<p>Since we're all students here, many of us are in the same boat where there isn't enough time in the day to get academic things done, let alone cook up delicious meals. (If you can do both, I admire you)
So what are some of your go-to recipes for somewhat healthy, tasty food?</p>
<p>I always keep instant oatmeal in my dorm room since I’m too lazy to wake up early to go to the dinning hall in the morning before class lol. Sometimes I also keep sandwich bread and Nutella spread for whenever I want a quick snack.</p>
<p>I always have rice in my frigge along with steamed vegetables. Microwave that, put some hot sauce on it, and I’m well fed in about 1:30 mins. I also have cans of food.</p>
<p>I usually keep a few Hot Pockets (the low calorie versions) and some Weight Watchers microwave meals in my freezer. You can also make a nice, healthy lunch out of a pack of tuna and some wheat bread. </p>
<p>Since I have morning classes and hardly have time for breakfast, I get a box of Nature Valley granola bars and some peanut butter crackers. They usually keep me full for quite a while.</p>
<p>My S loved having frozen potstickers he could just boil and add to ramen noodles for a quick meal that was heartier than just noodles. He would also make large batches of spaghetti and sauce, curry or chili and eat it for several days. Canned Dinty Moore beef stew and rice was also an easy hot meal.</p>
<p>Granola bars, hot pockets, and even lean cuisine would work in a pinch.</p>
<p>In addition to the ideas above, I also liked to keep cooked ground beef in the fridge… usually with taco seasoning. It keeps several days and I would just pull out the bowl and eat with nachos or a taco shell here and there when I didn’t have time to go to the cafeteria for lunch or dinner. That was a real treat-- not exactly healthy but okay in moderation! I also always kept pasta and rice in my room, and I could usually throw something together with those pretty quick… I ate a lot of carbs in college.</p>
<p>Tuna is a great idea if you like it. I eat tuna on wheat toast as a quick snack a lot, and I’ll even get canned chicken… basically tastes the same as the tuna and has the same texture. It’s a good alternative protein source if you don’t like tuna. I buy a big can of either one and shred it up and put it into sandwich baggies in the fridge in portion sizes so I can just grab one to throw on a sandwich whenever. </p>
<p>Another thing we do now that I am not in college for a quick meal is I buy salad fixings, cut them up, and put them in a crisper… it keeps for 5-7 days so I can grab a bowl of salad out of the crisper whenever I want. If you have access to a grocery store, room in your fridge for a large crisper, and enough time on the weekend to make giant salad you can really save yourself some time during the week this way. We do the same thing with soup, we make a big pot of chicken noodle or beef barley soup on Sunday and measure it out into portions in the fridge for the week.</p>
<p>Shall I say it? RAMEN NOODLES. 
Tbh, I actually love them!! Sometimes I’ll make soup out of them. I’ll use the seasoning and some extra to make a veggie-type of soup. </p>
<p>Or I’ll put a piece of cheese on the noodles and make mac and cheese.</p>
<p>Or I’ll make a hot dog and mix it into the noodles. </p>
<p>Or I’ll put the dry noodles in my salad. </p>
<p>Sincerely, I love them, and I haven’t gained (too much) weight. </p>
<p>There are actually websites out there with ramen noodle recipes, and they seem quite tasty!</p>