Everyone has their go-to packaged comfort food that they start relying on two, three times a week to get through the never ending days of winter. But being in the cold weather and crossing the arctic tundra to get to class doesn’t mean your food should be bland. Rummage through your cabinet for a few simple ingredients and take your staples to the next level.
Breakfast
Frozen waffles:
Instant Oatmeal:
Lunch
Cup Noodles:
Tomato Soup:
Canned Chili:
When your face is windburned from the cold, chili is the only cure. Pick up Tostito’s scoops on your way home from class, fill with shredded cheese and pop in the microwave for 30 seconds until the cheese is just melted. Use your mini tortilla spoons of goodness to shovel in the chili.
Dinner
Pasta:
You can only get away with calling your inevitable winter weight gain a “hibernation layer” for so long. Swap the spaghetti for zucchini or lasagna noodles for eggplant. You don’t even have to peel the veggies, just slice/shred/cut into thin strips, boil or saute and cook like regular pasta. While you’re at it, replace basic red sauce for pesto or an easy peanut sauce.
Frozen Pizza:
Whether you chose to eat this at 3am after stumbling home or for a casual dinner in front of the TV, add chopped veggies, sliced deli meat or seasoned salts to your pizza halfway through cooking. The possibilities for amping up a basic frozen cheese pizza is endless.