Top 4 Dishes to Make at Uni!
16 November 2018 Hints & Tips updated
Top 4 Simple Uni Recipes!
After a long day at uni, cooking up a healthy dish may seem like the last thing you want to be doing whilst all your housemates are tucking into a dominos 2 for Tuesday. Although this is good for an occasional treat or if you’ve had a particularly stressful day, a healthy diet can aid you and your life in a vast number of ways, from improving your mood and brain functioning, to increasing your energy and health levels. It’s a myth that cooking for yourself is expensive and time consuming, so we’ve added a few of our tried and tested favourites below to give you a bit of tea time inspo!
- Fajitas
Obviously we had to include this crowd pleaser, its great for when you’re cooking for a few people at once. Delegate the chopping to your other housemates and you’ll find yourself with barely any work to put in at all!
Ingredients;
-Chicken
-Peppers (we prefer red ones)
-Medium brown onion
-Tortilla wraps
-Fajita seasoning
-Salsa
-Grated cheese
-Lettuce
-Mayo/Sour cream
- Cut the chicken, onion and peppers into vertical strips
- Heat some oil in a pan and add the chicken, draining off any excess water
- Add the onions and peppers, continuing to stir them to avoid burning
- Add the seasoning to the mix, ensuring everything is evenly coated
- Whilst this is cooking through, heat the tortilla wraps in the microwave. Also put the lettuce and cheese into serving bowls along with the other condiments.
- Once the chicken is cooked, put everything from the pan into a serving bowl (or eat it straight from the pan to save on washing up; we wont judge you)
- Voila!
- Stir Fry
This is a great dish for when youre short on time, and its so easy to make enough to box up as prep for the next few days.
Ingredients;
-Meat of choice (Beef, chicken, turkey, prawns)
-Stir fry vegetable mix
-Beansprouts
-Egg noodles
-Soy sauce/other sauce
- Heat oil in a wok or large pan, cut meat into strips and add these to the pan
- Bring a pan of water to the boil and add 1 nest of egg noodles per portion
- Leave to cook for a few minutes, then add the vegetable mix and stir continuously
- Add bean sprouts along with any other veg you are adding
- Add the sauce and stir until all cooked through and coated
- Drain the noodles, plate up and tuck in!
- Sweet Chilli Salmon
This dish is a little more unusual than the others, but its still delicious and is a great way to get your veg in.
Ingredients;
-Salmon fillet
-Asparagus
-Sweet potato mash
-Haloumi
-Sweet chilli sauce
- Add a little oil into a pan, and place the salmon skin side down into it once it gets hot and season
- Bring a pan of water to the boil, snap the ends off the asparagus and put them in the pan
- Cut the haloumi into slices of medium thickness and prepare the mash (if shop bought, this usually means putting it in the microwave for around 6/7 minutes)
- Turn the salmon in the pan regularly, ensuring it has time to cook through. Once it is almost done, add the haloumi to the pan, turning half way through.
- Plate up the mash then drain the asparagus and plate that up too
- When all cooked through, plate the salmon and haloumi. Pour the sweet chilli sauce over the salmon, then add any final touches
- Carbonara
Although it doesn’t follow the original recipe, this dish is definitely a crowd pleaser so is great for when you want to show off to your housemates. If you all split the price, it works out very cheap as well!
Ingredients;
-Chicken
-Smoky bacon
-Tagliatelle
-Garlic
-Onion
-Mushrooms
-Cream
-Parmesan
- Cut the chicken, smoky bacon, garlic, mushrooms and onion. Put a pan of water on to boil for the pasta later (add a pinch of salt to the water)
- Brown the chicken in a pan, then take out and put in a bowl and drain off any excess water. Add the onions and half of the garlic to the pan, and when these are cooked re add the chicken.
- Once these have cooked, add the mushrooms and the rest of the garlic to the pan and continue to cook. Add the tagliatelle nests to the boiling water.
- Add the smoky bacon to the rest of the ingredients, and once this has cooked through add the cream, and a dash of parmesan. Season to taste throughout.
- Drain the pasta and plate up, then add the chicken mixture on top, adding extra cream and parmesan if desired.