Lunch Advice

[Bodysurfer]

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So I'm a commuter that a lot of times is at school from morning to night.

Does anyone have know of a website or book that can give college students advice about what to cook/make for lunch?

Thanks

 

[BlueLabel]

So I'm a commuter that a lot of times is at school from morning to night.

Does anyone have know of a website or book that can give college students advice about what to cook/make for lunch?

Thanks

This is my moment.

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Also I found this in 3 seconds on google: http://www.unh.edu/health-services/good_eats/contents.html

 

[Ismet]

So I'm a commuter that a lot of times is at school from morning to night.

Does anyone have know of a website or book that can give college students advice about what to cook/make for lunch?

Thanks

You're a commuter, so the advice geared towards college students (aka those who live in a dorm or have an apartment nearby) won't apply to you. If you've ever had a job where you got a lunch break, it's just like that. Make your lunch the night before and take it with you in the morning. Sandwiches and salads are easy, or you can cook something in bulk and refrigerate/freeze in tupperware containers if you have access to a microwave at school. Any cookbook or food website will do.

 

[Chillbo Baggins]

What I did for days/semesters with an all-day schedule: made two sandwiches the night before and stuck them in zip-loc bags, mixed up Gatorade in a liter-sized Nalgene and stuck it in the fridge, and dropped a few granola bars or slim jims in my backpack.

Also, try to figure out which campus student orgs give out free lunch on certain days; it's glorious.

 

[ciestar]

What I did for days/semesters with an all-day schedule: made two sandwiches the night before and stuck them in zip-loc bags, mixed up Gatorade in a liter-sized Nalgene and stuck it in the fridge, and dropped a few granola bars or slim jims in my backpack.

Also, try to figure out which campus student orgs give out free lunch on certain days; it's glorious.

+1
Especially the math department on PI day 👍

 

[Being]

PBJ erryday.

 

[Pennypacker MD]

Get a girlfriend and have her make sandwiches for you

 

[La Presse]

If you want food delivered while on campus, Grubhub is amazing.

 

[Mr Avante]

If you want food delivered while on campus, Grubhub is amazing.

I knew you were rich

 

[PittNeuro21]

What I did for days/semesters with an all-day schedule: made two sandwiches the night before and stuck them in zip-loc bags, mixed up Gatorade in a liter-sized Nalgene and stuck it in the fridge, and dropped a few granola bars or slim jims in my backpack.

Also, try to figure out which campus student orgs give out free lunch on certain days; it's glorious.

This is so true. FREE hot chocolate in the morning is always a morale booster.

 

[Mt Kilimanjaro]

1) Buy glass containers with plastic lids.

2) Make chili or soup.

3) heat up.

4) eat

 

[CarlosDanger]

PBJ erryday.

Exactly. I've tried so many types of Jelly over the last 3 years - I'll do jam, preserves, even some chutney. I keep coming back to strawberry jelly...so scrummy.

 

[PinknGreenMD]

So I'm a commuter that a lot of times is at school from morning to night.

Does anyone have know of a website or book that can give college students advice about what to cook/make for lunch?

Thanks

All of the following titles are clickable. Click on each one to visit that website.
The Starving Medical Student

The University of Minnesota - Medical Student Well Being

The University of Michigan - Medical Student Cookbook PDF

 

[BlueLabel]

Exactly. I've tried so many types of Jelly over the last 3 years - I'll do jam, preserves, even some chutney. I keep coming back to strawberry jelly...so scrummy.

Grape jelly or GTFO

 

[Deadlifts]

As a fellow commuter, I've had way too many days where I've had to resort to overpriced Panda Express and the like on campus. Luckily, my girlfriend lives really close to campus so I can use her fridge if needed.

Things that make my life way easier:
Costco/Sam's Club membership. (Foster Farms chicken, salmonella be damned)
Glassware with snap-on lids
Small icechest in my car
Crockpot and Traeger

But for the days I'm commuting, I like to bring:
Peanut butter and crackers / zip-lock of trail mix / protein bar
Apple or some fruit that can hold up in a backpack
Workout days I bring a shaker cup with whey in it. Just add water, brotein.
Sandwich or whatever

Things I cook to bring (generally bulk cook on the weekends):
Salmon and rice (Wild salmon can be pricy for a college budget. The canned stuff from Costco is decent)
Pulled pork and sweet potatoes (pulled pork in a crock pot is pretty much fire-and-forget all day)
Chicken stir fry

 

[lucitrea]

I try to bring food that doesn't spoil quickly bit it's hard sometimes so I just bring an ice pack. I bring a lot of fruit and fruit cups as well as different types of bread from trader joes or wherever. I also have a costco box of cup noodles and chips in my car in case I ever forget to being lunch. I wonder if it would make sense to freeze the dinner portion so it'll thaw by that time ?

