Something delicious to eat. What to cook for dinner quickly, tasty and inexpensive

Everyone knows two truisms:

1. The student is always hungry.

2. If the student is not hungry, then see point one.

On the eve of initiation into students, we decided to find out what, besides the granite of science, the student is gnawing on, and also think about how to help a poor student live on one scholarship.

What does a student eat?

First category saves time on cooking and actively eats “doshiraki and rolltons”, soup in bags, pasties, sausages with pasta and even “sawdust (fried) with ketchup - inexpensive and satisfying.” And if there is not even sawdust, then “the only way out is to drink.”

Second category , which included mainly representatives of the fair half of the student body, tries to eat healthy food as much as possible. Oatmeal, buckwheat, rice and vegetables occupy leading positions, apparently due to their relatively low cost.

Student's feet are fed

If you think that nothing worthwhile can be prepared from this, then you are deeply mistaken. This is what the “hunters” told us. To prepare the “Hunter's Lunch”, put some rice, finely chopped potatoes and pre-fried onions and carrots into boiling water. When everything is almost cooked, add grated processed cheese and salt.

Another variation on the theme is “Student Pilaf”: rice is boiled and onions are fried. If you are a very rich student, then carrots are also fried. Then all the ingredients are mixed.

And there is also something called “Student’s Joy”: croutons are fried from rye black bread (in any fat) and then rubbed with garlic. Or onions are fried in vegetable oil and eaten again with black bread.

Another creation of a hungry student is a sandwich, in which the name only contains “brod” (German “butter” - butter, “brod” - bread): bread with cabbage, topped with mayonnaise.

5 ways to eat nourishingly, inexpensively and with health benefits

So, the survey result showed that the student either lives on fast food or eats cereals and vegetables. The latter, of course, is not bad, but young growing brains at least sometimes need at least some kind of protein - sausages don’t count!

Method 1

If you want meat, but the price is high, then buy so-called by-products instead of meat: chicken navels and hearts. They are half the price, and from a kilo you can make an excellent nutritious dish that you can eat all week. We take a kilogram of offal and wash it. We take 5 onions, chop them, fry them in a frying pan and put them in a saucepan (ideally a cast iron, but if you don’t have one, it’s okay). Then add the navels to the pan and simmer everything together over low heat (about 3-4 hours). Add spices: salt, pepper. If desired, you can add curry, sour cream or tomato paste. This way, dinner for the week is ready. This dish can be eaten alone or with any side dish: rice, buckwheat, lentils, potatoes or vegetables.

Method 2

Another excellent “substitute” for meat is mushrooms, known for their beneficial properties. Now that the mushroom season is in full swing, you can go and then prepare a delicious mushroom puree soup. If you are lazy, then you can buy oyster mushrooms in the store: their price is much lower than, for example, champignons.

However, in this case, I recommend buying some kind of bouillon cube with mushroom flavor. You will also need a bag of cream, crackers and a bunch of any greens (the last two ingredients are optional). So, we wash the mushrooms in water and clean them. Then boil them for 15 minutes. We pour the mushroom “broth” into a separate bowl, and finely chop the mushrooms (ideally, it would be nice to break them up with a blender, but for a student this is already a lordship). Then we place them in a saucepan, add cream and mushroom “broth” depending on how thick you want your soup to be. Salt to taste, bring everything to a boil, but do not boil. Pour into plates, throw in crackers and finely chopped herbs. The first dish is ready.

Method 3

Another option to eat the former is to buy some chicken breasts, which are also cheaper than meat. They can be boiled in a large saucepan to make a broth. Some of the breasts can be used as meat for soup, and we’ll get to the second a little later. If you leave the broth in the refrigerator, then during the week you can season it with various cereals and thus diversify your life.

Method 4

We cut the cooked breasts into small pieces and fry them with any vegetables (well, onions, onions!). Boil buckwheat or rice, add to chicken meat and mix everything - the pilaf is ready!

Method 5

Chicken is also much cheaper than, say, beef. So, we buy half a kilo of minced meat, a couple of onions, a couple of tomatoes or tomato paste and spaghetti (or any other pasta). Prepare the pasta dressing: finely chop the onion, mix it with minced meat, salt and pepper. Let the pasta cook according to the instructions on the package. Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan and fry the minced meat over high heat, stirring constantly. When the pasta is ready, drain the water and mix it with the minced meat. student ready!

Ingredients:

• rice - half a glass;
• 1 medium fresh cucumber;
• 2 boiled eggs;
• crab sticks - 200 grams;
• corn in a can - 1 can;
• mayonnaise;
• salt.

Preparation:

Boil the rice, cool, and place on a plate. Cut the cucumber, eggs, crab sticks into small cubes and add to the rice, mix everything well. Add salt, add mayonnaise, mix well again.

What to cook from minced meat - Meat casserole

Ingredients:

• potatoes - half a kilogram;
• minced meat (any) - half a kilogram;
• 2 small tomatoes;
• 2 onions;
• sunflower oil;
• processed cheese (or 2);

Preparation:

Potatoes need to be boiled and mashed until pureed. Fry the minced meat with sunflower oil and onions. Cool. Pour a little butter into a frying pan or baking sheet and place half of the mashed potatoes on it. Place minced meat on the puree, and finely chopped tomatoes on it. Add the remaining puree and distribute evenly. Sprinkle the casserole with grated cheese and bake in the oven at 180-200 degrees for half an hour.

