How to eat healthy as a vegetarian college student?

I will be living off campus and have a full kitchen with a stove, microwave, steam cooker, and a toaster oven. I have been a vegetarian for 2 years now but I am worried that when I go to college I won't have as much time or money to cook and eat healthy. So what are some easy, healthy, and tasty vegetarian meals and snacks?



I have also never had to grocery shop for myself before, so any tips for that would be great.How to eat healthy as a vegetarian college student?
Cheap: dried beans (but you have to PLAN ahead with these, soak 24 hours before cooking and cook for one hour), or canned beans are relatively cheap. Do you have a food processor? Hummus is sooo cheap to make yourself.

Giant bag of basmati rice for $15 would last you months, get a rice cooker from a garage sale.

Onions, mushrooms, garlic, ginger all very cheap and make veggies tasty.

Nuts, buy in bulk: pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds (both very good on salads), almonds, broken cashews (they are cheap if you buy them broken! and a handful has 10g or protein in it).

Take nuts and raisins to school, make wraps with leftovers from dinner if you make a stir fry, cooked fried tofu is good cold so you can make a sandwich out of it. Pasta salads are good too, add some beans or nuts/seeds for protein.

As for shopping, you will soon realize that frozen prepared foods are a rip off, so make it yourself, they are also low in nutrition so you may run into problems. Veggie burgers are expensive so eat them as a treat, don't eat them every day (they are a processed food anyway, not healthy)



Go to www.fatfreevegan.com

very cheap ingredients, you don't need a "natural food" store to get the supplies, and quick to make.



Bean and Rice Salad

http://www.fatfreevegan.com/grains/bean.鈥?/a>



Black Bean Sloppy Joes

http://www.fatfreevegan.com/beans2/1105.鈥?/a>



Curried Chickpeas

http://www.fatfreevegan.com/beans/currie鈥?/a>



Green Bean and Chickpea Salad

http://www.fatfreevegan.com/salads/1149.鈥?/a>
I was faced with this problem last year, its so easy to fall into an unhealthy diet in college and with the extra difficulty of being a veggie too!



Making your own pizzas is healthy and fun, and you can just make them in bulk and freeze them so they keep and you don't have to worry about it for the week. Obviously put whatever you want on them :)



Other things that you can make healthily and easily and keep by for a few meals are homemade curries, homemade soups, things like veggie chilli or lasagne.



If you just want to throw together something quick though, fajitas and tacos are fantastic with some veggie chicken style pieces and veggies. And one of my favourite super quick ones was pasta with pesto - exactly as it says boil some pasta and stir in some pesto, and its really nice :)



good luck!How to eat healthy as a vegetarian college student?
Buy lots and lots of veggies. Make a huge salad and put it in the fridge. Don't dress it though. Whenever you want a salad you can just take some out and dress it. Try to make enough to last about a week.

Do this like every Sunday or a day you have time.

Amys organics has lots of vegetarian meals, but try to limit it to once a week.

Soy is a good replacement, but again, soy is a product you want to try to limit your intake of, maybe once or twice a week.

Erins popcorn is a good brand of unbuttered airpopped popcorn. This makes a good snack.

Buy lots of fresh fruit. Try for organic, it costs a bit more but is worth it. Every morning eat some fruit, if your in a hurry, grabbing an apple

Is better than no breakfast at all. Fruit makes a good snack also
Okay, great website, link is at the bottom. Tons of easy vegan recipes that can easily be turned vegetarian. It's actually very easy to be a vegetarian college student. Make a weekly meal planner.



And, shop at a large supermarket, like Superstore or Sobey's. And, go to a health food store, if you like. Make a list.





http://www.vegweb.com/How to eat healthy as a vegetarian college student?
I have two easy/tasty vegetarain recipes:



BOCCONCHINI PIZZA - its my favorite!



