Bored and hungry, need some meal ideas!

Donburi! It's cheap, easy and you can make as much or as little as you'd like. Donburi is essentially 'rice with stuff on it'. Cook up some rice and add chicken and fresh veggies. Add BBQ pork. Add lemon sauce and cucumber - that's my favorite. Add frozen shrimp. Add peas and carrots for the vegetarian option. It's cheap and simple and filling and healthy.

this is easy and good Cajun pasta Fresca INGREDIENTS: 1 pound vermicelli pasta 2 tablespoons olive oil 1 teaspoon minced garlic 13 roma (plum) tomatoes, chopped (or used canned w/juice) 1 tablespoon salt 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley 1 tablespoon Cajun seasoning 1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese DIRECTIONS: Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add pasta and cook for 8 to 10 minutes or until al dente; drain. While the pasta water is boiling, in a large skillet over medium heat, briefly saute garlic in oil. Stir in tomatoes and their juice and sprinkle with salt. When tomatoes are bubbly, mash slightly with a fork. Stir in parsley, reduce heat and simmer 5 minutes more. Toss hot pasta with tomato sauce, Cajun seasoning, mozzarella and Parmesan.

One quick and easy dish (it's not that costly either) you can try is Fried rice. This is more of an Asian dish. Obviously the main ingredient is rice. If you happen to have leftover rice then that's even better. Saute some onions,add in an egg, scramble it. Next you can add some mixed vegetables, shrimps, luncheon meat, fish cake or what ever you happen to have on hand. Lastly, add in the rice and add some salt and pepper to taste.

Some alfredo noodles are usually a pretty yummy meal..they sell these little packages of alfredo powder with directions how to make it into the cheesy flavored goop to put on your noodles. I like to add carrots and other veggies to it. You could also go for the typical camp-fire type meal..baked beans or mashed potatos with hot dogs(or a grilled cheese). Those aren't usually very expensive to buy the stuff to cook with.

Some of my favorite "quick, easy, cheap" meals are chilli - I have a crockpot and I just dump in whatever beans I have on hand, some diced tomatoes, tomato past, and tons of cumin and chili powder. Some of my favorite combinations: +Chili beans, kidney beans, black beans +Black beans, kidney beans, salsa, corn, nacho cheese sauce, lots of tomatoes +Meat (I'm a vegetarian so I use Morningstar Crumblers), kidney beans, potoatoes Basically, just keep lots of canned beans, tomatoes (diced, crushed, etc.), cumin, and chili powder on hand, and you can throw whatever you want in a pot or crockpot. Eat it by itself, with chips, folded into tortillas... I'm making myself hungry now :)