What to cook from pasta and sausages - Casserole

Ingredients:

• pasta - 400 grams;
• sausages - 2 pieces;
• tomatoes - 2 pieces (optional);
• cheese - 100 grams;
• eggs - 1 piece;
• mayonnaise;

Preparation:

Boil pasta, cool. Place them on the frying pan. Add chopped sausages and tomatoes to them. Beat the egg with mayonnaise. Sausages and tomatoes can be placed on the pasta or mixed with pasta. Pour the egg-mayonnaise mixture over everything. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater and distribute evenly over the pasta. Place in the oven for half an hour.

Chicken cabbage soup

Ingredients:

• sauerkraut - 1 cup;
• potatoes - 2 large; barley - 1 handful;
• 1 chicken thigh

Preparation:

Place the thigh in cold water and cook until tender, remembering to add salt. Add cabbage to it. Cut the potatoes into small cubes and add to the water 15 minutes after the cabbage. Don't forget to remove the foam from the soup. After 15 minutes, add barley grits to the soup and cook until tender. The soup can be served with sour cream.

Soup with minced meat and tomatoes

Ingredients:

• a few small tomatoes (5-6);
• potatoes - 3 small;
• carrots - 1 piece;
• 3 tablespoons rice;
• bulb;
• minced meat or meat - half a kilogram;
• sunflower oil

Preparation:

Place minced meat or meat in salted water and cook until almost done to form a broth. Cut the potatoes into small cubes, chop the onion and carrots and fry them together in oil. Add vegetables and rice to soup. Cut the tomatoes into 4 parts (if they are large, then into more parts) and add to the soup 10 minutes before it is ready.

Buckwheat soup

Ingredients:

• buckwheat - 2 handfuls;
• carrots - 2 pieces;
• bulb;
• potatoes - 2 large;
• greenery.

Preparation:

Boil water, add salt to it. Grate the carrots on a coarse grater and fry in oil with chopped onion. Cut the potatoes into cubes. Add all the vegetables and potatoes to the soup. Cook for about 20 minutes and add buckwheat to the soup. Cook for another 15 minutes. For those who find the soup too light, you can first cook the broth in the meat.

Cooking inexpensively from eggs - Omelette with cheese

Ingredients:

• 2 eggs;
• milk - half a glass;
• cheese - 50 grams;
• greenery;
• butter;

Preparation:

Melt the butter in a frying pan. Beat eggs and milk well. Grate the cheese on a medium grater and add to the egg-milk mixture. Beat well again. Pour the whole mixture into a hot frying pan and fry the omelette on both sides. Place on a plate and sprinkle with herbs. Alternatively, you can decorate the omelette with ketchup.

Quick liver in cream

Ingredients:

• half a kilogram of chicken liver;
• cream (sour cream) - 500 grams;
• 1 onion;
• salt, spices;
• butter

Preparation:

Melt the butter in a frying pan. Clean the liver and rinse well in cold water. Finely chop the onion and fry in butter, add the chopped liver. After five minutes, add cream to it. Simmer the liver in cream for another 7-8 minutes, add all the spices, remove from heat.

Delicious vegetable stew

Ingredients:

• cabbage - half a head of cabbage;
• potatoes - 3 large;
• half a medium zucchini;
• 3 tomatoes;
• large onion;
• sunflower oil;
• salt, cloves

Preparation:

Peel all vegetables and rinse in cold water. Shred the cabbage and cut the remaining vegetables into cubes. Fry the onion with tomatoes in oil. Place all the vegetables in a saucepan, add a little oil and water (so that it does not rise above the vegetables). Add salt, cloves and other seasonings to the pan. Simmer covered for about 40 minutes. For lovers of meat dishes, you can add minced meat to the stew, initially fried in a frying pan with butter.

Zucchini fritters

Ingredients:

• 1 medium zucchini;
• eggs - 3 pieces;
• flour - 4-5 tablespoons;
• sunflower oil;
• salt.

Preparation:

Peel the zucchini, rinse and grate on a coarse grater. Break all the eggs into the zucchini mixture and mix well. Add salt and flour to it and mix well again until smooth. Heat oil in a frying pan. Place a tablespoon of the zucchini-egg mixture into the frying pan and fry well on both sides. You get very tasty pancakes if you eat them with sour cream.

As you can see, it’s not difficult to figure out what to cook for dinner quickly, tasty and not expensive. The main thing is to just show your imagination. You can simply open the refrigerator and come up with a new combination of ingredients.

There's always no time to cook in the morning, but you can't skip breakfast. Here are some ideas on what you can quickly eat to get energy for the entire first half of the day.

1. Oatmeal with dried fruits

Heat ½ liter of milk in a small saucepan. Add 6 tablespoons of oatmeal and cook over medium heat until boiling. Add a pinch of salt, a teaspoon of sugar, reduce heat and cook for a couple more minutes.

At this time, chop a few prunes and dried apricots, some nuts. Add them to the finished porridge along with butter.

Using a shot glass or metal molding ring, make a round hole in the crumb of a piece of white bread. Grease the pan with butter and fry the bread (30 seconds on each side).

Then crack an egg into the center of the bread, add salt, pepper, sprinkle with herbs and fry until the whites set. Place on a plate and enjoy the original fried egg.

