Low calories, filling and cheap recipes?

I don't know what you have in your kitchen equipment wise but a slow cooker (crock pot), a bag of beans, some kale and a smoked turkey leg can make some great tasty meals the will stick with you. Just put the beans, turkey leg, and kale torn into pieces into the low cooker with enough water to cover by about 15 cm (it's ok if the kale floats on top) and let it go for about 6 hours. Take out the turkey leg shred it up remove the bones and toss the meat back in. I would salt it at the end because of the salt content of the turkey leg

Tilapia fillets. You can have 8 oz for 200 calories and 40g of protein. Cook it in the microwave in Ziploc microwave steamer bags, with a bunch of Mrs Dash salt - free (whatever flavor you like, I like chili-lime) for about 5 minutes. You can get the fish in big bags at walmart for around $15, and they last me about a week of eating that 1-2 times per day.

One of the healthiest, most filling soups is Lentil and there are tons of recipes online! You can make a ton and freeze it or have it for leftovers and it won't cost you a lot at all. Eggs are another option that are easily combined with different foods that you probably already have at home

As another person said, lentils are super cheap and filling. Here's a link to my Balsamic Lentil Salad recipe: http://recipes.sparkpeople.com/recipe-detail.asp?recipe=2641863&ff=1

peanut butter or olive oil~ one serving of PB (2 tablespoon) give u 200calorie~

I'm in a very similar position to you. 19, on my own, living on a budget!

Cook rice in stock (I just use dry stock cubes and water) and add lots of veg like peas and peppers (which you can buy frozen at the supermarket.)

Cook down chopped tomatoes into a sauce and add seasoning (stock cubes, any herbs you might have, or just salt and pepper) and pretty much any veg you happen to have. You can use this with pasta or anything else you fancy. You can also put this sauce in a small ovenproof dish, crack an egg on it, then put it in the oven for just long enough for the egg to set.

For me, buying meat is the real killer, I tend to eat a lot eggs and beans for protein, but if you can afford it then you can just wrap chicken/turkey breasts in foil and bang them in the oven for twenty minutes and serve them with whatever. If you're struggling with the calories you can always put some of the cooked meat aside and use it for lunch the next day.

I find potatoes far more filling than pasta or rice, but they are more expensive.

Rice and beans in bulk. A good wok (or keep a cheap one well oiled!) Eggs, lots of whatever veggies are cheapest. I find freezer veggies as a staple, because it's easier to dole out without waste when you're cooking for one.

Chili (homemade, light on the meat or with meat replacement.) I usually chop up small some veggies in my chili, besides the diced tomatoes. Can eat over salad greens or pasta to stretch it out.

Save up for a good rice cooker than can act as a slow cooker if you don't have either. Worth it's weight in gold. I have a small sanyo and it's big enough to cook a 2 lb pork roast. Even now that I'm doing low carb, it still gets regular use as a slow cooker.

Wok cooking means little need for specific recipes. You get use to just varying sauces to suit the meat / veggie.

I went through alot of taters, carrots, green beans, peanut butter, mac and cheese (with hit dogs in it!), and tuna in college. Not exactly exciting, but there were times when I had almost $0 dollars left for food. I always asked for Peanut Butter and Tuna care packages from home. Sometimes tuna and hot dogs were my meat staples for the month...

If you like vegetarian, look at TVP and TSP recipes as well. If you can get it bulk, it can be a decent hamburger replacement for chili and such (and an easy pantry staple). I think it works best in chili when used with a small amount of meat - the faux meat sucks up the flavor of it.

If you like noodles, noodle bowl variations can be fun. You don't have to go fancy on the broths, but you can serve it with a hard boiled egg, chopped veggies, etc. Miso (if you like it) can be purchased pretty cheaply at asian grocery stores, as well as tons of sauces. Usually I'm happy with a miso, a black bean soy, a light soy, powdered ginger, peanut butter, fish sauce, and some chili pepper paste. You can do alot with little bits of those and steal other seasonings from recipes online.

Go with canned goods if you're on a budget. Everything from canned tuna to veggies.
You can also never go wrong with eggs! They're super filling and super cheap!