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Recipe: Emergency Brownies
Source: Salad-in-a-jar.com http://www.salad-in-a-jar.com/family-recipes/faster-than-a-mix-emergency-brownies-and-a-skinny-secret

How are we, students, supposed to cook with no pan? Oven? Or stove?
Do not fret boarders, because the microwave is here to stay. Paula Rhodes, creator of these "emergency brownies," states on her website that these brownies are time - efficient. With only a couple ingredients, students can make home-made brownies to suit their cravings for late-night snacks.

Ingredients:
2 eggs
1 cup sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup melted unsalted butter
3/4 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cocoa
Topping: ¼ cup of chocolate chips
¼ cup chopped nuts
A pinch of cinnamon

Instructions:
1. Blend eggs, sugar, salt and vanilla by hand (or mixer) until light for about 1 minute.
2. Next, add melted butter and beat.
3. Mix in flour and cocoa until the flour disappears.
4. Put batter into an 8” glass dish
5. Microwave on high for 51/2-7 minutes
Make sure the batter doesn’t become chewy, or else its been cooked for too long

Recipe: Potato Chips
Source: Fat free Vegan Kitchen
http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/2008/08/healthy-crunchy-three-guilt-free-snacks.html
These really simple potato chips are a fun experiment to make in the dorms with friends. This recipe uses less time and ingredients than the microwave brownies. Food blogger, Susan V of Fat Free Vegan Kitchen claims these as “guilt-free snacks.”
Ingredients:
1 medium russet potato
parchment paper
salt/ or optional additional seasonings
Instructions:
1. Cut the potato in the thinnest slices as possible (use a mandolin or v-slicer)
2. Line the pieces, without overlapping, onto a parchment paper, and place in the microwave
3. Sprinkle salt and seasoning
4. Microwave for about 4-6 minutes, until brown spots appear, turn off for 1 minute, and then microwave until they are golden brown
Remove from microwave and let cool

Recipe: Lasagna
Source: Adapted from Real Simple magazine
Want a real home-made dinner? This meal has vegetables, protein, and dairy. Magazine-Real Simple offers easy recipes, do-able in the dorms.
Ingredients:
total time: 40 minutes
1 15 ounce container ricotta
4 cups of baby spinach, chopped
2 cups grated mozzarella ( 8 oz)
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons grated parmesan
Salt and Pepper
1 24 oz jar marinara sauce
6 oz no- boil lasagna noodles

Instructions:
1. In a bowl, combine rocitta, spinach, 1 ½ cups of mozzarella, ¼ cup of parmesan, and ¼ tsp of salt and pepper
2. On the bottom of a n 8” glass dish, spread ½ cup of sauce. Top with 2 noodles, ½ cup of sauce, and half the ricotta;repeat. Put tbsp. of grated parmesan on top.
3. Cover with oarchment paper and then place a plate on top.
4. Microwave on high until noodles are tender- about 10 to 20 minutes
Let cool