cookbook or website for VERY easy, clean healthy dinners for a student

[Anonymous]

My son has a summer internship somewhere he has to get his own food (except for breakfast and lunch on workdays)
For dinner, he's just been having a microwavable frozen dinner.
He needs better nutrition.

I'd like to send him a list of ideas, or a cookbook or website for easy dinners. He only has a fridge (and freezer), sink and microwave (shared with 3 others).

There is access to a shared kitchen in a dorm lounge, but he's introverted and says there's always too many people using it. (Yes, I know he should join forces with people and they should take turns cooking, or cook together, but I can't force that.)

Beyond carrots and hummus, and I haven't thought of good dinner ideas.

Would love suggestions (if not for a cookbook, just for a meal!)

[Anonymous]

OP here,
I guess on weeknights, if he has veggies at lunch, he could have sandwiches for dinner. But he also needs some ideas for weekend meals.

[Anonymous]

Can he get a hotpot to make pastas and soups? Maybe a toaster oven too

[Anonymous]

Microwave oatmeal cups

[Anonymous]

He can microwave scrambled eggs, add cheese, English muffin

[Anonymous]

Rotisserie chickens warmed in microwave, baked potato in microwave

[Anonymous]

Meal delivery service line Factor where he just microwaves food.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Microwave oatmeal cups

That’s not going to be enough for a guy doing internship for dinner. My 2 yr old nephew wouldn’t consider that enough food!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Meal delivery service line Factor where he just microwaves food.

thank you everyone!

I think I will try this service. I hate meal services because of all the wasted packaging, but this doesn't seem much worse in that regard than getting microwavable meals from the store. And this will offer (probably) better nutrition and more variety.

[Anonymous]

So you want meal ideas that can be cooked in microwave, or no cooking needed, right? (not knocking it, just clarifying)

Agree with the suggestion to get a hot pot. He can then make pasta. Two common "meals" I made in college using my hot pot were:

- pasta tossed with evoo and a little soy sauce and dijon mustard, with canned tuna flaked in and drained canned peas
- mac and cheese with microwaved broccoli florets stirred in

I think the idea to microwave eggs is a good one - he could then heat in the microwave tortillas with shredded cheese and top with scrambled eggs, fold up like quesadilla (or use drained canned black beans in place of or in addition to the eggs). If he likes spice, add some sriacha or cholula sauce.

Last, does he have room for a toaster oven? If so that is a game changer bc he could use it as a mini oven and make chicken tenders, etc in it.

[Anonymous]

Op, the way he manages meals is more likely to look nothing like you expect.

[Anonymous]

Park your helicopter. Abort mission.

[Anonymous]

A student who is eating microwave meals is not going to 1) read through a cookbook and choose a recipe, 2) shop for the ingredients, 3) be able to cook the food with a microwave and an electric kettle, 4) clean his dishes, and 5) tell you the truth about not cooking the food

This reminds me of the post asking for "cool intern bars" for their son to go to.

[Anonymous]

Lady, you're high if you think he's going to use a cookbook to figure out dinner when he doesn't even have a kitchen he's comfortable using. He'll eat cup o soups and crap like that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Park your helicopter. Abort mission.

Absolutely!! He will survive.