Recipe: Stir Fry Noodles

You could easily add whatever you want to this but to make it as straight forward as possible all I did was add a bag of frozen “stir fry” vegetables, making this meal take all of 10 minutes to come together without bringing out any chopping board. It does take 2 pans (one to boil and one to fry in) but you could probably do it in one large sauce pot if you were really lazy.

Stir Fry Noodles

Recipe: Fried Cauliflower

This is one of those recipes that will completely blow you away. I actually don’t like the sauce that came with the original recipe and prefer to just use a bottled teriyaki or even just a sprinkling of soy sauce so I’m not including it here but basically this a recipe for the most delicious fried cauliflower that you can serve over rice with some sesame seeds – if you don’t end up eating it all before that.

Fried Cauliflower

Adapted from Pinch of Yum

Recipe: Stovetop Chocolate Pudding

Stovetop pudding comes together easily in a couple of minutes and can be made to look extremely fancy for an easy dinner party treat. Top with whipped cream, pieces of fruit, or shaved chocolate for maximum effect or simply eat it right out of the bowl. Also you can sieve all the ingredients to make sure it doesn’t have any lumps at all or you can be like me and take your lumps where they happen.

Chocolate Pudding

Recipe: Potato Pancakes (Latkes)

Potato pancakes are one of the most basic food. The odds are very good you have a potato, onion, and eggs just hanging around your house so this is a great meal or snack for a night when you don’t want to make anything too fancy. The texture of these will change depending on which way you grate the potatoes. I just simply used a mandolin to julienne them but feel free to use a box grater or even get your lazy on and drop them in a food processor!

Potato Pancakes / Latkes

Adapted from Epicurious

Recipe: Vegetable Pad Thai

Who doesn’t love Pad Thai? It’s the perfect Thai style blend of sweet, sour, salty, savory, and spicy flavors. I always assumed it was difficult to make but actually it only takes a couple of minutes! The hardest part is going to the store and getting rice noodles which is something I don’t usually keep on hand. You can make this easily vegetarian or vegan with a couple quick swaps but I like fish sauce too much myself!

Vegetable Pad Thai

Adapted from Pinch of Yum