[Prudence]

When in college, I created a number of starving student dishes. Here are two of them:

"Who has time for lasagne?"

1 box of your favorite shaped pasta
1 jar of your favorite bottled red sauce
1 brick mozzerella (whatever's on sale)
Ground meat product (optional)

Boil pasta until mostly done. Brown ground meat bits (if using). Grate cheese. Spread the bottom of a casserole dish (didn't your mother buy you one because who can live without a casserole dish?) with a small amount of red sauce. Add half the pasta. Top with half the remaining sauce and half the meat (if using). Sprinkle on half the cheese. Repeat layers. Bake, uncovered, at a convenient temperature (I suggest 300-ish F) until cheese starts to brown.

"What the heck am I having for dinner?"

Chicken.
Rice.
Kraft Italian salad dressing. (Yes, it has to be Kraft. The others don't taste the same.)
Mix-ins of your choosing.

This is a good way to use cheap chicken bits you bought on sale. Cook them somehow. I take big ol' on sale hindquarters and boil 'em. Shred into pieces as soon as you can do so without burning yourself.

Meanwhile, make rice. Some rice. However much you want to eat.

When rice is done and chicken shredded, stir chicken into rice. Add Kraft Italian salad dressing to taste.

If you have company, you can stir in some chopped up green onions or frozen peas or something.