I finally got a ride with a friend to the Korean store, and stocked up on Asian groceries! Here is today’s super easy dinner for the busy, cooking skill deficient student: Miso noodle soup

Ingredients: Chinese noodles, miso paste, oyster mushrooms, onions, cilantro, egg

Cooking time: <10 minutes

1. Boil two pots of water

2. Cook noodles in one for 3 minutes

3. Dump all vegetable and egg ingredients into the second pot and cook on medium for 3 minutes. Break up the egg for a egg flower soup taste, or keep it intact for a hard boiled taste. For a yolk that is more on the raw side (how I like it), add the egg with the miso and step 4.

4. Add miso paste to the second pot and stir for 2 minutes

5. Combine noodles & soup

6. Consume with a side of carrot celery apple juice (mmm healthy!)

Verdict: Yummy yummy yummy, healthy, and easy! Definitely adding to my repertoire of easy recipes.

Lessons: don’t add too much miso unless you want to die of stomach cancer from all the sodium.

I’ve decided to start expanding my cooking skills, since currently I simply stir-fry everything. I am in need of easy, quick, versatile meals that are conducive to the life of a busy student. Here is my first experiment, a super easy dish that took almost no effort!

Total time: 15 minutes

Ingredients: Rice, avocado, cilantro, onions, mushrooms, carrots, chicken

1. Steam all ingredients except avocado & cilantro

2. Bring home leftover chicken from a seminar with free food. Or otherwise know how to actually cook meat (which I don’t – hey, my cooking skills are a work in progress)

4. Add chicken, avocado, and cilantro

5. Top with salt & pepper

Verdict: Yummy & healthy! Avocados are how I know that God is good.

Lessons: I now realize that steamed veggies are generally good but bland, and that steamed carrots are gross. Must find a way to flavor my veggies and remember to only use carrots for carrot juice.