It’s never been easier to make nutritious student recipes and student meals at university. This post is for you if you want to learn some new student meal ideas. To improve your health, make a student meal plan!
Student Meals Should Be Easy To Make
Student meals should be simple to prepare and cook! Try to keep a collection of student recipes on hand for when you’re at a loss about what to cook.
Some Student Meal Ideas
Here is a list of classic student meals that you may include in your schedule to make your life easier:
- Chicken Pasta Salad
- Thai Red/Green Curry
- Spaghetti Bolognese
- Poke Bowl
- Chicken Potpie
- Macaroni & Cheese
- Chicken With Roasted Potatoes & Vegetables
- Buddha Bowl
- Pasta Bake
- A Mini Roast
- Baked Oats
- Fish Pie
- Vegetable Soup
- Carbonara
- Overnight Oats
- Creole Jambalaya
- Steak With Roasted Potatoes & Vegetables
- Chicken Noodle Soup
- Cottage Pie
- Bean & Beef Slow-Cooked Chili
- Lasagna
- Chicken Or Vegetable Katsu Curry
Create A Student Meal Plan
A student meal plan for students can help you organise your week for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I can also help you save money by purchasing the ingredients you require at the supermarket. A student meal plan means you will spend less money and have less waste at the end of the week since you will be purchasing a fixed number of ingredients, which is better for the environment.
Quick Student Recipes
Here’s an example of a breakfast, lunch, and dinner plan!
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Breakfast
Baked Oats
Here’s a creative twist on traditional oatmeal for breakfast. All you need are oats, baking powder, maple syrup or honey, an egg, a banana, and any other toppings you want to add, such as berries or chocolate.
Recipe:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C, fan 160°C, gas 4 for the basic recipe. Blitz In a high-speed blender, combine 40g rolled oats, 12 teaspoon baking powder, 2 teaspoon maple syrup, 1 egg, and a banana.
- You should have a smooth liquid that is free of lumps and flakes. Pour into a dish and bake for 25-30 minutes, or until fully risen. Enjoy!
Lunch
Poke Bowl
If you enjoy sushi, you will enjoy this lunch choice. Poke bowls are a terrific universal student recipe since they can be completely customised. All you need is your protein of choice, which is usually fish such as salmon or tuna. Then add some veggies like avocado, cucumber cubes, and shredded carrots. Rice can be either brown or white; the choice is yours! If you have green onion and black sesame seeds on hand, you may add these. Finally, add condiments such as honey, rice vinegar, soy sauce, mayonnaise, and sriracha as desired.
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Recipe:
- Prepare the rice. You may also do this step ahead of time because it may take a little longer.
- The fish should be marinated. Place into a medium mixing bowl. Mix in the soy sauce, rice vinegar, and honey and set aside to marinate while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
- Make the spicy mayonnaise. In a small bowl, combine the mayo and sriracha. To blend, stir everything together. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Put the bowls together. Fill a bowl halfway with cooked rice. Serve the marinated fish on top of the rice. Arrange the cucumber, carrot, and other garnishes around it. Distribute the avocado on top in a fan shape. If used, top with sesame seeds and sliced green onion. Drizzle with spicy mayo.
You could also cook your protein in bulk and prepare this dinner fast after a hard day on campus. It is absolutely one to add to your student meal plan because it is fresh and nutritious.
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Dinner
Chicken Or Vegetable Katsu Curry
This is a classic meal that you can add to your student meal plan to make in bulk. Here’s how to prepare it!
For the sauce: 2-3 tablespoons vegetable oil, 1 onion, 1 garlic clove, 1 ginger piece, 1 teaspoon turmeric, 2 tablespoons mild curry powder, 1 tablespoon plain flour 100ml coconut milk, 300ml chicken or vegetable stock 1 tsp. soy sauce and 1 tsp. sugar
For the dish: 120g rice (any variety), Katsu katsu sauce (see above) 2 skinless chicken breasts or vegetables, 50g plain flour, 2 eggs, 100g breadcrumbs, 75ml deep-frying vegetable oil, and assorted salad leaves
Recipe:
- Begin softening the onions, garlic, and ginger for the sauce. Then stir in the curry powder and turmeric. Cook on low to medium heat for a few minutes. Cook for 1 minute with the spices after adding the flour. Add the chicken stock gradually, followed by the 100ml coconut milk. Add sugar, salt, and a splash of soy sauce to taste.
- Coat chicken fillets with flour after splitting them in half. Cover in flour then each one in the egg, then in the breadcrumbs. Place the chicken in the pan and cook both sides. Cook the fillets until they are golden brown. For the vegetable option, pan-fry your choice of vegetables as desired.
- Strain curry sauce through a sieve, a little bit at a time.
- Slice the chicken into lengths and plate up next to the rice. Add salad, or wok-fried greens to the plate alongside, then drench in curry sauce. Serve hot and enjoy!
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So pull out your planner and include these new student meals in your meal plan!
