10 Healthy and Affordable Food Recipes for College Students
Students living in boarding houses often face challenges in consuming healthy and nutritious food due to time and budget constraints. However, there are many simple recipes that are delicious, economical, and easy to make.
Here are 10 healthy and affordable recipes suitable for students living in boarding houses:
1. Stir-fried Tofu and Mustard Greens
Ingredients: Tofu, mustard greens, garlic, chili (optional), soy sauce, and oil.
How to Make:
Cube the tofu and fry until the skin is browned.
Slice the mustard greens, garlic, and chili.
Saute the garlic until fragrant, then add the mustard greens and chili.
Add the tofu, soy sauce, and a little water. Cook until all ingredients are cooked and the flavors are absorbed.
2. Vegetable Omelette Rice
Ingredients: Rice, egg, carrot, spring onion, salt, and pepper. How to Make:
Beat the eggs, then mix with the rice, grated carrots, sliced spring onions, salt, and pepper.
Heat a little oil in a pan, then pour in the mixture and spread evenly.
Cook until cooked through on both sides.
3. Tofu Egg Soup
Ingredients: Eggs, silken tofu, spring onions, garlic, and salt.
How to Make:
Bring water to a boil.
Add the sliced garlic, then the tofu.
Then, slowly add the beaten eggs, stirring constantly until they form foamy balls.
Season with salt and spring onions. Cook briefly until cooked through.
4. Garlic Water Spinach
Ingredients: Water spinach, garlic, salt, and oil.
How to Make:
Clean and wash the water spinach.
Sauté the sliced garlic until fragrant.
Add the water spinach and stir quickly. Add salt and a little water.
Cook briefly until the water spinach wilts.
5. Carrot Scrambled Eggs
Ingredients: Eggs, carrots, cabbage, shallots, garlic, salt, and pepper.
Cooking Instructions:
Thinly slice the shallots, garlic, carrots, and cabbage.
Heat the oil, then sauté the shallots and garlic.
Add the carrots and cabbage and stir well.
Add the eggs and scramble until cooked through. Add salt and pepper.
6. Stir-fried Tempeh and Long Beans
Ingredients: Tempeh, long beans, shallots, garlic, sweet soy sauce, and oil.
Cooking Instructions:
Cut the tempeh and long beans to taste.
Sauté the tempeh until slightly dry, then drain. Sauté the sliced shallots and garlic until fragrant.
Add the long beans and tempeh, then add the sweet soy sauce and a little water.
Cook until the long beans are cooked through.
7. Potato Croquettes
Ingredients: Potatoes, celery, shallots, garlic, pepper, and eggs.
How to Make:
Steam or boil the potatoes until soft. Mash the potatoes.
Mash the shallots, garlic, and pepper.
Mix the ground spices into the mashed potatoes. Add the sliced celery. Mix well.
Form the mixture into flat balls.
Dip the croquettes in the beaten egg, then fry until golden brown.
8. Stir-fried Green Beans and Corn
Ingredients: Green beans, corn kernels, garlic, and salt.
How to Make:
Slice the green beans, then wash them thoroughly along with the corn kernels.
Saute the sliced garlic until fragrant.
Add the green beans and corn kernels. Add a little water and salt.
Cook until the green beans and corn are cooked through.
9. Sardine Eggs
Ingredients: Canned sardines, eggs, shallots, garlic, and chilies (optional).
How to Cook:
Slice the shallots, garlic, and chilies.
Sauté the shallots and sliced chilies until fragrant.
Add the canned sardines. Cook briefly.
Crack the egg on top. Cover the pan until the egg is cooked.
10. Instant Noodles with Egg and Vegetables
Ingredients: Instant noodles, egg, and vegetables (green mustard greens or bok choy).
Cooking Instructions:
Cook the instant noodles as usual.
When the noodles are almost done, add the egg and vegetables.
Cook briefly until all ingredients are cooked through.
