College Student in need of "Dorm Room Friendly" Recipes!

Hmm my dorm lets us have a mini gearge foreman grill if we cook it in our kitchenette... does yours offer this?

whole grain pita pizza loaded with veggies. salad fixins and greek yogurt with fruit and granola. etc. By being limited in cooking it is a challenge. mini bagels with non fat cream cheese and smoked salmon, Baked potatoes in the microwave with cheese and broccoli? Green giant has some great veggie mixes that I use as a meal sometimes, I love the carrots with spinach and navy beans in garlic sauce. Also uncle ben's quick brown rice with light soy sauce. sadly most of my ideas are processed but if you know how to cook do you have a friend that has a house? perhaps if you do you can cook meals there once a week and bring the food to campus for a reheat ( cook chicken breasts, hard boiled eggs etc)?

Salads, sweet potatoes (use a little apple pie spice and low cal margarine), boca burgers, low sodium soups.

Do you like Tostadas?

You can make ceviche tostadas and you don't have to use the microwave.

Ingredients

1/2 pound peeled and deveined medium shrimp
1 cup fresh lime juice
2 tomatoes, diced 1/2 large yellow onion, diced 1 jalapeno pepper, seeded and minced, or to taste
1 avocados, diced (optional)
2 ribs celery, diced (optional)
chopped fresh cilantro to taste salt and pepper to taste

Directions
Place shrimp in a glass bowl and cover with lime juice to marinate (or 'cook') for about 10 minutes, or until they turn pink and opaque. Meanwhile, place the tomatoes, onion and jalapeno (and avocados and celery, if using) in a large, non-reactive (stainless steel, glass or plastic) bowl.
Remove shrimp from lime juice, reserving juice. Dice shrimp and add to the bowl of vegetables. Pour in the remaining lime juice marinade. Add cilantro and salt and pepper to taste. Toss gently to mix.

Tip: you have to use real limes and not Lime juice bought from the bottle. The real citrus is what cooks the shrimp. You can also use less ingredients if it's just for you.

Then serve with tostadas which you can buy at the market.

I'm a fan of morning star burgers/chicken and arnold's sandwich thins.

my freshman year of college i actually LOST 15 pounds because I hated going to the dining hall. I would go and eat just salad and the occasional french fry after good workouts (lol)
My dorm was across campus and in the rain (seemed like it was always raining) I just didnt feel like making the trek. I would eat oatmeal for breakfast, yogurt for lunch, and chick peas and boca burgers for dinner. Every weekend I'd get an egg sandwich as a splurge. I would also eat pasta from the dining hall if I knew I was running the next day.
I also would make low-sodium soup in the microwave in a microwavable bowl.
For snack, Id eat rice cakes, TONS of POPCORN, some pretzels, apples, peanut butter.

also, now they make those steamfresh bags of veggies so you could do that instead of chick peas if you dont like them!

good luck!!

Pick up a copy of "The Healthy College Cookbook", it's made of magic.

Oh those dorm days. I lived in one during my undergrad years because it was included in my scholarship. My favorite dorm cooking implement was a hot pot. With some creativity you can make a lot of meals in one. They weren't allowed, but everyone had one anyway.

Google Microwave Recipes...

Chicken cooks well in the microwave if you're not planning on eating the skin. It doesn't get tough like other meats like beef, as long as you don't overcook it. Here's a recipe my mom always made in the microwave back when microwave ovens were first invented:

Chicken Teriyaki
Mix 1/4 cup soy to 1/2 cup diet Sprite or diet 7-up (or not diet if you prefer) and add a little bit of sweetner, brown sugar, maple syrup or sugar free maple syrup to make it a bit sweeter. Taste to see if you like the level of sweetness. Pour over two chicken breasts in a small bowl. Cover the bowl with saran wrap or a loose lid so you don't end up with spatters all inside your microwave. Microwave on med-hi heat until the chicken is done all the way through - probably about 5-7 minutes if I remember correctly. That is the cheap version. If you have the money and you want to make it better, add some green onions, grated garlic and grated ginger and even some red pepper flakes. Let it marinate for a few hours, then microwave. Serve with veggies and rice - they do make rice for the microwave. You can steam the veggies with the chicken during the last minute of cooking. Or, serve over dreaded top raman.