3. Omelet in tomato

Cut the caps off two large tomatoes and remove the core with a teaspoon. Beat the egg with grated cheese, chopped parsley and dill. Salt, pepper and pour over the tomatoes. Cover with the remaining tomato caps and bake in the microwave for 3-4 minutes.

4. Omelette in a cup

Grease a mug with olive oil and crack two eggs into it. Add salt and beat with a fork. Cut a piece of boiled sausage or smoked chicken into cubes and also place in a mug. Stir.

Sprinkle with grated cheese and microwave for one minute. Then remove, stir again and microwave for another minute.

5. Avocado sandwich

Toast the rye bread in a frying pan or in a toaster. During this time, chop the tomato and small. Season the vegetables with two tablespoons of hummus and a pinch of oregano. Spread on bread and enjoy.

6. Oatmeal pancakes

In a blender bowl, combine ½ cup oatmeal, 150 g Greek yogurt, egg and half a ripe banana. Add ½ teaspoon each of baking powder and vanilla. Whisk. If it turns out a little liquid, add 1-2 tablespoons of oatmeal and stir again.

Bake the pancakes in a well-heated frying pan greased with vegetable oil. Serve the finished pancakes with fresh or frozen berries.

7. Cheese porridge

Place 300 g of fat sour cream in a saucepan with a thick bottom and bring to a boil. While it is heating up, mash 200 g of fresh Ossetian cheese with a fork. Add it to boiling sour cream. Stirring constantly, add a pinch of salt and a glass of corn flour. Cook, stirring constantly, until creamy. Cheese porridge should be viscous and elastic.

Spread toast bread (or regular whole wheat bread) with Dijon mustard and place on a baking sheet drizzled with olive oil. On each piece, place coarsely grated cheese (ideally Gruyere) and a slice of ham. Sprinkle with cheese again and cover with another piece of bread.

Brush the sandwiches with olive oil on top and place in a well-heated oven until golden brown. You can also top with bechamel sauce before serving.

9. Banana Cinnamon Toast

Brush toast bread or loaf with softened butter. Place a couple of banana slices on each piece, pour over condensed milk, sprinkle with cane sugar and cinnamon. Cover with another piece of bread so that the butter is on top. Microwave for 30 seconds or toast in a waffle iron.

10. Peanut butter and fruit toast

Toast white bread or loaf in a toaster, oven or dry frying pan until the top forms a crispy crust. Spread peanut butter on each piece and top with any fruit of your choice, such as bananas, kiwi or strawberries. Serve toast with hot coffee.

11. Curd cream with fruits

Using a blender, mix 200–300 g of cottage cheese with 9% fat content with 3–4 tablespoons of full-fat sour cream. Add 2-3 tablespoons of condensed milk and beat again. Serve with seasonal or canned fruit and toast.

12. Banana-berry smoothie

Combine two ripe bananas, ½ cup of fresh or frozen berries (for example, raspberries and blueberries), a glass of berry juice and a glass of low-fat drinking yogurt in one bowl. Beat everything with a blender until smooth. Pour into glasses and serve immediately.

Dinner

You can provide yourself with the first one for a week in advance - and the cabbage soup lasts well in the refrigerator for a week and only becomes tastier. But for the second there is always not enough time and energy. But some tasty things can be prepared in a hurry.

13. Macaroni and cheese in a mug

In a large mug, heat ½ cup of milk (one minute in the microwave is enough). Add 2-3 tablespoons of thin pasta and microwave for another 3 minutes. Then remove, stir, sprinkle with grated cheese and cook for another minute.

14. Cheesy scrambled eggs

Pour ½ cup of oatmeal with two cups of boiling water. Let stand for a couple of minutes. At this time, grate the cheese (100–200 g) on ​​a fine grater, chop the green onions and pass the garlic through a press. Add all this to the oatmeal, salt, pepper and mix thoroughly.

Fry a couple of eggs in a separate pan. The fried egg should be placed on top of the oatmeal-cheese mixture. You can sprinkle herbs and pepper on top.

Mix a tablespoon of mayonnaise, a tablespoon of tomato sauce, the juice of ½ lemon and chopped basil. Brush the mixture onto the bottom of the panini bun. Place slices of boiled or smoked chicken fillet and tomatoes on it. Sprinkle with grated cheese and cover with the other half of the bun.

Fry the panini for 3-5 minutes in a cast iron skillet, pressing down on top with a lid or other pan. A crust will form on the bottom and the cheese inside will melt.

16. Caprese with chicken and avocado

To ½ cup of balsamic vinegar, add 2 tablespoons of cane sugar. Microwave for a couple of minutes to dissolve the sugar.

At this time, fry the boiled chicken fillet in olive oil. This is necessary to heat it up and get a golden brown crust. Place cubes of chicken, avocado, mozzarella and cherry tomatoes (can be cut in half) into a deep dish. Drizzle with balsamic vinegar, sprinkle with chopped basil and serve.

17. Spicy garlic shrimp

Heat 2-3 tablespoons olive oil in a large sauté pan. Add 300–500 g of peeled shrimp, 2–4 chopped garlic cloves and spices of your choice.

Fry the shrimp for 3-5 minutes until they turn slightly pink. Then place them on a dish, pour over the juice of one lemon and sprinkle with chopped herbs.

18. Fried squid

Clean the squid carcasses from the insides, cut off the tail, remove the cartilaginous “arrow”. Rinse and dry thoroughly with paper towels, inside and out. Cut the squid into rings about 2 centimeters thick, roll in flour and salt batter and deep-fry (one minute on each side). Remove excess oil with paper towels.

