Healthy eating at college?

I live in the on campus apartments, yet we are still required to have a meal plan. My plan is 5 meals a week in the dining hall and I get $350 a semester to spend at the other places. I eat breakfast and snacks in my room and I've gotten into the habit of cooking for myself instead of using my meal plan... which is a total waste of $1300.

I just hate eating in the dining hall because I can cook chicken breast, green beans, and potatoes for myself and have it come up 150-200 calories less than an identical meal in the dining hall! It's so frustrating to me. That's even when they have healthy options. By default, there is a burger station, pizza station, and sandwich station, and a salad bar. I get salads a lot but the only protein they offer is chickpeas, which I dislike, so I usually get something else too. We have one station that is always something random- and it's a real bummer when that random choice is fried chicken or something like that.

As frustrating as the dining hall is, I can deal. My main problem is spending $350 at the other places. That money does not roll over and you are not allowed a refund... and I still have $200 left to spend this semester. It's November. You see my problem! The only options are a coffee shop where the only food items are sweets, this Mexican place (but I hate Mexican), sub connection, and Sandella's Flatbread Café.

My issue with sub connection and Sandella's is that it's SO MUCH BREAD, SO MUCH SALT. The subs are ok though but Sandella's is terrible... everything on their menu comes with a flatbread that is 200 calories alone... the lowest calorie option is 420 and it's not that filling at all. At least the subs are filling! But I HAVE to use this money. I can't let it go to waste! They do sell fruit cups and yogurt which I buy, but I want something a little more substantial for meals.

So I guess I am just looking for your suggestions for these places. It's hard for me to eat these higher calorie but less filling meals because then I have to skip snacks or something and then I just want to eat because I get hungry and it messes up everything. My school does try. They post calories for most things in the dining hall and they like to talk about how Sub Connection and Sandella's are healthier options... but I can do healthier by myself.

I'm just freaking out trying to be healthy but knowing I have a ton of money I need to use up in one month.