Recipes/Advice for college student cooking

Buy Cuisinart Griddler.$100. It is awesome.

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get a george foreman

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Good advice. Also, I cooked a good bit of breakfast foods in college(plus some Hamburger Helper ). It's hard to beat eggs for easy, cheap and good.

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Should I buy a Crock Pot maybe??

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Yes. Beans, lentils and other legumes are great in a crock pot. Make a large batch and then freeze in portion sizes in tupperware. Crock pots are also great for pot roast, pork shoulder and brisket.

try dressing up the ramen.

Stir fry the reconstituted noodles with some soy sauce and veggies.

Try making the ramen soup as normal, but adding a bit of garlic, fresh grated ginger, chopped green onions, and a handful of chopped rotisserie chicken

Lentils cook quickly and don't require any pre-soaking. First saute some onions, celery, and bell pepper with your favorite spices. Then add some baby carrots, one pound of lentils, and a box of vegetable or chicken broth. Add water to make around 6 cups of liquid. Bring to a boil, then simmer for about 45 minutes, adding water or broth if necessary. Use these as a base for meals during the week.

Add pieces of ham for classic lentil and ham soup.

Add spinach and smoked sausage and serve over rice for another dish.

Add some diced tomatoes and chunks of sweet potato with some curry powder and cumin for a different taste.
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Find a good home-made macaroni and cheese recipe. Substitute whole grain pasta. John Besh's recipe in his new family cookbook has cauliflower added, it just blends in and soaks up the sauce. Use less of the sauce and more flavorful cheeses. You can add other things to the mac and cheese to make it a full meal.
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If you have a crock pot-- one of the big oval ones, you can dry roast a chicken in two hours on high. Just salt and pepper the chicken and throw it in there breast side up. It won't have a crispy skin, but the meat is tender and more delicious than a dry rotisserie chicken.

After you take the chicken out, remove the breast, thigh, and drumstick meat, then throw the carcass back in the crockpot with some chunks of veggies. Then cook on low for at least two -three hours, even overnight for some broth. As an added bonus, your apartment will smell divine. With the chicken meat and broth you can make any number of things like gumbo, soup, or chicken spaghetti.

I like to cook one pot meals like red beans,lima beans, white beans, various stews, baked chicken and potatos with onions and garlic, doctored up Prego traditional sauce over spagetti, chicken dipped in egg then italian bread crumbs then baked, various poboys, etc.. On the one pot meals, I cook enough for several times then freeze in one meal size containers.

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Like P-chem challenging or like nursing challenging?

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Let's not turn this into a pissing match about who has the tougher college classes

Point is she is on a schedule/budget and is looking for advice.

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Let's not turn this into a pissing match about who has the tougher college classes

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You are dealing with Gaston, expect nothing less

Eh? We were never lacking in fridge space, bigger concern (maybe not for chicks) is your roommate eating your food at 2 am after Bogies. Anyway, crock pot is definitely the way to go. There's an endless amount of stuff you can cook in it, and it requires absolutely no cooking ability or time. Prep food, put in crook pot, turn on low/medium/high, come back in 10/6/2 hours.

drinking already, are ya?