Week One

I started my cooking journey two weeks ago by making a few simple recipes that I found on Pinterest. At first I felt like an old lady sitting in my room pinning recipes to a recipe board. I persevered though because I have quickly become tired of heating up chicken nuggets and french fries several nights a week this semester. The food that I cooked was relatively easy to make, and even after my boyfriend and I ate, I still had some leftovers.

Week 1's menu includes: Cream Cheese Chicken Crescent Rolls and Chili Cheese Tater Tots

The Cream Cheese Chicken Crescent Rolls were pretty easy to make, and I ended up having enough of them for three meals. This recipe will make 16 rolls.

Ingredients:

• 2 chicken breasts- cooked and shredded
• 2 green onions
• 1 8 oz. package of cream cheese
• 2 tubes of crescent rolls

Directions:

1. Start with cooking the chicken. You can bake it or pan fry it. Baked chicken is healthier, but the pan fried chicken has more flavor. If you choose to fry the chicken, do not put anything on the chicken or in the pan, just cook it and it will taste really good.
2. Shred up the cooked chicken
3. Chop the green onions if you plan to use them
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
5. Mix chicken, green onions, and cream cheese
6. Place a small amount of the mixture on each crescent roll
7. Pinch the dough together so that all of the chicken is covered
8. Bake for 12 minutes

I served Chili Cheese Tater Tots with the Cream Cheese Chicken Rolls, and I had more than enough for a few meals.

Ingredients:

• 1 can of chili
• 2 cups of Mexican cheese
• 1/2 a bag of tater tots

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. Pour chili into pan
3. Sprinkle cheese over chili
4. Lay out tater tots evenly
5. Bake for 40 minutes

These recipes are both very easy to make, and they will make plenty of food for 1 or 2 people. The ingredients are relatively cheap, and eating the leftovers saves a lot of money which is great for a college student budget.