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There's a whole bunch of his writings here:
http://browse.guardian.co.uk/search?search_target=%2Fsearch&...
(look for the links called "The appliance of science" - that's his weekly column)
1 bag of doritos. 1 bag Monterey jack cheese shredded 1 bottle pace chunky salsa 1 lb ground beef 1 pack mcKormic taco seasoning 1 bag lettuce shreds
*optional sour cream, green onions chiles, avacado, etc.
Brown ground beef. usually takes 4-5 mins for a lb. Mix in taco seasoning. mix all ingredients in a big bowl. Engorge yourself with delicious carbs.
I won't cook if it takes more than 10 minutes so this will be great for me :) Anyway, my current favorite is.. Ingredients: 1) 1/2 jar of sweet and sour cooking sauce that has vegetables in it (Uncle Ben's!) 2) Packet of microwaveable whole-grain rice (the healthy stuff!) Directions: 1. Microwave the rice for 90 seconds. 2. Put the sauce and vegetables into a bowl and microwave for 90 seconds. 3. Blend the rice into…
1. Can of chick peas + balsamic vinegar 2. Huge pile of spinach or kale wilted in a frying pan with a bit of oil, salt, and pepper. 3. Cereal & milk 4. PB&J
Dump a can of tuna in a strainer. Heat with hot water in sink. Dump on top of bagged salad. Top with a vinaigrette or salad dressing.
Ok, this is the best one right here!! Take those biscuits that come in the roll,, pop em in a toaster oven with pasta sauce and mozzarella cheese on em: instant mini pizzas!
My "quick" meals are complicated by having an aversion to microwaves (I don't even own one...they make food taste like crap, and I love food more than most things in life, so I would never use it if I had one). A rice cooker is a godsend. I finally broke down and bought one of the fuzzy logic ones when I moved to California a little over a year ago. Many wonderful things are possible with trouble-free rice. Takes onl…
Like you, I have an aversion to microwaves but recently I found a use for them (thanks to culinary hacker Heston Blumenthal): use them to "cook" vegetables of which the aromatics dissolve in water, like fennel, asparagus and broccoli. What you do is you rub butter and salt and pepper on the vegetable of your choice and wrap it tightly in two or three layers of microwave foil. Then you zap it three times in one mine b…