19. Ham with tomatoes and herbs

Arm yourself with two frying pans. On one, fry 500 g of diced ham in vegetable oil. On the other - 500 g of tomatoes, cut into large cubes. Salt and pepper the tomatoes to taste. Place ham on lettuce leaves and tomatoes on top. Sprinkle with chopped herbs and lemon juice.

20. Lavash roll with ham

Mix mayonnaise with ketchup (about 1-2 tablespoons each) and garlic, passed through a press. Grease thin pita bread with the resulting mixture. It is better to roll the latter in half to make the roll stronger. For filling, use ham or cervelat (should be cut into thin slices) and hard cheese (grate it). Roll the pita bread into a roll and cut into portions about two centimeters wide.

Cut smoked ham or boiled chicken fillet into cubes. Wrap the meat in a tortilla coated with tomato sauce, along with fresh cucumber, lettuce and mozzarella. If desired, add chopped cilantro, basil or other herbs to taste.

Heat the burrito in a dry, hot frying pan until the crust is golden brown and the cheese inside is melted.

22. Sausages with bacon and cheese

Peel the sausages from the casing and cut each of them. Cut the hard cheese into strips. Stuff the sausages with cheese and wrap with one or two slices of bacon. Place in a well-heated oven for 5-7 minutes. Before serving, brush with Dijon mustard or any other mustard for meat.

23. Fricassee with champignons

Cut the boiled chicken breast into strips and fry in olive oil until golden brown. Then add chopped canned champignons or other mushrooms of your choice. Fry for another minute. Then pour in sour cream diluted in water with pepper, curry powder and other spices to your taste. Simmer until the cream sauce thickens a little.

24. Champignons in cream

Fry a jar of canned champignons or any other mushrooms along with one finely chopped onion in vegetable oil. Don't forget to add salt. When almost all the liquid has evaporated from the mushrooms, add 100 g of heavy cream. Sprinkle with grated nutmeg and simmer for a couple more minutes. Thick, creamy cream is a sign that the dish is ready.

25. Pizza on a loaf

Make the filling: cut 200 g of ham into cubes, grate 200 g of hard cheese, add salt, pepper and season with 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise and ketchup. Spread the dressing onto the loaf pieces, sprinkle with chopped herbs and bake in a well-heated oven until the cheese is melted.

26. Bruschetta

Grease the loaf or bread for toast with butter mixed with garlic and dry for 1-2 minutes in the oven. Top with slices of mozzarella or other cheese of your choice, then diced tomatoes with chopped basil, seasoned with olive oil and salt, pepper and other spices. Place the finished bruschetta in the oven for a couple more minutes to melt the cheese.

Prepare a poached egg. To do this, boil 2 glasses of water, add salt and ½ tablespoon of wine vinegar. Break the egg into a poacher or deep slotted spoon greased with vegetable oil. Carefully lower into boiling water and cook for about 3 minutes. Serve poached eggs with hot sauce: mix 200 g of plain yogurt with a clove of garlic, passed through a press, paprika, salt and pepper.

28. Zucchini in lemon juice

Place peeled and thinly sliced ​​zucchini (200–300 g) in a frying pan with melted butter (20–30 g). Salt and pepper to taste. Pour in the juice of one lemon and simmer over high heat with the lid closed for 5 minutes.

Snacks

The following dishes can be eaten alone or together with others. Many of them are an excellent solution for a light dinner.

29. Smoked herring pate

Take the fillet of one smoked herring or grind it using a blender along with 200 g of butter, ground black pepper and the pulp of one lemon. You should get a homogeneous mass, which needs to be placed in a glass or plastic container and kept in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. With herring pate and Borodino bread you get excellent sandwiches.

When the vegetable has cooled, peel it and grate it on a medium grater. Add some salt. Grind a handful of walnuts in a mortar or coffee grinder. Combine them with beets, season with olive oil and serve.

31. Tomatoes with cheese and garlic

Cut 2-3 fresh tomatoes in half. Use a teaspoon to scoop out the core. Grate two processed cheeses. To prevent them from sticking to the grater and your hands, first keep them in the refrigerator. Mix the cheese with 2-3 cloves of garlic, passed through a press. Season with mayonnaise. Stuff the tomatoes with the resulting cheese mixture.

32. Spicy carrots

Peel 2 small carrots and a couple of cloves of garlic. The spiciness of this snack can be varied to suit your taste. Grate the carrots on a medium grater, add the garlic passed through a press. Salt, pepper and season with mayonnaise. This snack can be spread on sandwiches or crackers or stuffed into eggs.

33. Carrots with prunes

Pour 100 g of prunes with hot water and leave for 2-3 minutes. During this time, peel and grate 2 carrots on a coarse grater. Cut the prunes and mix with carrots. Add 30 g of chopped walnuts and season with sour cream. If the prunes are not sweet enough, add a teaspoon of sugar.

34. “Student” salad

The name speaks for itself: minimum ingredients and effort, maximum nutritional value. This salad is also convenient to prepare outdoors.

Drain a can of canned corn and beans. It is better to take the latter in tomato sauce. Mix them in a deep bowl along with bacon-flavored croutons and season with mayonnaise. Season with salt and pepper if necessary.

