college food plan

[Timexwatch]

Buy what you can in bulk. The bulk rice thing is a good idea. Buying lower grade meat that you can cook up and divide for the week is good.

Also go to as many campus events as possible. If my Uni is like anyone else's then there's usually free pizza/soda/snacks at many events. If you participate in students orgs, many will skim and use some of the cash for food.

If you can, work at or get to know anyone working in food services. Working food service jobs means free food.

Pool your cash with at least a few of your buddies and buy a pizza or three a week. Most pizza places near campus offer cheap 2 for 1 specials that give you a huge bang for your buck.

[Kramerman]

Originally posted by Oerdin
Wasn't there a college kid who got scurvy from eating nothing but cup of noodles for two years?

Seriously, I remember a thread about that.

DAMN! i was planning on living on that in the fall when my friend got up here... but i dont want scurvy... but it sure is good...

[MRT144]

timex i may try to get a food job myself. the job i was trying to get fell through because someone else filled it. but i pray that my roommate is in the cooking program at my school and there is more than enough food.

[Dinner]

Originally posted by MRT144
shi, i dont want a social life. i want to do well in school, make music, and do well in school.

If you want to do well in school then get a social life. Seriously, study groups & having people to call when you really can't figure out a problem is invaluable.

Not to meantion no one gets laid by sitting in their room all day. College is fun so enjoy it while it lasts.

[MRT144]

oerdin, i mean social life in the context of doing social activities like partying and sexing. im all for tutoring and study groups.

ive had my fun in life and now its time to get serious about my future because im writing my dad out of my life after college.

[Kramerman]

Not to meantion no one gets laid by sitting in their room all day. College is fun so enjoy it while it lasts.

damn! i knew i was doing somethn wrong...

[chequita guevara]

rice, beans, tuna, wheat bread, peanut butter, jelly, and don't forget fresh fruits and veggies.

[Dinner]

MRT: Partying and sexing is part oif the social bonding your going to remember. Also mixing socially is a great way to build up your network of friends which will have many advantages in a field like art.


Have you thought of joining a co-op? I can remember several people living in the local co-op when I went to UCSB. The price was reasonable and the food was included but you had to work as part of the commune as well as just pay rent.

[chequita guevara]

Having a social life in college is imperative. It's not what you know, it's who you know in the post-college world that determines your success. I've gotten a few jobs because of college contacts. Hell, I have amy whole career due to college contacts.

[MRT144]

thats true oerdin. i know i will take time to party and sex when im in school but my priorities are doing well in school so that i can make something of myself.

i do find pleasure in making music though and hopefully that will become a social activity in itself.

[Pekka]

Do what students here has to do.. get a huge loan or get work . It's a challenge!

[Cruddy]

Originally posted by MRT144
cruddy what if i got a high fiber cereal?

i wish i went to a college with a cafeteria but this is a little art school where you have your own apartment and nothing is the way it seems. we have our own little kitchen and everything. I will have a roommate too so i might be able to mooch off his stash for a while too.

Still not as good as fresh fruit pal. Sure, it's technically got more fibre - but that fibre isn't saturated with sugars and vitamins. Basically the gut realises it has next to nothing and gets rid of it soonest.

Remember, MIXTURE. Balanced diet. Not all of one thing.

Maybe having Pizza evening (lot cheaper if you MAKE it) and scrounge a meal or two in return.

What else? Oh yeah, freezers. Even thos crummy pint size camping ones - they can save you a bomb.

If you know how to make some kind of huge vegetarian stew/mexican beans/whatever dish (MEGA portions, far too much to eat) then a freezer helps save it till you want to reheat in a sauce pan. Just cook it up in a big pan, let it cool a little, diviide it into portions (lots of plastic packagking gets thrown away - why not wash and reuse, eh?) them cram it in to your freezer. 5 portions plus the fresh one in the pan is almost 1 weeks main meals - and you can make them pretty damn big portions.

It's not GREAT TASTING - but if you go Textured Vegetable Protein and a few spices (Garam Masala is good if you DON'T dig chilli) then yoo can churn out pretty damn hot meals for less than McDonalds do. OK, there's no actual meat in them - I've been on this sort of crap for years so I can make a pretty good chilli if I put my mind to eat.

Remember processed + sugar + no vits = bad

DIY + Vegetables + Fruit + Cereal/Rice/Bread = good.

Don't be mean and budget ALL your bread. Leave some over for emergencies like oil, salt, garlic, coffee, whatever.

[chequita guevara]

Oh, get brown rice instead of white rice. It has more vitamins.

[Pekka]

noodels. Every day. That's what I'm planning to do.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Pekka
noodels. Every day. That's what I'm planning to do.

You'll get scurvy unless you eat some fruits and veggies.