What to eat if i'm a student living alone in another city and with low cooking skills?

As a student you are probably adapt to learning, so learn to cook.

Student: learn thyself.

Take some time to learn basic cooking. Not only will you be helping yourself achieve your weight loss objective but also being a good, or even a self-admitted learning cook, is a very good introduction to meeting people you'd like to know. Or date. Or whatever.

Do you have cooking facilities (a real kitchen) where you live?

Yeah I second the YouTube tutorials. If you are rooming with roommates they can help you out. Baking and anything involving the oven is the easiest but I started cooking on my own in an apartment away from my family this year and I felt cooking was really not hard at all.

Just make sure you do not use sharp knives directly onto pans. This may seem obvious to some but one of my roommates literally chopped meat in the pan and cut up the pan. And don't use plastic for hot things.


You can start with the easy stuff like pastas... But baking can be pretty easy all u have to do is prepare the food, put it in a pan, and set a timer in the preheated oven. I usually bake chicken breasts too for 20-30 minutes in an oven at 350 degrees (I like putting a breaking on it first). Anything you want to cook just look up a YouTube video on it. Buy those measuring cups too!

I like to shred zucchini and make them like my "noodles" in Orange Chicken sauce bought from Panda Express restaurants with diced up chicken breast (you can buy them predicted and fully cooked at frozen isles). Frozen meals are OK but I reduce my sodium intake by cooking myself. And breakfast for me is usually just eggs, bacon, or even just some sort of toast.

It's really not as hard as it seems. Just take ur time in the grocery store and grab things you know you would eat. Then when you're there take the time to get different recepie ideas and plan to buy those ingredients the next time you shop.

Also a little bit of advice, for lettuce I find it annoying to chop it up every time so I just buy a whole head of lettuce and chop it all up into a large Tupperware and store it in my fridge so I can just use it right like that. MUCH cheaper than buying pre-shredded lettuce!

Sara Lee honey wheat bread, nitrate free turkey breast, avocado (mash it up to use instead of mayo), baby spinach, and tomato. Mmmm healthy sandwiches! Pair it with some PopChips or cottage cheese with fruit, and voila! A meal. :-)

Invest in a crockpot. They require little to no skill to cook with them. You can have easy delicious meals and save time. last week I made pulled bbq chicken which was awesome for sandwiches and salads. I also made shredded beef for burrito bowls, tacos, and taco salads. The crockpot will change your life. I wish someone introduced it to me when I was in college.

Hey I'll pitch in too! Guys cook too! Been cooking since I was a teenager because... well I liked my vegies cooked properly!

Stack up on fresh fruits and lettuce for an easy salad.

For veggies, blanch em in boiling water and season them with herbs.

For kinda "cheat" but super awesome no cook happy food, heat an cup of skim milk, add 2 tbsp of unsweetened cocoa powder amd 2 tbsp of coconut sugar. Mix it up and let it cool. Add the choco milk mixture to 1/4 cup chia seeds. Let it sit for at least 2 hours before u enjoy your choco chia pudding.

Chicken breast tends to be fairly cheap. Cook up a ton of it, add some of your favorite sauces/dressings/whatever. Make a salad and add some carbs like sweet potato/rice/pasta. Simple and doesn't require a lot of thought. Depending on what foreign city you're in ask some of your classmates what they make for themselves and if they'd teach you how to make it. good way to make some local friends and learn some cooking skills.