Any College Recipes That You Still Cook?

[salonghorn-70]

Do you have some college recipes that you cooked all the time in college and that you still cook?

For me it is swill. The recipe was my roommate's and he loved it. The year before he became my roommate, he fixed it a bit too often for his then roommates and they began to refer to it as swill. The name stuck and survives today.

1.3 lbs ground beef
Veg oil or olive oil
1/2 to 1 med onion chopped
2-3 cloves of garlic minced
2 14oz. cans of tomatos cut up and undrained
2 8oz. cans of tomato sauce
1 1/2 cups uncooked small elbow maccaroni (small)
1TBS vinegar
2 TBS kitchen bouquet
slices of American cheese or cheddar
salt and black pepper to taste

Brown the ground beef and drain. Saute the onion and garlic in oil until soft. Combine the tomatos, tomato sauce, onions and garlic salt and pepper, cover and cook over medium heat for 15 mins. Cook maccaroni as package directs and drain. Add cooked mac, vinegar, and kitchen bouquet. Stir and cook covered over med heat for 20 mins. Turn heat off, cover with cheese slices and let melt for 3-5 mins.

At UT, we used to fix this at least once a week. Still cook it but maybe not that often. BTW, it is now kid-tested and given kid thumbs up.

 

[general35]

they sell that in a box, its called hamburger helper.

 

[salonghorn-70]

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[GHoward]

Me and my brother would make that, but without the onions, just tomato sauce, beef and macaroni. We would also take a pound of ground beef, cook it with salt, pepper, garlic powder, chili powder, add in a can of refried beans, and then just shovel it on tortillas.

I would make quesadillas all the time.. still do about once a week.

 

[smwhorn]

add a can of sweet corn, drained, about 10 minutes before serving and you have one of the greatest recipes of any cold weather food ever created. we called ours corn chowder but it is basically the same recipe.

 

[jmrob93]

Army--but survived college--- chili mac--- make chili,,,extra tomatoes and sauce then add macaroni---no beans though---- add lots of cheese

And we had this so much, my wife refuses to eat it, but I have it at deer camp----- field peas and sausage over rice-- lots of tobasco of salsa on top

 

[Son of a Son]

Somewhat similar, and I still make it a couple of times a month:

1 lb. ground beef
1 Can whole kernel sweet corn, 1/2 drained
1 Can Ranch Style Beans
1 Small jar of Pace Medium Picante

Eaten with tortillas, it's WONDERFUL

 

[l00p]

Chili Mac is def. something we ate a ton of in the Army that I still enjoy very much. Good call, jmrob.

I make Shepherd's Pie to this day and it is something I lived on in college and my younger days. So easy and cheap.

Basically a bag of mixed frozen veggies, potatoes and ground meat of some sort (whatever was on sale).

Brown the meat and boil the taters. Mash the taters like you normally would. Make a layer of veggies, meat and then taters. Continue till you fill the casserole dish.

Bake until top layer of taters browns but don't burn. Mmmm. When affordable you can put cheese in the mix, jalapenos, mix up the veggies or whatever you like.

This dish allowed the purchase of beer in a green bottle more often.

 

[ImissWallyPryor]

Quick and super simple:

1 lb ground beef
1 cup chopped onion
1 can pork-n-beans (any variety)
pepper to taste

Brown beef and onions, drain. Add beans and pepper. Heat and serve.

Nowadays, I get fancy and add some garlic or bbq sauce or salsa to taste.

 

[LITNIN HORN]

Wally, a chunk of velveeta adds to it, as well.

 

[HornBud]

I haven't done this in a while, but I've been tempted lately:

Frozen been burritos dropped into a casserole dish (still frozen). Smear piminto cheese on top. Have way cover with canned chili.

cover, cook at 325 for about half an hour or so.

 

[YoLaDu]

macaroni and cheese

add can of tuna.
add can of cream of mushroom soup.

Fills you up cheaply.

 

[IRC]

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[THEU]

1 lb ground meat seasoned with cummin, chili powder salt and pepper, browned

1 can refried beans

1 can Rotel

Some cheese.


honestly, still one of the best meals I ever eat... It has it all, cheap, filling, and damn tasty

 

[GRhino]

Take Ball Park beef frank, slice down one side, & cook in oven.

When almost done, add cheese (any kind) to inside of frank to melt.

Put on slice of bread or in hot dog bun.

Add jalepeno pepper & onion.

Add ketchup.

Enjoy - I've been eating these since back in the 70's when my dad & I used to make them.

 

[THEU]

GRhino,
how does your recipe make sense? You had me jiving along until you suggested adding catsup to a hot dog... say that ain't so!

 

[LITNIN HORN]

Ketchup and mustard and relish...damn it!

 

[GemStateJim]

Eh ... I dunno if a glorified hot dog qualifies as a "recipe." I mean, what's next--taking a couple of frozen burritos, microwaving them and then smothering them with shredded cheese and hot sauce and then claiming that as a recipe?

 

[overmaars]

BAKED RED SNAPPER

1 stick butter
1 onion, sliced
8 red snapper fillets
2 sliced lemons
2 tbsp. white wine vinegar
2 tsp. horseradish
2 tsp. pickle relish

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a small skillet, saute onion in the butter until soft. Combine the remaining ingredients in a bowl and spread over the top of the fish. Wrap fish in foil with onion and lemon laid on top of spread. Bake for 30 minutes.

Serve with a side of Ramen, or canned beans. No joke. wash down with lots of cold beer. We used to go limit out on snapper at the start of the summer and freeze the fillets. We ate snapper all summer long. Every now and again I like to grab some snapper from HEB and bake it this way.

 

[MaduroUTMB]

I cook up burritos from time to time because they're so easy. canned black beans, lemon juice, cilantro, pepper, cayenne pepper, garlic. Throw shredded cheddar, chopped onions and hot suace over the top with tortillas or white rice. It is bottom of the barrel cheap but still tasty.