35. Salad with pear and pomegranate

Wash 1-2 pears and cut into small cubes, chop the red sweet onion. Mix all this with the seeds of one pomegranate. Add a bunch of chopped cilantro, salt and ground black pepper to taste. Season with olive oil and lemon juice. The dietary refreshing salad is ready.

Wash and roughly chop several ripe tomatoes. Cut the cheese into small cubes. You can also use feta cheese or mozzarella instead of feta cheese. Peel and cut the sweet red onion into half rings. Mix these ingredients, add a little salt and season with olive oil.

37. Salad with radishes and tomatoes

Wash 2-3 tomatoes and 3-4 radishes and chop coarsely. Peel and cut the sweet red onion into half rings. Combine these ingredients together and season the salad with a mixture of a tablespoon of red wine vinegar, 4 tablespoons of olive oil, ½ teaspoon of cane sugar, salt and ground black pepper.

38. Salad with pineapple and celery

Grate one green apple and 100 g of celery on a coarse grater. Drain canned pineapples and cut them into cubes. Combine these ingredients, add salt to taste and season with mayonnaise. If desired, you can add chopped cashews or almonds.

39. Salmon and kiwi salad

Peel and cut into large cubes the kiwi, bell pepper (don't forget) and lightly salted salmon fillet. Cut one small onion into half rings. Mix all ingredients and season with a tablespoon of olive oil and a tablespoon of lemon juice. Add a pinch of salt, sugar and ground black pepper. Stir.

40. Deep-fried champignons

Cut 200–300 g of champignons into thin slices, add salt and leave for a couple of minutes. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a frying pan. Dip each piece of champignon in flour and deep fry. The prepared dish can be eaten either hot or cold.

Cut the black bread into small portion slices (about 3 × 3 centimeters). Spread them with cream cheese. On each piece, place a slice of ripe avocado and a piece of lightly salted salmon. Other red fish - salmon or trout - will also work.

42. Tapas with chicken nuggets

Cut the chicken breast into small pieces, dip each of them in an egg beaten with salt, roll in breadcrumbs and fry in vegetable oil. Place the nuggets on baguette pieces, adding a slice of fresh cucumber and tomato.

Dessert

Not all desserts require spending hours at the stove. There are some that can be made quickly, but turn out just as tasty.

43. Raspberry ice cream

Beat 500 g of frozen raspberries in a blender with a glass of chilled heavy cream, ½ cup of powdered sugar and a teaspoon of vanilla. The result will be a thick, cold mixture that resembles melted ice cream. You can eat it like this, or you can put it in the freezer for a while. If your refrigerator has a super freeze function, everything will work out very quickly.

44. Curd and strawberry dessert

In a blender or mixer, beat a pack of granular cottage cheese and 100 g of fresh strawberries. If it turns out liquid, add banana. If it's not sweet enough, add a few teaspoons of powdered sugar.

There are many fast ones. Here's one of them. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter (20-30 seconds in the microwave is enough). Add 2 tablespoons sugar, ½ teaspoon vanilla and a pinch of salt. Pour the egg yolk into a cup and whisk everything together. Add 4 tablespoons of flour mixed with a tablespoon of cocoa powder. Mix the dough with a few slices of chocolate and microwave for 3 minutes.

46. ​​Walnut cake

Beat 3 eggs with 200 g ground hazelnuts or almonds. Add 100 g of powdered sugar and a teaspoon of baking powder. Mix thoroughly again. Grease a small glass microwave dish with butter and sprinkle with flour. Pour the dough into it and bake in the microwave at full power for 5 minutes. Soak the finished cake with boiled condensed milk, whipped with butter, or any other cream.

47. Oranges with pomegranate

Bring a glass of orange juice to a boil along with 2 tablespoons of cane sugar and a teaspoon of vanilla sugar. Then add 2 tablespoons of starch, previously diluted in cold water. Cut the peeled oranges into rings and place in a deep dish in layers, sprinkling with pomegranate seeds and pouring hot orange juice.

48. Grapefruit with cinnamon and honey

Wash a few grapefruits and cut them in half. Sprinkle each half with brown sugar, cinnamon (about one teaspoon each) and honey. Place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and bake in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 5 minutes.

49. Chocolate covered tangerine slices

Melt a bar of your favorite chocolate in a water bath or in the microwave. Peel and cut several tangerines into slices. Dip each slice into the chocolate coating and then roll in chopped nuts such as almonds or hazelnuts. Let it harden and serve.

Peel one large banana, cut it lengthwise, slightly removing the core. Fill it with marshmallows, sprinkle with grated chocolate and cinnamon, and pour honey. Wrap the banana in foil and place in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 5 minutes.

You quickly get bored with the same food day after day, and you want to try something new and original, but often you don’t have enough time, patience and energy to prepare complex culinary products. For such cases, you should always have simple recipes for nutritious and tasty dishes on hand. In this selection you will find many healthy options for preparing flavorful food, based on simple ingredients.

What can you cook for lunch or dinner quickly and tasty?

Housewives often have a limited amount of time left to prepare lunch or dinner, and they want to spoil their family with new delicacies every day. There are many recipes that allow you to prepare a meal quickly, but they need to be tailored to the seasonality of certain foods and your family's taste preferences. So, in winter it will be meat dishes, flour products and food from frozen vegetables, in summer - light salads with fresh fruits, vegetable stews, barbecue. A delicious romantic dinner for your husband or lunch for your child is prepared from their favorite products.

