Fellow college students, what are your favorite meals and snacks that you can prepare in your dorm room?

hey- ouch! 4 papers! >.<

btw, 'a smoothie or corn on the cob' is NOT lunch!! does your mother know????? :D

when i first left home i survived for ages on a sophisticated diet of crisps, cheddar cheese on digestive biscuts (heaven) and milkshakes, and had ice cream and pizza for breakfast simply because i could (oh, youthful rebellion -_-). food groups- covered.

anyway, on my foundation course(pre uni) and first year i was in a house share, where my lovely house mate harriet introduced me to her sandwich toaster. i then graduated to living off bread with ANYTHING made molten and delish inbetween said bread. its actually a classic student staple- warm/hotter than the sun if you add chutney/tomatoes, so good in winter, and easy and quick. you can make a bunch then stack them sideways (otherwise the bottoms tend to get soft if left on a plate)- cheese, even avocado is fine, pesto mmmmm all becomes perfection. if you like toast, you will LOVE toasted sandwiches!! it seals the filling inside and is just *magical*.

~now i live alone and im more adult (ha!) i still dont really cook much unless i have someone round. busy food- soft wraps- im not sure what youd call them in the US- tortilla wraps? the soft wrap thingies- grill lightly then add hummous, baby spinich, watercress, rocket etc. chop some peppers, or add grilled from a jar.

~a good salad is grated carrot (some blenders can manage this), with sultanas, and a dressing of lemon and olive oil (not extra virgine)- its very sweet. roast chopped carrots in a pan covered w foil; makes a nice mash. stir in normal mash stuff- butter, cream, cheese, tofu etc, and sprinkle some chopped watercress or spinich.

~hummous is pretty cool cos you can add almost anything to it, and change its flavour beautifully, but its a good, filling, healthy carb. try pomegranete seeds (honestly!!), pesto, blitz with some sundried toms, or paste, avos too are good- good oils, but also filling. if you buy too many you can blitz one up w soy etc milk and grated nutmeg (sounds vile, tastes incredible), for a smoothie.

~scatter some assorted nuts on a tray and roast them- shake the pan to get them even; about 3 mins. drizzle some oil over then, and season. there are really nice tubs of nuts and seeds done this way from wholefoods etc, but its easy to make your own.

~once in a while i treat myself to a ciabatta sarnie~ lightly toast a split loaf, then top with blue cheese- return to the grill til it starts to bubble. spread pesto over it and slices of tomato. SOOOOO good i want to marry it. bruschetta is also good, and you can eat the filling as a salad- chopped toms, garlic, basil and torn mozarella, w a splash of olive oil.

end of term is now as im off sick. catching up w Neighbours. i know, right- you're impressed w my stella levels of sophisticaton!

good luck with your work! X

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you're in college, so I bet you have ramen noodles everywhere. Get a bottle of stir fry sauce. Now the world is your oyster. Whatever is on sale at the market is great. some broccoli, ramen noodles (without spices), stir fry sauce, and parmesian cheese is awesome. chicken? Good too. for the convection oven you can make so many things. Google some convection oven recipes. Basically anything you can make in a regular oven can be made there. Now here is a trick I use a lot. You know those frozen pizzas that you get for a dollar and they taste like they were made from cardboard? get a few of those. they may not be great on their own, but combined with whatever leftovers you have in the fridge they are awesome. half a tomato, some garlic, and lunch meat on top is great. You can literally top them with anything to make a pizza that will rival anything you can get delivered. I've even used leftover chinese food on top and it was awesome. Just set the cook time a little longer than normal. another cheap and easy solution is to buy tortilla shells and use them as a sort of crust for mini pizzas/wraps. Just put whatever you like on them. you can also make rice in the convection oven by bringing the water/rice to a boil in the microwave the transferring it to a lidded oven safe pot for the convection oven to finish. If that's too much trouble you can buy microwaveable rice packets that are really good and done in 90 seconds. The potential is endless with those.

I would suggest fruits that can be easily eaten so not really apples but more like grapes or tangerines for a quick snack.

I usually get an upset stomach during test weeks from anxiety so I drink bunch of green tea. Don't drink too much coffee since it's bad for you. This stomach problem also prevents me from eating something like Ramen so I prefer to something less...stuffy...like onigiri (pretty much rice wrapped with seaweed). It only takes 5 minutes to make two or three large ones and I'm pretty slow about it. You can add bunch of odd stuff (like spam) in there so it'll keep you occupied for at least the next few weeks. To save time you can make those containers that press the rice for you.

