Healthy Meals @ Student Prices
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Hi All,
Trying to eat healthy at uni, so far so good but getting bored with my recipes!
So i'm looking to the PH collective to give me some recipes!
A couple of conditions - I need to be able to buy it from one of the main supermarkets (Asda, Tesco etc), it needs to be of reasonable cost (eg. Cheap).
Portion size I normally just cook for myself and sometimes the girlfriend.
I eat pretty much everything btw!
Thanks,
Phill
Trying to eat healthy at uni, so far so good but getting bored with my recipes!
So i'm looking to the PH collective to give me some recipes!
A couple of conditions - I need to be able to buy it from one of the main supermarkets (Asda, Tesco etc), it needs to be of reasonable cost (eg. Cheap).
Portion size I normally just cook for myself and sometimes the girlfriend.
I eat pretty much everything btw!
Thanks,
Phill
From my student days, a really quick & easy meal was:
Boil up some pasta. Chuck in some frozen peas & sweetcorn (no need to dirty 2 pans!)
When done, drain then melt some low fat marge into the pasta then crumble a chicken flavoured oxo cube into it.
Tastes much nicer than it sounds, costs pennies and is reasonably healthy.
Boil up some pasta. Chuck in some frozen peas & sweetcorn (no need to dirty 2 pans!)
When done, drain then melt some low fat marge into the pasta then crumble a chicken flavoured oxo cube into it.
Tastes much nicer than it sounds, costs pennies and is reasonably healthy.
Beer & Beef stew.
Stewing stake is dead cheap, lob in a carrot, a potato, and an onion, a can of bitter, leave for 2-3 hours on a low heat..... delicious.
Alternative is chilli con carne, again lovely yummy winter food & the mince is dead cheap. As as the kidney beans....keeps well in the fridge too.
Stewing stake is dead cheap, lob in a carrot, a potato, and an onion, a can of bitter, leave for 2-3 hours on a low heat..... delicious.
Alternative is chilli con carne, again lovely yummy winter food & the mince is dead cheap. As as the kidney beans....keeps well in the fridge too.
One I did the other day, mainly because it was quick and easy.
Risotto but not using proper risotto rice.
This is how my mum used to make it.
Brown some mince (doesnt have to be a lot) in a frying pan or saucepan, add some some sweetcorn & pees. Pour in some rice and water and simmer until the rice absorbs the water stiring as you go.
Its starts to get a bit sticky, thats how I like it. Eat with fork (less washing up) with a little curry powder on top
Risotto but not using proper risotto rice.
This is how my mum used to make it.
Brown some mince (doesnt have to be a lot) in a frying pan or saucepan, add some some sweetcorn & pees. Pour in some rice and water and simmer until the rice absorbs the water stiring as you go.
Its starts to get a bit sticky, thats how I like it. Eat with fork (less washing up) with a little curry powder on top
Pasta, good call really cheap about 35p, add tin chopped tomatoes, about 30p and a bit of ketchup to make it less runny and some grated cheese on top,
my mate used to make her own garlic bread at uni with crusty loaf, then mix butter and crushed garlic together and spread over the slices and lightly toast
approx cost about a two quid
my mate used to make her own garlic bread at uni with crusty loaf, then mix butter and crushed garlic together and spread over the slices and lightly toast
approx cost about a two quid
Fry some onions and a clove or two of crushed garlic in a frying pan.
Add tinned tomatoes and a chicken stock cube dissolved in about 200ml hot water (half a cube and half the water if it's for one), plus whatever else you fancy (see below)
mix well and allow to simmer until it's about the right consistency (15 minutes-ish, but leaving it a little longer won't hurt if you've put peppers in and they're still a bit crunchy)
season with salt and pepper
pile on top of pasta.
Parmesan optional.
You can add anything you like to this, but I'll list a few favourites...
Cooked chicken
Peppers
Ham
Mushrooms
Bacon (easy on the stock, else it gets too salty)
Anchovies
Olives
Tuna (or cheaper still, tinned pilchard fillets in tomato sauce - these are also great on toast)
Capers
Any combination of the above - treat it like a pizza and choose your "toppings". I wouldn't recommend pineapple, but let me know what it's like if you feel brave!
Also Tabasco Sauce, chilli powder, etc, or experiment with spices.
If you've got freezer space it's often easier to cook for four and freeze three portions just because of the size of a lot of prepacked stuff like meat in supermarkets. Do this for a while and you'll have a freezer full of meals and can have a break from cooking.
Best thing you can do is to get a book or three - someone once said that if you can read, you can cook, and it's largely true.
