College food isn't the worst, but it's still pretty bad. The the food from campus cafeterias, bistros, and cafes isn't necessarily horrible everywhere or all the time, but see, a lot of college students are broke – to say the least.
Recipe: spoonuniversity.com
For example, why not use potato chips to bread boneless, skinless chicken breasts? Make meatballs coated in Cheetos.
Recipe: culinarybrodown.com
Put it on a burger. Deep fry it. Create queso – or how about a mac and cheese quesadilla?
Recipe: seriouseats.com
There are seriously so many things to do with ramen noodles. You can make burgers, put together a proper ramen bowl with delicious broth and a fresh egg, or you can just put some hot sauce on it. You can get surprisingly fancy with your noodles.
Recipe: mastercook.com
There's always tater tot casserole, not to mention tater tot grilled cheese, tater tots turned into hash, tater tots in a breakfast burrito … you get the idea.
Recipe: popsugar.com
Uhm, yeah, you can do this. Healthy, cheap, easy, so much more delicious than those hellishly hot abominations that come out of the microwave, ready to sear your tongue and steal your soul.
Recipe: lifealittlebrighter.com
That counts as a meal, right? Apparently, this is actually called a “pizzadilla.” Whatever it is, it looks frigging delicious.
Recipe: thekitchn.com
Forget McDonald's. Forget the cafeteria. Just DIY a delicious breakfast – or lunch, or dinner, who cares? You're in college now, you can have breakfast for dinner if you want.
Recipe: thekitchenpaper.com
So, back to the subject of “kind of quesadillas,” this is a Margherita Quesadilla. It's a cheap, easy way to get a little elegant, since tomatoes, fresh mozzarella, and basil are always generally awesome.
Recipe: tastykitchen.com
Except it actually is, at least if you love nachos. Nachos are not just a snack, you know. Throw together the right ingredients, all college-friendly, and you get some good eats.
Recipe: parmesan.com
Pitas are easy, pizzas are delicious – what else do you need to know?
Recipe: flippindelicious.com
These enchiladas take ten minutes. Do you understand the scope of that? Ten minutes from right now, you could be eating enchiladas.
Recipe: fitnesstreats.com
I mean, if you spend have your time and money having pizza delivered anyway, you might as well make it yourself in the cleanest, most convenient way possible, right?
Recipe: nu.spoonuniversity.com
I don't know how this tastes, either.
Recipe: kidcrave.com
With bacon. What an update, right?
Recipe: asimplepantry.com
I'd say I'm sorry for all the pizza recipes … but I would be lying, and lying is wrong.
Recipe: moresweetsplease.com
Not kidding.
Okay, coeds, who's taste testing all of these first?
h/t: buzzfeed.com, buzzfeed.com