This is what he’d cook when he got hungry and didn’t have much time!

As I type I am preparing myself a very tasty sandwich on my roommate’s George Foreman grill. This tasty sandwich will take less than 10 minutes to prepare and will fulfill a nagging desire to eat at 11PM that only occurs when you don’t get up until after 11AM.

Everyone knows about the lean, mean, fat-reducing, grilling machine by now, I am sure. However, I never really thought about using one until my roommate brought one to college this year. At first I thought eww, most certainly from years of meat-filled infomercials where you could actually see disgusting amounts of fat draining off of that slab of junk you were supposed to be eating.

That image, coupled with the fact that I rarely eat meat substitutes prevented me from using it for a while. However, one day I remembered the vegan barbecue I put on last year and gave me a burning desire to make one of my old favorites, the chicken parm.

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One of the most difficult things about eating at school is figuring out what to do when time is short or you just don’t feel like doing anything special. As a vegan, it’s troublesome ordering something to be delivered (can’t really call up the local greasy pizza place and expect them to have something without cheese, eh?) and getting food late at night can be difficult if the only place open is the burger and fries cafeteria. So rather than sitting at my desk with a bag of pretzels and assorted junk foods, I’ve made myself a few simple meals that cook quickly and don’t cost all that much.

The first of these simple meals is probably my favorite thing to eat that takes under 10 minutes to prepare: cous cous and bombay potatoes. Cous cous being the amazing grain that it is, I’ll assume you’re all familiar with it. Bombay potatoes, as you might guess, is a type of Indian food based around potatoes and a bit of spice. But don’t worry, you won’t really be cooking to prepare this! Just go to the grocery store and buy some Tasty Bite Bombay Potatoes - Precooked food, I know, but it sure won’t taste like it.

This meal is very simple, a layer of cous cous covered by the bombay potatoes; so let’s get into the preparation.

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