dinner ideas for college students
cheap dinner food
Potatoes Beans Lentils Tofu Pasta Tuna (canned or retort) Eggs Rice Canned and frozen vegetables
20 dinners for university students
1. French bread pizza: Cut the French bread in half, then cut lengthwise. Spread pizza sauce on each half, then top with shredded mozzarella and your favorite toppings. Place under the broiler for 3 to 5 minutes until melted and toasted.
2. Sheet Pan Sausage and Veggies: This is a customizable recipe using your favorite types of sausage (including veggie sausage), potatoes, and vegetables. It is topped with a simple sweet and spicy sauce. Get the Sheet Pan Chicken Sausage and Vegetables recipe.
3. Hearty Baked Potatoes: Use white or sweet potatoes. Prick the washed potatoes all over with a fork and microwave for about 8 minutes. Top with butter, shredded cheese, steamed vegetables, or a combo like canned beans, shredded cheddar cheese, and salsa.
4. Better burgers: Meat is a great source of protein, but it can be one of the most expensive foods on your grocery list. Before forming the patties, mix it with finely chopped mushrooms to further stretch out the ground meat (or turkey). The mushrooms will blend into the mix and add flavor. Introducing healthy hamburger recipes.
5. Crunchy Tofu: Press tofu and cook it in a skillet to create a chicken nugget-like protein that can be eaten over rice with vegetables and your favorite bottled sauce. Make a batch for several meals a week. Check out our crispy tofu recipe.
6. Stir-fry vegetables: Stir-fry fresh or frozen vegetables in a pot with oil and soy sauce. Set the vegetables aside and scramble an egg or two in the skillet. Mix everything together, serve over rice, and optionally top with a handful of chopped peanuts (FYI, peanuts are one of the cheapest nuts!).
7. Ramen Plus: Cook ramen noodles according to package, add frozen vegetables or greens, additional protein (jerky, peanuts, scrambled eggs, chicken, etc.), and sweet/hot chili sauce, and cook over low heat until everything is tender. Masu. heated through.
8. Pan-Fried Bean Tacos: In a small bowl, mix together a large spoonful of refried beans (or mashed black beans), a spoonful of salsa, a handful of shredded cheese, and a sprinkle of taco seasoning. Spread on a tortilla, fold in half, and fry in a lightly oiled frying pan until golden and crispy.
9. Pesto Tortellini: Cook cheese tortellini or ravioli in a pot, wash and drain. Add a few spoonfuls of bottled pesto. Top with Parmesan cheese.
10. Power Salad: Start with a bagged salad, topped with protein (such as drained and washed chickpeas or edamame beans, canned tuna, chopped boiled eggs, rotisserie chicken, etc.), a handful of nuts, sliced apple, or more. Add the fruit. , and your favorite salad dressing.
11. Fried rice: Add some of the cooked rice to a frying pan coated with cooking spray. Add frozen vegetables and simmer until heated through. Move everything to one side of the skillet and crack the eggs on the other side, stirring until cooked through. Mix with the rice, add a little soy sauce and mix until everything is mixed.
12. Sheet Pan Nachos: Spread tortilla chips on a baking sheet. Top with drained and washed beans (or cooked ground beef or turkey), shredded cheese, and corn. Place under the broiler for 3 to 5 minutes or until melted. Remove and top with sour cream, guacamole, salsa, olives, or other toppings of your choice.
13. Chicken Parmesan: Cook pre-breaded chicken breasts (such as ALDI’s Red Bag Chicken) in the oven. In the last 5 minutes of cooking, add a spoonful of pasta sauce and a slice of mozzarella cheese on top and bake until melted and bubbly. Eat it on top of pasta.
14. Meatball Sub: Cook a few frozen meatballs in a pot with a little spaghetti sauce from a jar. Spoon the saucy meatballs onto a toasted sub or brat bun, top with shredded mozzarella and broil under the broiler or in the toaster oven until the cheese is melted.