Add tinned tomatoes and a chicken stock cube dissolved in about 200ml hot water (half a cube and half the water if it's for one), plus whatever else you fancy (see below)
mix well and allow to simmer until it's about the right consistency (15 minutes-ish, but leaving it a little longer won't hurt if you've put peppers in and they're still a bit crunchy)
season with salt and pepper
pile on top of pasta.
Parmesan optional.
You can add anything you like to this, but I'll list a few favourites...
Cooked chicken
Peppers
Ham
Mushrooms
Bacon (easy on the stock, else it gets too salty)
Anchovies
Olives
Tuna (or cheaper still, tinned pilchard fillets in tomato sauce - these are also great on toast)
Capers
Any combination of the above - treat it like a pizza and choose your "toppings". I wouldn't recommend pineapple, but let me know what it's like if you feel brave!
Also Tabasco Sauce, chilli powder, etc, or experiment with spices.
If you've got freezer space it's often easier to cook for four and freeze three portions just because of the size of a lot of prepacked stuff like meat in supermarkets. Do this for a while and you'll have a freezer full of meals and can have a break from cooking.
Best thing you can do is to get a book or three - someone once said that if you can read, you can cook, and it's largely true.
Home made soup. Costs peanuts. Obviously there's lots of soups you can make but the simplest is probably lentil.
Boil a cup full of lentils in a pan full of water for 45 mins. Chuck in a chopped onion and 4 chopped carrots, 2 ham stock cubes, a wee bit of black pepper, and simmer for another half hour. bread or rolls will stretch this out for a good few meals. Total cost of ingredients not much more than £1. Smashing
Boil a cup full of lentils in a pan full of water for 45 mins. Chuck in a chopped onion and 4 chopped carrots, 2 ham stock cubes, a wee bit of black pepper, and simmer for another half hour. bread or rolls will stretch this out for a good few meals. Total cost of ingredients not much more than £1. Smashing
Stirfry is always easy, some meat or chicken, you can buy it pre cut if your really lazy, throw in some vegetables and whatever sauces you have into the wok, make some rice, and your set for at least 2-3 meals depending how much you make/eat.
homemade burgers can be good, just need bun, meat patty (make your own or buy predone) add in some fresh veg lettuce, onion etc whatever you like easy, and you know what goes in it if you do it yourself.
tuna salad - throw in some vegetables, lettuce, onion, tomato, olives etc a touch of dressing and mix in some tuna and it's a good healthy, light meal. Put it on bread/roll with a touch of tartare sauce for a sandwich if you have any left over
Homemade pizza, you can buy the base, put on tomato paste and your choice on ingredients and it cooks up fiarly quickly, often some left over for later as well.
Stuff with leftover is always good since it's one less meal you have to make the next day
homemade burgers can be good, just need bun, meat patty (make your own or buy predone) add in some fresh veg lettuce, onion etc whatever you like easy, and you know what goes in it if you do it yourself.
tuna salad - throw in some vegetables, lettuce, onion, tomato, olives etc a touch of dressing and mix in some tuna and it's a good healthy, light meal. Put it on bread/roll with a touch of tartare sauce for a sandwich if you have any left over
Homemade pizza, you can buy the base, put on tomato paste and your choice on ingredients and it cooks up fiarly quickly, often some left over for later as well.
Stuff with leftover is always good since it's one less meal you have to make the next day
magnum said:
Home made soup. Costs peanuts. Obviously there's lots of soups you can make but the simplest is probably lentil.
Boil a cup full of lentils in a pan full of water for 45 mins. Chuck in a chopped onion and 4 chopped carrots, 2 ham stock cubes, a wee bit of black pepper, and simmer for another half hour. bread or rolls will stretch this out for a good few meals. Total cost of ingredients not much more than £1. Smashing
p.s. don't boil the cup itself, just the lentils. (as a student myself i know how easy it is to make such mistakes)
r988 said:
Stuff with leftover is always good since it's one less meal you have to make the next day
Probably not too relevant to the students, but we tend to do this for BabyV6 now that she's up for eating mostly "adult" foods. i.e. cook up a big batch & all of us eat it, freezing several toddler-sized portions of the leftovers. Means a few days of cooking "properly" can keep little 'un in decent meals for a week or two following and give the grownups a bit more free time of an evening...Nasi Goreng is great and easy. Just boil some rice in one pot, then fry up whatever you've got leftover/hanging around (although it must contain at least one chilli). Mix up 1 tbsp tomato ketchup, 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp vinegar and 1 tsp sugar. When the rice is done, add it to the pan and add the ketchup-soy sauce-vinegar-sugar mix. Done. Easy, and you can put whatever you like in it. I usually use garlic, mushrooms, onions, carrots, peppers and ham.
Cheap as chips.
Which reminds me, chips are cheap.
Cheap as chips.
Which reminds me, chips are cheap.
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