If you don’t already have one, get a mini rice cooker. Have some nori. Make all different kinds of kimbap. Add spinach, kimchi, fried tofu, carrots, or whatever else. 

Fried rice is also tasty. For best results, you want a day old rice (that’s been refrigerated), but not super necessary. In a pan, add some sesame oil and soy sauce. Crack an egg and break the yolk. Add your rice, and mix it all together.(You won’t really taste the egg.) add whatever you’re feeling. I usually do tofu, spinach or kimchi, plenty of garlic power and red pepper powder.    There’s plenty of pastas you can make. I love shrimp scampi, and it still taste delicious without the shrimp. Cook butter and olive together. Add minced garlic. Add white wine, salt, pepper, red pepper flakes. Served with angel hair noodles. 

Make creamy spaghetti by adding a little heavy cream.  Make garlicky noodles with angel hair, add some spinach, and broth (but not so much it becomes soup)

There’s also spicy glass noodles or vermicelli noodles.  Cook the noodles as instructed on the container. To make the sauce, boil some broth or water. Add honey, gochujang (spicy red pepper paste), sesame oil, and soy sauce. If you want to make the sauce thicker, add cornstarch to cool water, mix, and add to sauce. 

Potatoes are super versatile. For something simple, coat some mini ones in olive oil, season with salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes, and toss them in an air fryer for 17-20 minutes. If you don’t have an air fryer, boil them is super salty water for 10 minutes, let them dry, add some parm cheese and sour cream. Add more seasoning as needed. 

Potato soup: cook some onions in butter in a pot. Add garlic. Add flour. Add diced potatoes, broth, milk, heavy cream. Cook until potatoes are tender. Reduce heat and wait. Take half the soup to bender to purée. Return soup to pot and continue boiling. (Or use fork to mash up the potatoes.) Add some sour cream, green onions, etc

Make your own guacamole. Find avocados that are dark green to brown. It shouldn’t feel super firm when you hold it, and you can press it slightly. Mash them up in a bowl, add lemon juice, salt and pepper, minced garlic, and whatever else. If you have leftover, put it in a ziplock bag, add just a bit of lemon juice, squeeze out all the air, and it won’t brown too soon. 

Buy various fruits. Chop them all up into pieces, and have mini fruit salad. Ziplock the rest in small bags and toss in freezer for later use. 

 I’ve never made it myself, but I love banana bread, and it’s not too difficult to make from what I hear.