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Dinner in a Dorm--Recipe Ideas for College Students, Please!

Posted by veggieout, September 19, 2008 at 9:09 PM

Hi Everyone,
Tonight was one of my proudest food moments, not because it was the best meal I ever made, but because I made it for some of the girls on my crew team, and they LOVED it! (I made eggplant slices braised in a homemade tomato sauce over whole wheat spaghetti.) So here's the thing. We had such a great time sharing a good meal, that we want to do this more often.

Does anyone have ideas for relatively inexpensive meals that require only a few ingredients for hungry college women?

Thank you so much!

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From Serious Eats: New York

Sweet Ticket Giveaway, Week 3: Pichet Ong's Guilty Pleasure Sweet

baklava.
making and then eating an ENTIRE tray of baklava.
:)

veggieout at 9:54PM on 10/04/08

From Serious Eats

Serious Eats City Guide: Boston

Thai: Brown Sugar Cafe is awesome

Ice Cream: JP Licks makes an AMAZING manischewitz sorbet. incredible.

veggieout at 6:09PM on 10/03/08

From Serious Eats

Serious Eats City Guide: Boston

Thank you SO much for this report on Boston!
GO SOX!

veggieout at 10:51PM on 10/02/08

From Serious Eats

'Top Chef' Season 5 News: 17 More Cheftestants, No Ted Allen

bah! i'm so pumped!

veggieout at 4:53PM on 10/01/08

From Talk

Freaky Frozen Food Habits?

OH i also made some really good frozen "S'more sticks" this summmer! A pretzel rod with a 2 marshmallows stuck on, dipped in chocolate, rolled in graham cracker crumbs and frozen!

veggieout at 4:23PM on 10/01/08

From Talk

Freaky Frozen Food Habits?

frozen fruit is a given.
frozen peanut butter M&M's (just make sure they aren't laced with melamine)
frozen yogurt---yeah cup of stonyfield yogurt (shake up the fruit at the bottom kind so it mixes up and stick it in the freezer)
mom always gets york pepermint patties as a treat and freezes them, yum!
hmm..i could use one of those now...

veggieout at 4:22PM on 10/01/08

From Serious Eats

Cook the Book: 'Eat Me: The Food and Philosophy of Kenny Shopsin'

Age 6: "Mashed Potato Puffs" Essentially they are mashed poatatoes piped onto a baking sheet topped with chives and baked until they have a golden crust.
I was surpirsed at how good they were---and continue to be!

veggieout at 1:59PM on 10/01/08

From Talk

Cheap Eats in London

I am about to give you the best advice you will ever receive, so read carefully. I was a student in London two years ago and Sainsbury's grocery sells baguettes in bread aisle in plastic packages, two to a pack for...i think a pound. Put them in the oven for 10 minutes. They are to DIE for. I was responsible for cooking two meals a day for 6 people for 11 weeks and if it were not for that bread, we wouldn't have been nearly as happy.
They also make dinner rolls if you're eating alone and only want a small piece at a time--and I would suggest that as I could have eating a baguette in a sitting...easily.

For eating out, there are a few great Middle-Eastern cafe's. My favorite is near the High Street Kensington tube stop. I cannot remember the name for the life of me now..so i'll try to think and get back to you. I do remember that the restaurant had a number of sister stores around the city. Please enjoy London, it's my favorite!

veggieout at 10:27PM on 09/29/08

From Talk

Pro-HFCS Campaign Underway.

"A sugar is a sugar, whether it comes from honey, high fructose corn syrup, table sugar, or fruit juices. Nutritionally they—re all the same. Moderation is the key." From SweetSurprise.com

SERIOUSLY? I'm pretty sure the sugar in the Bartlett pear I just ate is NOT the same as HFCS. And neither is the delicious honey I will have with peanut butter and toast later tonight. This is ridiculous...I truly hope that parents will do their homework and look into the negative effects of HFCS and not be brainwashed by the stupid advertising...for their children's sake!

veggieout at 5:03PM on 09/26/08

From Serious Eats: New York

Sweet Ticket Giveaway, Week 2: What's Your Favorite Childhood Dessert Memory?

