Student looking for fairly easy meals to cook !!?

Question

Hi ! I’m on my own and noticing milk and bread doesn’t go as far as I hoped. I am looking for yummy recipes that are filling, pretty healthy, something I can store in a fridge for left overs, easy to make, and the ingredients are cheap. I’d love tons of advice and if anyone has some good comfort food recipes i'd love those also. Thanks for your help !!

Answer 1

Any kind of pasta works well, although I always got sick of it by the 4th day.

When I was in college, my favorite easy meals involved chicken breast halves. They are perfectly portioned for one meal, and easy to cook in a frying pan with some oil.

Here is my favorite college recipe: Make a sandwich with a bun (I used the onion rolls), chicken, BBQ sauce, red onions, and cilantro.

Another thing to do is buy a rice cooker. Small ones are pretty cheap, and rice is REALLY cheap, so you can always make an easy side dish. Chicken breast, rice, and salad makes a decent easy meal.

Or instead of chicken, make sausage, but I usually got sick of sausage too.

For me, I found that the key was to always have protein to fill me up, and carbs so I didn't get cranky. And I really tried to eat fruits and vegetables, it is difficult at first but they are not that expensive if you buy in season.

Answer 2

Tiffany, you'll love this one. I survived collage on this one:

Camp Chili

1 can red beans
1 can black beans
1 can chili beans
1 can tomato sauce
1 small can diced chilies
1 can diced tomatoes (S&W tomatoes and chipotle peppers)
1 can yellow corn
1 jalapeno pepper
1 Anaheim pepper
1 large yellow onion
1 green bell pepper
1 red bell pepper
3 Tbs chili powder (add more or less to taste)
1 lb. ground beef
1 tube of Jimmy Dean Italian sausage
½ lb. of chorizo ( Mexican sausage)
3 limes
2 lemons
1 Tbs. salt
1 Tbs. Pepper
1 Tbs. minced garlic

Start by cooking all the meat. Save about a cup of the oil from the chorizo to add to the chili. Dice all the vegetables (caution, use gloves with the peppers). Mix everything together in a large pot. Drain the red and black beans first. Squeeze the limes and lemon juice into the mix and toss the rinds in the pot while it cooks, pick out the seeds. Make sure you remove the rinds before serving. Let simmer for 2 hours.

*For a less spicy chili, only put half the jalapeno and Anaheim peppers in. Although, this is not a very hot chili.
**If you prefer a hotter chili, add 1 cerano or habanero pepper to the mix.

This chili works real well in a dutch oven cooked on a wood fire. This is my original camp chili. Works real well cooked in a crock pot, simmer on low all day.

I get those small glad reusable containers cost about $2.40 for 5 and freeze them. Take one out if you need a quick meal.

Answer 3

Buy some frozen hamburger patties. You can always eat them as a HB or as a slice of meat, along w/ a veggie and a starch. Plain pasta. Easy to boil, drain, and finish off w/ butter, garlic powder, and S&P. Eggs are a cheap source of good nutrition. Make an egg snadwich on toast (w/ egg and sausage or bacon or ham) in the AM; make an omelet for upper w/ leftover meats and veggies. Milk! You still need calcium! Lowfat (1% or skim) is best. Yogurt, too. PB&J is nice for snacks, quick breakfast

Answer 4

Bacon Alfredo...Ok this is what you do, boil the noodles, put the bacon in the oven until it is done, and then take the bacon, noodles and alfredo sauce and mix it together. This is the fattening part but the best, bacon makes its own grease so pour a little just a little bit into the alfredo once it is mixed together and then mix it again. This meal is quick the most expensive thing to get is the Alfredo sauce and there is always left overs. Also try Top Ramen.

Answer 5

There is no one single Paleo Diet, as our ancestors from all over the world ate dramatically different diets depending on the climate where they lived, their landscape, accessibility to water bodies, and the latitude that they lived. This is a detailed meal plan for the paleo diet https://tr.im/WREON

In some cases, a Paleo Diet may be 90% plant foods and 10% animal foods, and in other cases, a Paleo Diet may be 90% animal foods and 10% plant foods.

For example, our ancestors that lived near the equator had year long access to more plant materials such as root vegetables and various fruits, veggies, and nuts.

On the other hand, our ancestors that lived at higher latitudes further away from the equator only had access to fruits and vegetables seasonally at one specific time period per year, and had larger periods of the year where they ate a higher % of meats, organ meats, fish, and other animal-based foods, or fermented foods that could be stored for winter.

Answer 6

chicken alfredo is cheap and easy and tastes great...

brown some chicken peices on each side
cook up some pasta (your favorite will do fine)
use 1 cup of half and half for each serving you are making and a cup of parm cheese and wisk it into the warm half and half for about 5 mins or until cheese has melted.

Love this recipe and wicked easy to make and store.... can be froze for 6 months

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Chicken And Dumplings

INGREDIENTS:
(2-1/2- to 3-pound) broiler/fryer
2 Quarts water
1 Teaspoon Salt
1/2 Teaspoon Pepper
2 Cups All-purpose flour
1/2 Teaspoon Baking soda
1/2 Teaspoon Salt
3 Tablespoons Shortening
3/4 Cup Buttermilk

PREPARATION:
Place chicken in a Dutch oven or large kettle; add water and 1 teaspoon salt. Bring to a boil; cover, reduce heat,and simmer 1 1/2 hours or until tender. Remove chicken; let it cool slightly. Bone chicken, cutting meat into bite-size pieces; set aside.

Bring broth to a boil; add pepper. Combine flour, soda, and 1/2 teaspoon salt; cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse meal. Add buttermilk, stirring with a fork until dry ingredients are moistened. Turn dough out onto a well-floured surface, and knead lightly 4 or 5 times. For drop dumplings, pat dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Pinch off dough in 1 1/2-inch pieces, and drop into boiling broth. To make rolled dumplings, roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness. Cut dough into 4- x 1/2-inch pieces. Drop dough, one piece at a time, into boiling broth, carefully stirring after each addition. Reduce heat to medium-low, and cook 8 to 10 minutes or to desired thickness, stirring occasionally. Stir in chicken.
Serves 4 to 6.

Answer 9

dinty moore makes chicken dumplings in a can!!

my favorite thing to make (for a good meal in college) was:

zucchini
squash
green peppers
mushrooms

*slice all of those and saute them! you can put in other veggies you like or take ones out you dont like, but i found this combo to be the best

add to COOKED penne pasta (you can find a box for like 1 dollar!)

you can just add butter and salt to taste or make a butter sauce

butter
olive oil
veg or chicken stock/broth
salt and pepper
little lemon juice (optional)
sun-dried tomato paste (optional)

i dont have measurements because i just put it in a sauce pan and keep adding stuff until it tastes good-

pour the sauce on and viola! its SOOOO good left over!

**it might be good with reg spaghetti sauce on it, but ive never tried.

Answer 10

Orange Julius
- 3 oz. frozen orange juice
- 4 oz. milk
-3/4 tsp. vanilla
-4 oz. water
-1/4 cup sugar
-6 ice cubes
Blend in blender ingredients well
Hope you try this, good luck!!