Students find ways to eat while saving time and money
Dollar pizzas, hot pockets, cereal, bread, peanut butter, jam, spaghetti noodles (and sauce) and the good old college staple: Top Ramen. Sound like a familiar list?
Many students buy the same simple meals week after week, finding it difficult to budget both their health and their pocketbooks, said Michael George, a sophomore from Omaha, Neb.
George said that his daily diet consists of no breakfast, a sandwich for lunch and a bowl of cereal for dinner, all for the basic reasons of money and time.
Many other students have similar difficulties with their meals.
[The students] only have 15 to 30 minutes between classes and they don’t really have time to go home and cook something,
said Mark Kam, a freshman from Sugar City, Idaho.
For many students, homework, tests and dating take up so much of their days that they feel time spent in the kitchen should be limited to a second priority.
I won’t cook anything that requires more time to make it than to eat it. It’s not worth it,
George said.
Can students have tasty food and healthier options without sacrificing 30 minutes or money?
Steve Malla, a sophomore from Katmandu, Nepal, has a few suggestions for achieving this goal, such as adding more vegetables while cooking scrambled eggs. He also suggests a more extravagant version of Top Ramen made by mixing in meats and vegetables.
To save time and money, Victor Mejia, a junior from Guatemala City, Guatemala, said he enjoys making arroz Guatamalteco, Guatemalan-style rice.
This meal combines the flavors of rice, chicken, a variety of vegetables and any spices desired. 
