Eating Healthy In College: Part 2

In Eating Healthy in College: Part 1, I discussed some techniques to eating healthy with limited time, space, and money. I showed you some ideas of foods to stock your pantry, fridge and freezer with. Now, I will offer some meal ideas using the foods from that first post.

MEAL IDEAS

Breakfast options:

• Whole Wheat Breakfast Bagel or Toast

• Peanut butter toast with a “Hearty Berry Smoothie”

• Cinnamon oatmeal or hot rice cereal with fruit and nuts

• Pancakes with fruit and yogurt. Use the mix suggested in the previous post, or make my Whole Wheat Pancake recipe.

• Breakfast Burritos– Make the whole recipe and store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge to be warmed for breakfast through out the week.

• Toasted Whole Wheat English Muffins topped with red bell pepper eggs and/or mashed avocados with a tomato slab.

• Cold cereal with nuts and fruit

Lunch options:

• Grilled avocado and “Hearty Red Pepper Hummus” Panini
• Hearty Tuna Sandwich or Tuna Mix with Whole Wheat Crackers

• Baked potato with broccoli, cheese, Greek Yogurt, green onions

• Hearty Quinoa Salad– You can make this salad out of your brown jasmine rice instead of the quinoa if needed.

Snacks:

• Greek yogurt mixed with honey, fruit, and nuts

• Hearty Roasted Red Pepper Hummus with celery, carrots, and bell pepper (Follow the link to the super easy recipe!)

• Ants on a Log- Celery filled with peanut butter and topped with raisins.

• Cottage cheese with grapes or cherry tomatoes

• Cliff or Luna Bar
• Apples and/or carrots with peanut butter

Dinners:

• Stir fry with cashews over brown jasmine rice

• Whole wheat penne pasta and marinara sauce with green vegetable
• Chili Beans over Corn Waffle with fruit salad
  
• Chili Cheese Baked Potato

• Spinach and tuna salad with cheese bread

• Chicken Caesar Salad (or any other bagged mix) with garlic cheese bread
• Grilled or baked chicken with steamed veggie mix

Happy Studying!!