5 Healthy Recipes that You Can Actually Make in Your Dorm

Finding healthy recipes that you can make on a budget is very rare. If you’re anything like me, then you do whatever you can to avoid the dining halls at your school that may not have the healthiest or best-tasting options. It’s nearly impossible to find healthy food online that doesn’t require ovens or mixers – tools that might not be readily available in your kitchenette or common room. If that’s the case, this is the right place for you! All dorm tested, and taste bud approved!

These recipes were taken from a Brazilian website, Tudogostoso.com.br, and translated for your convenience.

1. Tabbouleh

– 4 portions

What you need

1. 45 g of Bulgur Wheat
2. 200 g of diced tomatoes
3. 1 diced onion
4. 2 diced cucumbers
5. 1 cup shredded of parsley
6. 3 tablespoons of lemon juice
7. 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
8. Salt and pepper to taste
9. ¼ teaspoon of nutmeg
10. Shredded mint
11. ½ cup of diced onion chives

How to make it

• In a bowl, leave the wheat to soak in room temperature water for two hours
• After soaking, wash the wheat in running water. Wash in a sieve and gently run it with your hands to remove excess water
• Wash the onions in cold water, leave no excess water.
• Bring together all the other ingredients except for the tomatoes and leave it closed in the fridge for 8 hours.
• Add the tomatoes when serving.

2. Soy Burgers

-16 portions

What you need

1. 2 cups of textured soy protein
2. 1 diced onion
3. 3 diced garlic cloves
4. 1 diced tomato
5. 1 beat egg
6. ½ cup of water
7. ½ cup of flour
8. 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil
9. 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
10. Salt to taste
11. Onion chives, parsley, and oregano to taste

How to make it

• Leave the soy protein soaking in warm water for 10 minutes
• Squeeze to remove excess water
• Set it aside
• In a pan, heat the olive oil and braise the onions and garlic
• Bring together the tomatoes, parsley, and oregano
• Braise it
• Add the soy protein, soy sauce, and water.
• Boil until the water dries
• Put it in a bowl and let it cool
• Add the beat egg in last slowly until there’s a thick consistency
• Take portions and make it into balls
• Fry in a frying pan until cooked

3. Easy Ramen Soup

-8 portions

What you need

1. 500g of spaghetti
2. 5 chard leaves or 5 green cabbage leaves
3. 1 average sized carrot
4. 1 large onion
5. 5 green beans, already boiled
6. 1 small head of cauliflower
7. 200g of beef cut in strips
8. 200g of cubed chicken breasts
9. ½ a green pepper
10. 1 egg
11. 2 cups of soy sauce
12. 1 tablespoon of sugar
13. 4 tablespoons of cornstarch
14. Salt to taste

How to make it

• Cook the pasta in boiling water for 8-10 minutes
• Strain it and leave it to cool

-The Sauce-

• In a pan, put a bit of olive oil and fry the beef lightly then set aside
• Braise the chicken, now add the beef, add 750ml of water, the soy sauce, the sugar, and the salt
• Leave it to boil
• Beat the egg in a bowl and add the starch that has already been dissolved in a little bit of water, and add all the vegetables except for the chard/cabbage leaves
• Let the sauce thicken before adding the leaves
• Serve the sauce on top of the pasta

4. Stuffed Cauliflower

-4 portions

What you need

1. 1 medium sized cauliflower
2. 1 freezer bag
3. 100g of ham (optional)
4. 100g of cheese
5. ½ an onion
6. 1 teaspoon of puréed garlic
7. 1 cup of heavy cream
8. 4 tablespoons of grated cheese

How to make it

• Wash the cauliflower well and put it in a freezer bag and seal it
• Poke a hole with a fork and cook it in the microwave for 4 minutes
• Set aside after cooking
• Dice the ham and cheese into cubes and stuff it into the cauliflower’s cavities
• In a Pyrex (glass baking pan) put the onion and the garlic and cook it in the microwave for 2 minutes, then add the heavy cream and 2 tablespoons of the grated cheese
• Cook again in the microwave for 2 minutes
• Put the cauliflower on a plate
• Cover in the sauce and sprinkle the remaining grated cheese then cook in microwave for another 3 minutes

5. Brigadeirão (Brazilian chocolate pudding)-8 portions

What you need

1. 1 can of condensed milk
2. 1 can of table cream
3. 1 cup of powdered chocolate
4. 1 tablespoon of unsalted butter
5. 3 eggs
6. Chocolate sprinkles

How to make it

• Put all of the ingredients (minus the sprinkles) in the blender and blend on high until it doubles in volume
• Lay the mixture into two small glass bowls and put it in the microwave for 5 minutes each, cooking it for an additional 1 or two minutes if it’s soft
• Place upside down on a plate and remove from bowl, cover in sprinkles
• Optional: add strawberries or cherries if you want

There you have five dorm healthy recipes. Not only is it a healthy meal, but it won’t break your bank everyday! Now, it’s actually possible never to go back to your dining hall and actually enjoy meals in the comfort of your own room. Healthy recipes don’t always have to be made in a gourmet kitchen. Use these and make them right in the comfort (or not comfort) of your college dorm!

For more Healthy Recipes and Food tips, check out this article on Meal Prepping