Mango Ice Cream from Sultana in Cairo (yes, Egypt). We only went once every few years and I could not wait to get off the plane to get the ice cream cone with the most glorious frozen dessert ever created. I was in heaven when at age 7 I met the owners of the shop, as I had made an assumption it meant they could ship it to us in the States!

veggieout at 10:25AM on 09/26/08

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From Talk

Cheap Eats in London

Thanks so much for the great advice!! I'm looking forward to a tasty and affordable year in the UK!

ChristineB at 3:42PM on 10/08/08

From Serious Eats: New York

Sweet Ticket Giveaway, Week 3: Pichet Ong's Guilty Pleasure Sweet

We have our randomnly drawn winners. They are cybercita, Alena Kastin, jrmanor, and denyse. Congrats to them, and thanks to everyone who commented. We will contact winners by email for instructions on how to pick up tickets.

Zach Brooks at 3:15PM on 10/08/08

From Serious Eats: New York

Sweet Ticket Giveaway, Week 3: Pichet Ong's Guilty Pleasure Sweet

Tiramisu. I got some "to go" last night and had it for breakfast. Do I feel guilty? Yes. Will I do it again, first chance I get? Yes.

rlgrady at 2:23PM on 10/08/08

From Serious Eats: New York

Sweet Ticket Giveaway, Week 3: Pichet Ong's Guilty Pleasure Sweet

flan, so rich but so good

gervitsd at 2:05PM on 10/08/08

From Serious Eats: New York

Sweet Ticket Giveaway, Week 3: Pichet Ong's Guilty Pleasure Sweet

Peanut butter on a slice of white chocolate banana bread

sosoeater at 12:27PM on 10/08/08

From Serious Eats: New York

Sweet Ticket Giveaway, Week 3: Pichet Ong's Guilty Pleasure Sweet

Chocolate or Pistachio...Yum

cuddles115 at 11:40AM on 10/08/08

From Serious Eats: New York

Sweet Ticket Giveaway, Week 3: Pichet Ong's Guilty Pleasure Sweet

Chocolate Chip Cookies at City Bakery (or Jacques Torres)

chowfan at 11:11AM on 10/08/08

From Serious Eats: New York

Sweet Ticket Giveaway, Week 3: Pichet Ong's Guilty Pleasure Sweet

SPICY TUNA ROLL - I swear I am addicted. I have to have a spicy tuny roll from one particular sushi spo every dayt. I crave it almost as soon as I get up ever day. Sick, huh!

kjrivas at 10:16AM on 10/08/08

From Talk

Cheap Eats in London

I moved to England a year ago and live outside of Cambridge and when we go to London we usually eat at Wagamamas or EAT. I have three kids so, it gets very expensive for a family of five to have a proper sit down meal. I find going to the farmer's markets and street markets you can find some cheap meals. I avoid the chip stands and Indian food takeaways, unless someone I know has eaten at it before with no problems. I agree with Kerry Saretsky the regular grocery store has some awesome finds really cheap. Shop at Tesco or Sainbury's at night as they tend to make down food at night. Ribena is good and Flavored Barley water but you will need to water it down because Barley water is strong. Peach is our favorite. Tesco's curry line is not bad. It's better then what some takeaways offer. Some Farm shops have great prepared food. This site www.chegworthvalley.com has a listing of farm shops. Experiment and look at what other people are buying that will give you a good indication whether it's good or not. The food here in England (I hate to say this) is superior quality then what you find in the US as they have far more restrictions on food compared to the US. Take Coke Cola for example the bottle label has no corn syrup listed because it's not in there, it says sugar, now whether that's good or bad I don't know but sugar is better then corn syrup, in my opinion. Everything imported has to meet these standards that why coke has a factory here, plus to ship it here would cost a fortune. It's great to eat out but with the food quality here being ( and the economy) what it is, pack a picnic when on the go and stay in and eat. But do splurge on yourself. I hope this helps.

twcaac at 9:36AM on 10/08/08

From Serious Eats: New York

Sweet Ticket Giveaway, Week 3: Pichet Ong's Guilty Pleasure Sweet

My guilty pleasure is that I can't pass up a piece of cheescake. Any kind! Plain, fancy - as long as it is cheescake...new york style, any style - love it. Thanks for this opportunity!

elsmarlouamrman at 8:41AM on 10/08/08