal that takes under 30 minutes to make and leave you and your guests both happy and very full. It also very affordable and will only cost you up to $20 to serve 5 people! 

Making this dish was quick and easy. I just ensured that the rice was cooking at the same time while cooking the rest of the ingredients for the stroganoff. 

Ingredients:
- 500g beef strips
- 300g Mushrooms
- 2 Onions
- 600g sour cream
- 1 tablespoon tomato paste
- Salt
- Cracked black pepper
- 1 cup of rice
- 1 table spoon of olive oil

Method:
1. Soak the cup of rice and drain
2. For 1 cup of rice use 2 cups of water to boil the rice until the water evaporates
3. Add a teaspoon of salt in the rice
4. While the rice is boiling on low heat, slice the onions and mushrooms
5. Cook the beef strips in a table spoon of olive oil in a hot pot till they go brown
6. Add the onions and stir until the onions are half cooked
7. Add the mushrooms, sour cream, tomato paste, salt and pepper (to taste)
8. Let it simmer for approximately 20 minutes

NOTE: If you feel that it is not saucy enough feel free to add more sour cream and tomato paste :)

Hope you guys enjoy this meal. Its a very popular Russian dish. There are many different versions or ways to make this dish but I have found this way to be the easiest, quickest way that is also very delicious!

Enjoy. 

- J 

Healthy Mushrooms

Okay students. So we've given you some recipes to try but how about a nice and healthy one. 

The Stuffed Mushrooms. 

Ingredients:

- 2 Large Mushrooms

- 250g Cottage Cheese

- 1 Tomato

- Can of Tuna

- Almond meal 

- Lemon Juice

Method:

1. Dice the tomato and separate the tuna. Put the tuna and tomato in a bowl and add lemon juice. Mix together

2. Cut the stalk of the mushroom off. Stuff the mushrooms with the mixture

3. Add the cottage cheese on top of the mushrooms and sprinkle almond meal

4. Grill it until the cottage cheese begins to melt.

Time taken: 30 minutes (Nice and easy guys!)

A lot of you guys who like to keep fit and eat healthy will love this meal! Its a different way to spice things up when you're trying to diet, instead of eating grilled chicken and tuna 24/7. 

- J

Cookie Monster

Want to know what is a cheap, easy and yummy snack... BETTY CROCKER COOKIE MIXES!

All you need is:
- 1 cup of milk
- 2 eggs

1. Preheat the oven at 180 Degrees Celcius
2. Open the mix and pour into a large bowl
3. Add the milk and crack the eggs into the same bowl
4. Begin to stir the mix with the ingredients using a wooden spoon
5. Once moist, use your hands to mix it in even better so the dough becomes smooth
6. Layer a tray with baking paper
7. Roll balls of cookie dough to place onto the tray
8. Once they are all 5cm apart place the mini mnm's provided in the mix ontop of each cookie
9. Place cookies in the oven for about 20 minutes (you dont want them to go too hard)
10. Once cooked, take tray out and let cookies cool down before moving them
11. Once cooled down... EAT THEM!

Great snack to have when you have your mates coming over.