1. Beef Ragu Ravioli
First up, we have a personal favourite of mine, a quick and easy beef ragu ravioli. During your next trip to your local supermarket, make sure that you grab: a packet of beef ragu ravioli, a jar of sundried tomatoes, a jar of Bolognese sauce, onions, and mixed peppers. One packet of ravioli is definitely sufficient for two hearty portions. Boil the kettle and fill a pot with water and add your ravioli. In my opinion, it should be mandatory to add salt to pasta water. While you let your pasta cook for 5 minutes, slice and dice your peppers and onions and sauté them in a pan for up to 10 minutes, depending on how crispy you like them. Once your pasta begins to rise to the top, drain the excess liquid into the sink. Then, on a lower heat setting, add about half a jar of Bolognese sauce and half a jar of sundried tomatoes. Throw in your cooked onions and peppers, season with garlic and stir everything together for two minutes. Put into your bowl or container, enjoy and thank me later.
2. Hoisin Chicken Mixed Vegetable Stir Fry
Next up, we have another classic from my kitchen meal rotation, a hoisin chicken mixed vegetable stir fry. Get yourself to Tesco, utilise the power of your Clubcard and bag yourself the stir fry meal deal for £5. Included in this meal deal, you can have a portion of stir-fry vegetables, a portion of rice/noodles and a sauce. If portioned correctly, I can get three servings out of this meal. In addition to the meal deal, I personally love to make my stir fry with chicken, yet you can always just have it paired with vegetables and end up cooking it even quicker. If you are making your stir fry with the chicken, fry it in a pan for 15 minutes. As your chicken begins to turn a crispy golden brown, add a third of your mixed vegetable packet to the pan for around five minutes. Then two minutes later, fry up your noodles/rice for around three minutes, and when you have under two minutes left, add the sweet hoisin sauce. Throughout the entire frying process, make sure that you are putting the stir in stir fry and mixing everything, so all the flavours amalgamate and it tastes even better. This will definitely be a meal that you come back to.
Throughout the entire frying process, make sure that you are putting the stir in stir fry and mixing everything, so all the flavours amalgamate and it tastes even better.
3. Sweet Chilli Chicken Wraps
Finally, we have the ultimate on-the-go meal, sweet chilli chicken wraps. This is the perfect quick and easy meal that you can munch on while you are zooming to get to your lecture. There are two main variations for this meal. When you next pop into the shops, you can get your wraps, vegetables, and then either pre-cooked chilli chicken slices or chicken breast and sweet chilli sauce. The pre-cooked chicken is the ultimate shortcut, but I prefer the joy of having cooked my own meal from scratch. Make sure to season your chicken with paprika, garlic and ginger for that extra kick of flavour. Fry the sliced chicken until it turns golden brown, then add your selection of vegetables. For me personally, I love to use mixed peppers and spring onions as I find they complement the chicken gorgeously. Next is the funniest part of this meal, lathering the wrap in sweet chilli sauce and then feeling like you are creating origami by folding the wrap until all the delicious contents are sealed. If you like a cold wrap, that is entirely your choice, but if you wish to enjoy food more, you can either heat your wrap in the microwave for 30 seconds or fry it for 3 minutes. After one wrap, you may be full, but you will definitely want to make room for seconds.