Grip of Death
Now I will describe some dishes that require a bit of cooking, but it's SO SIMPLE that there is truly no brain science involved. As long as you watch your food as it is being cooked, you can learn from seeing and occassionally taste-testing the food as to knowing when it is done. As long as you have a stove, your food options are greater, and so is your potential for saving more grocery money.
- you can buy dry bags of rice, to serve as a side dish. or you could buy a fancy rice meal box like "rice a roni". Typically, you boil the crap out of rice. if it is a meal box, you just follow the instructions on the back.
Or you can go ahead and invest $10 in a cheap rice cooker -- it frees up some time and stovetop space, as well as keeping a pot clean. I practically LIVE out of my rice cooker.
Another cheap, but overlooked meal? Onigiri. It's a large rice ball with something (you decide) stuffed inside. I've been broke and had to eat them plain before, but with a pinch of salt, it's delicious. And don't worry about the nori on the bottom. Just make a ball and wrap it with waxed paper -- it holds together just as well!