Also like spam, you can try canned foods. I personally don't like it but they're not that bad..and my friend loves it.

Also..sandwich? They take longer than onigiri but I guess they're more of a meal. I've made one with some jam and cheese before...It wasn't bad either

I'll also recommend nuts like walnuts or pistachios

Good Luck Studying~~~

I have around 3 weeks left..I'm starting to do my yearly Winter break countdown X)

For the BQ, I actually don't know! I was the same with Thanksgiving break. I didn't know until "hey, we don't have school for a week!"

I no longer live in the dorms, but some things that I did eat were things that my family randomly sent to me. The only thing I had was a fridge. The person next door had a microwave, so we shared appliances.

My grandmother sent a lot of Marie Callendar's microwaveable foods. Those were yummy! She also sent a lot of granola bars and canned soup, especially chicken noodle, because I got sick often. She also sent Gatorade.

My mother sent a lot of YooHoo and Cola. She also sent me a HUGE case of Ramen. I got SO sick of Ramen.

I remember eating a lot of Doritos. The campus wasn't too far from Walmart, so I could easily take the trolley and get my favourite snacks. I also ate a lot of pre-cooked things, like pre-cooked chicken breasts, pre-cooked burger patties, and those chicken patties that you can stick in the microwave. Peanut butter sandwiches were also the norm, as was oatmeal.

Looking back, I can see why I got sick all of the time in the dorm room...

If I were you I would eat a lot of burritos. Canned beans are cheap and durable. you can dress them up with cheese and salsa and any vegetables that you like and are available to you. I never really get sick of the variations available there.

As my ex used to say "Pretzels aren't junk, pretzels are pretzels!" Okay, it makes no sense but it always made me laugh! You could do worse than to eat them with, say, string cheese.

Any good nut butter combined with an appropriate cheese and possibly some honey on bread or toast will fortify you admirably. In my opinion milk is required there but I have friends who swear by tea with it.

Cheese toast is always good and easily done in a toaster oven. I like mine on whole wheat with mustard and sliced tomatoes and green peppers

(scallions and radishes, if I'm lucky) with it,

If you eat eggs and could somehow hard boil some ( unless you hate them, I know some do) they hold up beautifully and make good stand alone snacks or sandwiches or additions to salads.

Frozen vegetables are so much better than they used to be. I frequently eat just a big bowl of broccoli with cheese melted on it. The microwave is your friend there . All vegetables cook wonderfully in the microwave. I cheat and buy already grated cheese/ It takes 2 minutes, maybe, and makes me very happy.

Ramen's not all that bad, especially since I imagine you can get the good authentic kind there. Throw some veggies in the bowl, add an egg for fun and pour the stock over. Cover, let steam and enjoy.

Good granola is a happy snack...

So are wasabi peas. Mmmm..

Jalapeno Cheetos? No, I suppose not ... I love them though ... I'm not proud of it or anything ...

:)

I know that I'm forgetting things ...

Fruit Cocktale

Salad

Ramen Noodles.

Lmao.

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As a non-student, non-wealthy, non-vegetarian grain addict with microwave experience, I base a lot of my meals around breads. And I don't go very long without a dose of cottage cheese.

Peanut butter, cream cheese, Promise or other healthier butter substitutes, fruit and tofu spreads, etc. and whole grain breads are great for when you just want something simple.

Crackers like Special K, Wheatsworth, Wheat Thins, Wheatables, Triscuits and all manner of tortilla chips with that, fruits and cheeses.

There are so many dry and canned soups, stews, stuffings, pastas, rice, etc., all of which can be nuked easily enough and won't take up space in a fridge.

One of my regulars is cornbread stuffing with any number of things: wheat/corn/bran/rice flakes, cheerios or rice (all of which are good in oatmeal), with a little adobo seasoning which is my favorite general spice I won't be caught without; salt, oregano, garlic and turmeric and, for me, black pepper.

Also, stock up on the other dried spices you like already or try enough to find out .

Just try rice or pasta and work from there; add in whatever you like and keep track of what works, like parsley, basil and garlic with parmesan. Keep a few mini cans of plain tomato sauce as well as ready made ones.

And potato flakes and dried cooked beans; if you can get instant black beans, do, they're perfect for bean dips which are good sandwich fillers, too.

None of that takes much effort or requires you to make mass amounts, although a few cup sized storage bowls could help.