Simple and delicious family recipes with photos

Do you think that soup for every day is borscht, which is heated up five days a week, salads are “Olivier” or vegetable “spring”, and for dinner porridge or mashed potatoes? Not always. A lot of original salads can be prepared in a matter of minutes; a lot of recipes for first courses will not force you to endlessly stand at the stove. Take advantage of a selection of simple options for preparing delicious dishes.

From meat

In our country, meat dishes are very popular and loved, they are tasty, nutritious and aromatic. Even the faint smell of freshly baked or roasted meat instantly creates an appetite. I often include meat dishes made from pork or chicken on lunch menus. These types of meat are the most inexpensive, accessible and quick to prepare. Learn below a couple of step-by-step recipes for baked chicken and pork balyk.

Fragrant chicken with potatoes in the oven

For a delicious dinner for 4 people you will need:

• chicken – 2-2.5 kg;
• vegetable oil - by eye;
• potatoes – 1 kg;
• salt, pepper - to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Rub the washed chicken carcass well in the middle and outside with salt, pepper, and vegetable oil.
2. Peel the potatoes, wash them and cut them into small slices, add salt and lightly sprinkle with sunflower oil.
3. Place the entire dish on a baking sheet and place in a preheated oven at 220 degrees. We bake for an hour and a half, sometimes it takes a little longer.
4. Periodically you need to stir the potatoes and pour the released fat over the chicken.
5. After the time has passed, take out the baking sheet with the prepared dish, decorate with herbs and serve hot.

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Homemade boiled pork with garlic

For preparation you need:

• pork pulp – 1 kg;
• carrots – 1 pc.;
• garlic – 8-10 cloves;
• flour - for breading;
• rock salt – 1 teaspoon;
• sugar – 1 teaspoon;
• pepper - by eye;
• vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking method:

1. We choose a large, whole piece of pork without fat or layers.
2. Using a sharp thin knife or knitting needle, we pierce a thin hole along the entire piece of meat, which we fill with peeled garlic cloves and carrot rings.
3. Rub the outside of the stuffed balyk with garlic, salt, pepper and sugar squeezed out through a press.
4. To preserve the meat juice, roll the balyk in flour and fry for several minutes in a hot frying pan with sunflower oil.
5. Then we transfer the dish to a baking sheet; if you wish, you can place any vegetables next to it.
6. Bake the meat dish in an oven preheated to 180 degrees.

From fish

To be young and healthy, you need to eat foods containing a lot of fatty acids once every five days. Even if you have never made such fish, try whipping up tender pike (or hake) meat in tomato for your family. A quick appetizer - peppers stuffed with tuna - will be an unexpectedly tasty surprise for guests who suddenly drop by your home.

Fish in tomato sauce

Ingredients:

• fish (pike, hake) – 1.5 kg;
• carrots – 1 pc.;
• tomato juice – 1.5 cups;
• seasoning for fish - to taste;
• bell pepper – 1 pc.;
• onions – 2 pcs.;
• flour - 1 tbsp. spoon;
• bay leaf - 2-3 leaves;
• allspice black pepper – 5-6 peas;
• Sunflower oil - for frying.

Cooking method:

1. We clean the fish, cut off the head, tail and fins. We put what we cut off into a separate pan, pour 1.5 cups of water, add bay leaf and pepper, and salt. Cook like broth for 20 minutes.
2. Divide the remaining fish carcass into pieces, sprinkle with seasoning, salt and pepper. Let it sit for half an hour.
3. Prepare tomato sauce for fish dish. Finely grate the carrots. Chop the onion and bell pepper with a knife.
4. Stew vegetables in a frying pan with heated vegetable oil. When finished, add flour, tomato juice, and salt.
5. In another frying pan, fry the fish.
6. Next, put onion rings and bay leaves on the bottom of the saucepan in the first layer, fried fish in the second layer, and tomato sauce in the third layer. Fill everything with the broth prepared earlier. Bring to a boil, simmer the dish for 20-30 minutes, reducing the heat.

Pepper stuffed with tuna

For preparation you need:

• canned pepper – 10-12 pcs.;
• tuna (canned) – 300g;
• onion - 1 pc.;
• egg – 3 pcs.;
• olive oil;
• mayonnaise -2-3 tbsp. spoons;
• salt - to taste.

Cooking method:

1. We peel the boiled eggs and cut them into squares. Open the jar of fish and drain the oil.
2. Finely chop the onion into cubes.
3. Mix the onions, eggs, tuna well, add mayonnaise and salt.
4. Stuff the peppers with the prepared mixture and place on a plate.

With mushrooms

Mushrooms have a special aroma and exquisite taste, so dishes from them are prepared only on holidays. They not only have valuable taste, but also bring great benefits to the body. Mushrooms contain protein, B vitamins, and carbohydrates, so it is recommended to eat mushroom dishes not only on holidays, but also on weekdays. Below you will find a couple of great recipes.

Stuffed champignons

Ingredients:

• mushrooms – 30 pcs.;
• onions – 2 pcs.;
• sunflower oil – 3 tbsp. spoons;
• hard cheese (grated) – 100 g;
• greens, pepper, salt - to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Separate the stems from the caps of young and fresh champignons. Wash in water.
2. Finely chop the mushroom legs and onion with a knife, mix together, fry in vegetable oil for 5-7 minutes. Salt.
3. Add grated cheese to the cooled filling, mix, and stuff the mushroom caps.
4. Place the stuffed mushrooms on a baking sheet previously greased with salted butter.
5. Bake the dish in the oven, preheated to 180 degrees, for 25-30 minutes.

