Cheap student food. The corner-stone of mankind. In this article we cook a dish, that put me through college and high-school.
This is excellent food for students as its dirt cheap, tastes good and looks awful.
It has a lot of protein and carbs in it, making it perfect for those gym-going types, and as a bonus: it’s not entirely terrible for one’s health! – After all, I graduated.
This recipe is a variation of Finnish classic: makaronilaatikko but without the eggs, milk and hour in the oven to compensate for poor time-management skills.
How to make Student Food #001
Here is a video of me making one of the first iterations of the recipe.
Basics are the same but some optimization to final recipe has been made.
Video
How to Make It
- Heat up the meat at room temperature for 30 min
- Measure 2 liters of water to a large pot
- Put the pot on the stove and insert spices and bullion cubes
- Pre-heat frying pan, add oil and few drops of water
- Add meat when water has vaporized away
- Add macaroni to boiling water
- Season the meat when about 80% done
- Add the soy to boil with macaroni when 2 min left
- Drain water from macaroni
- Mix ingredients, divide to 6 meals
- Stuff in the face with ketchup
Ingredients
Six OK sized servings if you don’t be too greedy.
| Ingredient | Metric | US |
|---|---|---|
| Bullion cube | 20g | 2 cubes |
| Salt | 18 g | 1 tbsp |
| Oil, Macadamia Nut | 7 g | 0,5 tbsp |
| Whole-Grain Macaroni | 400 g | ~ 14 oz |
| 10% Ground beef | 400 g | ~ 14 oz |
| Dark Textured Soy Protein | 36 g (1 dl) | ~ 0,5 cup |
| Water | 2 l | ~ 8,5 cups |
| Ground beef seasoning | a lot | even more |
| Paprika powder | 5 ml | 1 tsp |
| Curry | 5 ml | 1 tsp |
| Chili powder | 10 ml | 2 tsp |
Nutrition
Nutritional content of Student Food #001 per serving. Percentage of daily value in bracets, more info in the picture.
- Calories: 382 kcal
- Carbohydrates: 44 g (15 %)
- Fats: 11 g (16 %)
- Proteins: 26 g (53 %)
+ ketchup
Student Food #001 on MyFitnessPal
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