Ingredients:

- Pizza bases (preferably thicker ones)

- Bocconchini cheese

- Mozzarella Cheese

- Tomato %26amp; Garlic Pasta sauce

- Fresh Basil

- an onion



Use the pasta sauce as the pizza sauce - it gives it a much better taste than the usual tomato paste stuff! Free some and take them for lunch ect...



PEA + PINE NUT PASTA



Ingredients:

- Fettachini Pasta

- Pine Nuts

- Frozen Peas

- Crushed Garlic

- Olive Oil

- Parmasen Cheese



Cooking Instructions:

Cook Pasta and peas in seperate pots. Mash the peas when they are cooked and add to the cooked pasta. Add pineuts, some crushed garlic and a dash of olive oil. Spinkle some parmasen cheese on top!
Basically I ate a lot of Kraft Dinner mac n cheese, and Ichibon soup.

Get lots of veggies, cut them up, put them in a container and eat them when you feel like it, or put them in a stirfry with tofu.

Sometimes I notice that i buy a lot of food, mainly fruits and veggies which go bad before I get a chance to eat them, so stock up on lots of frozen fruits and veggies.
hey there. ive been a vegetarian for 2 years now and i have dormed before. let me tell u its really hard to stay healthy and live on campus and off in my own apatment. u will have to make some time though and cook once in a while instead of ordering out all the time bc that does add up. boca and morningstar farms brands r good veggie products to have in ur freezer. hopefully there are stores by ur apt. that have fresh vegetables. another brand that is good for cold cuts is tofurky brand. i dont know if u eat real cheese but if u dont there is veggie cheeses that ive seen at food stores called wholefoods, wegmans, and shoprites. also if this will make it easier for u, theres this site i buy from that is my mock meats. their foods r cheap but its about 20 dollars for shipping. but they r worth it. good luck to u!
buy ONLY what you need, so you avoid spending extra money. Beans, lentils, legumes, tofu, milk, eggs, nuts, and whole grains are all sources of protein. Super simple recipe would be black beans on a whole grain tortilla with a glass of milk and some salsa. :-)
The link to Vegweb is definately a good source. I'd also try the search engine (or Amazon books) and look up "College" and "Vegetarian". There are a couple of cookbooks specifically designed for college veggies.
I don't got o college, but I use this cookbook anyways. It's for vegans, but the recipes are awesome! (:



It's called the Vegan College Cookbook. PETA made it!
Enjoy the wholesome goodness of some healthy carrots. You can prepare wholesome carrots so many different ways. You won't hardly need any other provisions.
Pasta, beans, rice....these are all very affordable. Be sure to splurge on fruits %26amp; veggies. Frozen fruit/veggies is a good option since you don't have to worry about it spoiling, hence more cost effective.
You could eat things like....

Veggie burgers, veggie hot dogs, vegetarian lasagna, pasta without meat in it, veggie pizza, salads, veggies, fruit...stuff like that.
http://cookingfunfood.blogspot.com
Zere ist a brand called Amy's Kitchen

zay have healthy microwavable vegan meals.
1-tofu

2-make a list
I actually eat much better when I cook for myself. Be glad that you don't have to scavenge through campus food to find healthy vegetarian options!



You will have no problems whatsoever.



Do you have a Costco membership? If so, you should go there to stock up on the basics: flour, sugar, canned beans, canned tomatoes, olive oil, etc... your pantry essentials.



Buy fresh veggies for salads, etc. Buy them whole first, and if you find that they go bad because you don't chop them up, start buying pre-cut. More expensive, but worth it if you eat them. I always keep frozen vegetables on hand. I toss them into soup. Some of the blends are good stir-fried. I eat frozen peas out of hand. Yum.



Be sure you have some onions and garlic in the kitchen at all times. The enliven everything and make it all worth eating.



I also suggest asking Mom or Dad for a quick cooking lesson (or ten) before you leave. Go grocery shopping (and/or make the list with the cook/shopper) with them. In short, get used to it before you need to do it.