Stewed mushrooms with cabbage

Ingredients:

• white cabbage – 1 kg;
• mushrooms – 300-400 g;
• vegetable oil - for stewing;
• onion – 1 pc.;
• pepper, salt - by eye.

Cooking method:

1. Finely chop fresh, juicy cabbage and simmer in a saucepan for 15-20 minutes.
2. Wash the mushrooms, cut into slices, and chop the onion finely.
3. Pour oil into a frying pan, add onion, simmer over low heat.
4. After 2-3 minutes, add the mushrooms, fry until half cooked, add them to the cabbage. Simmer the entire dish for another 5 minutes.

On the side

Nothing accentuates the taste of the main dish better than a side dish. It is served with meat, fish, and sometimes eaten just like that. Potatoes, vegetables, and cereals are often prepared as a side dish. To make such dishes beautiful, tasty and unusual, experiment, add herbs, seasonings, dried fruits, and nuts. Prepare the vegetable side dish according to the recipes below.

Zucchini with cheese and tomatoes in the oven

Ingredients:

• hard cheese – 150g;
• young zucchini – 2 pcs.;
• olive oil – 40 g;
• tomatoes – 2 pcs.;
• garlic -2-3 cloves;
• dried basil – 1 teaspoon;
• pepper, salt - by eye;
• greens - to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Wash the vegetables, dry them, cut into thin rings.
2. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater.
3. Mix olive oil with salt, pepper, crushed garlic, chopped herbs, basil.
4. Place zucchini, tomato and cheese rings on a baking sheet, alternating. Drizzle olive oil dressing over the top of the dish.
5. Bake for 35-40 minutes. at a temperature of 175-180 degrees.

Beans with mushrooms

Ingredients:

• green beans -150 g;
• onion – 1 pc.;
• mushrooms – 100 g;
• vegetable oil – 1 tbsp. spoon;
• garlic – 1-2 cloves;
• soy sauce – 20g;
• sesame seeds – 1 teaspoon;
• salt and pepper - by eye.

Cooking method:

1. Cut the peeled onions and washed mushrooms into small slices. Fry them in hot oil for several minutes.
2. Wash the beans, remove dry ends, add to the onions and mushrooms. Fry the whole dish for another 3-5 minutes.

Salads

No event is complete without delicious salads. Such dishes are prepared from different components: vegetables, meat, fruits, seafood. Salad can be sweet, bitter, sour, salty. Nutritionists advise eating this dish every day, because it contains the most vitamins and mineral salts. Check out a couple of simple salad recipes for everyday use.

Cabbage salad with apples

Ingredients:

• white cabbage – 300g;
• celery – 100 g;
• lemon juice – 1 tbsp. spoon;
• carrot – 1 pc.;
• apple – 1 pc.;
• vegetable oil - by eye.

Cooking method:

1. Finely chop the cabbage, add salt and rub with your hands.
2. Cut the peeled apple into cubes, after removing the core.
3. Peel the celery and carrots and chop them on a fine grater.
4. Pour all the ingredients of the dish into a bowl, mix, season with lemon juice and vegetable oil.

Crab salad with oranges

Ingredients:

• orange – 1 pc.;
• Chinese cabbage – 200 g;
• garlic – 3 cloves;
• canned corn – 1 can;
• eggs – 2 pcs.;
• crab sticks – 200 g;
• greens, mayonnaise, salt - to taste.

Cooking method:

1. Boil the eggs for the dish, remove the shells and cut into cubes.
2. Finely chop the cabbage and place in a salad bowl.
3. Peel the orange, divide into slices, remove the film, cut into pieces.
4. Finely chop the garlic and herbs with a knife.
5. Cut the crab shelves into cubes.
6. Combine all ingredients of the dish in a salad bowl, mix, season with mayonnaise.

Sweets for tea

Dessert is not the main course, but it is important as the final part of the meal. Sweets served at the end of a meal give a feeling of complete satiety and a small celebration. It’s nice and simple to eat a delicious dessert with tea or another drink. Do not deprive yourself and your family of sweet dishes. No need to invent labor-intensive or baked goods. Try making several alternative recipes for a simple dessert for every day.

Curd cookies

Ingredients:

• butter – 100g;
• egg – 1 pc.;
• sugar – 2-3 tbsp. spoons;
• low-fat cottage cheese – 150 g;
• vinegar 9% – 1 teaspoon;
• flour - 3 tbsp. spoons;
• soda - on the tip of a knife;
• salt - a pinch.

Cooking method:

1. Place butter (softened), cottage cheese, sugar, egg, salt in a bowl. Grind with a blender until a liquid mass forms.
2. We extinguish the soda with vinegar, put it in the curd mass, add flour, mix everything.
3. The result is a soft dough that needs to be rolled out into cakes up to a centimeter thick.
4. Using a cookie cutter, squeeze out the cookies and place them on a greased baking sheet, far apart from each other.
5. Place the sweet dish in an oven preheated to 170 degrees and bake for 35 minutes.

Cake "House" made from cookies and curd cheese

Ingredients:

• butter – 200 g;
• curd mass – 400 g;
• “Baked milk” cookies – 400 g (2 packs);
• granulated sugar – 6 tbsp. spoon;
• cocoa – 2 teaspoons.