 

[La Presse]

Gee, I'm over here eatin' big plates. You premeds starving haha -_-

 

[Bodysurfer]

Thanks for e advice all! I usually have a PB&J and some fruit/granula bars, along with some peanuts + choco chips but was looking to upgrade

 

[yehhhboiii]

bananas, apples and oranges are clutch
spaghetti with meat and sauce is great
sandwiches (maybe roast beef. i tried egg sandwiches and they got soggy)
salad with dressing
peanut butter sandwiches don't really fill you up so if you're doing that then make like 3
chips

 

[CarlosDanger]

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[BlueLabel]

Grape jelly is extremely solid, but kind of like that first blonde you dated in college who turned out to be crazy. The long term term choice is the brunette, aka strawberry jelly.

Good memories. She was absolutely psycho. You're dead wrong on this one though tony

 

[Status Sciaticus]

I usually cook a day's meals the night before.
Seal it in 3-4 tupperware cases in a coolbox.



Oh and Nutella >>> Grape > Strawberry

 

[BlueLabel]

I usually cook a day's meals the night before.
Seal it in 3-4 tupperware cases in a coolbox.



Oh and Nutella >>> Grape > Strawberry

Nutella is definitely next-level rad

Excellent bagel topper (next-level breakfast maneuver)

 

[Reckoner]

Nutella is definitely next-level rad

Excellent bagel topper (next-level breakfast maneuver)

One half bagel: peanut butter, other half: Nutella. Combine to form bagel sandwich. Great breakfast, or greatest?

 

[Chillbo Baggins]

I'm a big fan of the Nutella-PB sandwich; it really sticks to your ribs. With jellys, grape is always solid, but I'm also really partial to apple butter.

Let me tell you, a Nutella-apple butter sandwich tastes like caramel apple pie. It's the weirdest and bestest.

 

[BlueLabel]

One half bagel: peanut butter, other half: Nutella. Combine to form bagel sandwich. Great breakfast, or greatest?

If using crunchy peanut butter, definitely top tier

 

[Status Sciaticus]

I'm a big fan of the Nutella-PB sandwich; it really sticks to your ribs. With jellys, grape is always solid, but I'm also really partial to apple butter.

Let me tell you, a Nutella-apple butter sandwich tastes like caramel apple pie. It's the weirdest and bestest.

Dip a cold banana in warm Nutella. Kind of like a bluth banana from Arrested Development.
You'll thank me later.

 

[Ismet]

If y'all like Nutella and have a Trader Joe's nearby, check out their Cookie Butter + Cocoa swirl spread. The cocoa part tastes like Nutella, and cookie butter is amazing. Together = heaven!

 

[Chillbo Baggins]

If using crunchy peanut butter, definitely top tier

I've always been a creamy PB guy, myself.

If y'all like Nutella and have a Trader Joe's nearby, check out their Cookie Butter + Cocoa swirl spread. The cocoa part tastes like Nutella, and cookie butter is amazing. Together = heaven!

ARE YOU SAYING IT'S LIKE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH.

Because if it is, that sounds like it descended from the heavens.

 

[CarlosDanger]

Dip a cold banana in warm Nutella. Kind of like a bluth banana from Arrested Development.
You'll thank me later.

Theres money in the banana stand.

If y'all like Nutella and have a Trader Joe's nearby, check out their Cookie Butter + Cocoa swirl spread. The cocoa part tastes like Nutella, and cookie butter is amazing. Together = heaven!

Sounds pretty amazing, but maybe too sweet for me. On the other hand, I ate a lot of rice krispies treats cereal in college - can only find it at walmart now though, go figure.

 

[Reckoner]

If using crunchy peanut butter, definitely top tier

Always crunchy.

 

[BlueLabel]

This is the greatest thread I've read in weeks.

 

[Womb Raider]

Grape jelly is extremely solid, but kind of like that first blonde you dated in college who turned out to be crazy. The long term term choice is the brunette, aka strawberry jelly.

+1 Damn that made me laugh.