<p>Spaghetti or other pasta is easy. Boil the water and add salt, dump in the pasta, and cook for however long it says on the box. If you forget to set a timer, you can just taste a piece of spaghetti to test for doneness.</p>
<p>For toppings, anything goes. Simple grated cheese. Butter and cheese. Cut up vegetables and cheese. Bottled spaghetti sauce. Frozen vegetables, nuked or boiled, or fresh vegetables, cooked or not, plus salad dressing, plus a can of beans. Dump some tofu (fried or raw) or some cooked hamburger (add some salt, cook until it’s not pink) into bottled spaghetti sauce. Don’t laugh-- peanut butter mixed with soy sauce, vinegar, garlic, a little sugar and some oil makes a great, easy no-cook spaghetti sauce (we add Chinese sesame oil, but it’s still good without that).</p>
<p>Salads are easy too. Just cut up whatever raw vegetables you like, then add bottled salad dressing or just dump on oil, vinegar and salt.</p>
<p>A baked potato (put in the oven, cook for an hour or so at 400 or so) is delicious. Top with butter, cheese, cooked broccoli, canned or homemade chili, sour cream-- you choose.</p>