Cooking method:

1. Divide the slightly melted butter into two halves. Beat one part with sugar, the other with cocoa and sugar.
2. Place the resulting chocolate butter in the refrigerator. Add the curd mass to the rest of the butter. We rub everything thoroughly.
3. Cover the baking sheet with parchment, grease the perimeter with chocolate mixture, and place cookies on top in three rows.
4. Cover the middle row of cookies.
5. Raise the sides of the parchment so that the first and third row of cookies form a triangle.
6. We fix the parchment in this position and send the dish to the refrigerator for 3-4 hours.
7. Remove the parchment from the finished cake.

Video

Unusual and tasty dishes can be prepared at home; you don’t have to visit restaurants. Everything original is simple and does not require large amounts of money or special ingredients. To create appetizing dishes, you will need a standard set of products that can be found in every housewife’s kitchen. Watch the video clips below for tips on preparing delicious dishes for breakfast, dinner, lunch and tea.

Chicken chakhokhbilli in a slow cooker

Pizza in the oven

Potato casserole with minced meat

Light seafood dish

Delicious breakfast salad “Mad”

Italian dessert “Panna Cota”

What to cook from nothing?! It is this pressing issue that we will talk about in our article today!

We all have moments in life when the refrigerator is empty, the closet shelves are sparkling clean and there’s a whole week until payday. But you always want to eat. In this article we will look at what to cook from nothing! Read on.

What to cook from nothing?

In fact, there is always something in our refrigerators and shelves. Take a closer look. What's there? A couple of eggs, vegetable oil, a piece of dried cheese, half a jar of jam, a stale loaf, a single potato or sausage. The set of products may, of course, differ, but at least everyone has something for sure.

And what can you cook from this - what can you cook from nothing? It turns out a lot.

What to cook from nothing if you have a stale loaf, an egg, water, butter and sour milk?

For example, make a wonderful fruit lazy pie. Exactly. We will need:

• stale loaf
• egg (but you can do without it)
• jam
• water or sour milk 1 cup
• mold lubrication oil

Cooking method:

1. Take a baking dish, grease it with vegetable oil, margarine, and butter. Which one do you have now?
2. Cut the loaf into slices, as for sandwiches. Soak the loaf pieces in warm water or milk.
3. Place half of the slices in the pan.
4. Lubricate the loaf layer with jam and spread the top of the pie with the rest of the loaf.
5. Next, if you have an egg, beat it with the remaining milk or water.
6. Pour over the pie and place in the oven for 15-20 minutes. The pie will turn out fluffy and satisfying.

This recipe is universal and will save you in any situation. Anything can be used as a filling: sprats, canned fish in oil, cheese, boiled potatoes, minced meat, stewed meat, cottage cheese, etc. It depends solely on what is in the house and your imagination.

What to cook from scratch if you have potatoes?

If you have potatoes, at least a couple, then you can cook potato cutlets.

Grind the boiled potatoes in a blender with an egg and a couple of pieces of stale loaf. Add salt, form into cutlets and fry in vegetable oil.

If you have sausage and potatoes, you can cook light soup. Finely chop the sausage and potatoes, add water and cook until the potatoes are almost pureed. Don't forget to add salt. And the soup is ready.

What if it’s lying around in the closet? a jar of canned fish, then this will be a whole fish soup.

Chop the potatoes very finely, boil until tender and place the canned food in the same pan. Boil and can be served.

You can make fish croquettes from canned fish and boiled potatoes.

Drain the oil from the fish and mash it with a fork. Boiled potatoes, grate on a fine grater. Mix fish, potatoes, egg. Grate the stale loaf on a medium grater until it looks like breadcrumbs. You can dry them in a dry hot frying pan.

Form croquettes with minced fish and potatoes, roll in breadcrumbs and fry in vegetable oil.

Try experimenting with the following: potatoes, canned fish, eggs and prepare potato zrazy.

Video recipe for potato zrazy

What to cook from nothing, if only crab sticks?

If you look in the freezer, there is probably something lying around there too.

Did you find crab sticks? Prepare the crab cakes. Below, watch the original video recipe for making crab stick cutlets.

Instead of fresh fish, use canned fish. It is better to grate the crab sticks as finely as possible. The same loaf is perfect for breadcrumbs.

In the summer you can always find, for example, a head of cabbage dying from inattention in the house. So let's make schnitzels from it.

Cabbage schnitzel recipe

1. Disassemble the cabbage into sheets, cut out the nubs and lightly beat them.
2. Then boil the half-cooked ones in salted water and remove with a slotted spoon.
3. Beat the egg. Prepare breadcrumbs from the loaf.
4. Fold each cabbage leaf into an envelope. Dip in egg and roll in breadcrumbs. Fry in hot oil.

You probably have the same side dish. Some rice or pearl barley is most likely waiting in the farthest corner of the kitchen cabinet. Boiling them is not difficult and is accessible to anyone. Just to make the boiled cereal more satisfying, it is better to fry it in vegetable oil.

Video recipe for making cabbage schnitzel

What to make from nothing - drinks!

Jam and boiling water will make an excellent compote to drink with it. If you dilute the jam with cold water, you get a refreshing fruit drink.

From seemingly unnecessary, not tasty and inconspicuous products you can cook a complete meal from nothing.

Bon appetit!