Mug meals are the perfect food option for college students on a budget. They're fast, simple, cheap, and require no actual cooking (yay!). While everybody has seen recipes for cookies and cakes being magically baked in a mug, here are a few out-of-the-box ideas to cure your cravings!
1. Blueberry Muffin
Ingredients
- Muffin:
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1/8 tsp baking powder
- 3 Tbsp milk
- 1 Tbsp coconut oil (melted)
- 1/4 blueberries (fresh or frozen)
- Topping:
- 1 Tbsp coconut oil
- 1 Tbsp flour
- 1 Tbsp raw sugar
Instructions
- In a mug combine the flour, baking powder, and sugar
- stir in the milk and coconut oil
- place the berries on top
- to make the topping:
- crumble together the coconut oil, flour and sugar and sprinkle on top of the blueberries
- microwave on high 90 seconds
- Enjoy!
Recipe: http://www.wellfloured.com/single-serving-blueberry-muffin-mug/?/2014/03/single-serving-blueberry-muffin-mug.html
2. French Toast
Ingredients:
- 2 slices of bread
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions:
- In a mug, melt the butter in the microwave for about 30 seconds.
- Roll the butter around in the cup to coat it.
- In the mug whisk the egg with a fork until well blended.
- Sprinkle the cinnamon over the egg and add the vanilla then stir again.
- Cut or tear the bread into bite-size pieces and add to the egg mixture in the mug, pressing the bread down in to the egg.
- Let the mixture sit for a minute so the bread will soak up the egg.
- Microwave on high for 30 seconds at a time until the egg is cooked through (usually takes 90 seconds total)
- Enjoy!
Recipe: https://www.tipsfromatypicalmomblog.com/2015/01/microwave-french-toast-mug.html
3. Pizza
Ingredients:
- 4 tablespoon flour
- 1/8 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/16 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 3 tablespoon milk
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- Marinara Sauce
- Mozzarella
- Pepperoni
- Dried Italian herbs
Instructions:
- Mix the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt into a large, microwaveable mug.
- Add milk and oil and stir.
- Spread marinara on top of batter.
- Sprinkle on cheese, pepperoni, and Italian herbs.
- Microwave for 1.5 minutes or until cheese is bubbling.
- Enjoy!
Recipe: https://spoonuniversity.com/recipe/this-5-minute-mug-pizza-is-the-ultimate-college-food
4. Mac n' Cheese
Ingredients:
- a large mug
- a liquid measuring cup
- a 1/3 cup dry measuring cup
- elbow noodles
- some pre-shredded cheese
- a little milk
- water
Instructions:
- Put 1/3 cup of elbow noodles into your mug.
- Add a 1/2 cup of water to it.
- Microwave this mixture until the water has evaporated (will most likely take about 4 minutes).
- Microwave it for 2 minutes to start, then stir.
- Then another minute, and stir again.
- Then a final minute and the water should be absorbed.
- If not, microwave a bit more until it is.
Recipe: https://theviewfromgreatisland.com/instant-microwave-macaroni-and-cheese-in-a-mug/
5. Jelly Donut
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons (1oz/30g) nutter
- 4 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 tablespoon strawberry jam
- Cinnamon sugar to garnish
Instructions:
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Place butter into a microwavable mug and microwave until just melted. (roughly 20 seconds)
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Add in the remaining ingredients; mix well with fork until just combined.
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Once the batter is mixed place the spoonful of jam down into the batter.
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Microwave for 45 seconds or until is firm on top.
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Sprinkle some cinnamon sugar on top.
- Enjoy!
Recipe: https://www.biggerbolderbaking.com/microwave-jelly-donut/