5 Healthy and Easy Cheap Meals for College Students (< $5, < 20 mins)

I’ve been asked about 100 times to provide some recipes for the food that I cook up everyday.

Here are 5 easy, simple, and delicious recipes that will make you feel great, lose some weight, and won’t take too much of your time or money.

Some of these recipes are vegetables some are fats and proteins. Super basic recipes that I know and love and could eat everyday for the rest of my life.

Above all, they are delicious and nourishing for your body and won’t break your bank.

1. Roasted Lemon Brussel Sprouts Topped with Parmesan

Preheat your oven to 400.

Begin by washing the sprouts and then drying the Sprouts using paper towels or a salad spinner.

Cut each sprout’s stem off and then in half.

Grab a bowl and mix the brussel sprouts in with some oil, ghee, salt, pepper, garlic or garlic powder, smoked paprika and oregano.

Throw the brussel sprouts in the oven for 20 minutes. Make sure they are crispy but not black and burnt.

Top with parmesan cheese or nutritional yeast and lemon juice and serve.

2. Roasted Agave Rosemary Sweet Potatoes

Begin by preheating your oven to 400.

Peel your sweet potato and dice into similar sized shape chunks.

Place sweet potatoes in bowl with oil, ghee, salt, pepper, blue agave (or other syrup like sweetener), rosemary, and turmeric.

Place in oven for 20 minutes. Flip halfway and enjoy :)

3. Chile Lime Salmon w/ Avocado Slaw

Begin by washing and drying your salmon.

Once you have dried the salmon score the backside of the fish.

Take a bowl and mix oil, ghee, chopped shallots, lemon, chile, paprika and garlic powder together.

Place the scored salmon into the bowl and allow it to marinate for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, Cut and dice an avocado into bite sized chunks. Top with lemon, salt, chopped shallots and light pepper.

Heat a pan on medium heat and very lightly cover with oil. (the salmons already oiled up)

Place the salmon skin side down and cook the salmon for about 5 minutes. A good indicator of this is when the salmon on the sides is turning white about halfway up the fish.

Flip the fish on the front side for about 1–2 minutes. Move the salmon to the left and right side for about 30 seconds each.

Remove from pan and plate it and top with the avocado slaw you made before.

4. The Best Sunny-Side Up Eggs you will ever eat in your Life

I love this recipe I make it almost every morning.

Take 2–3 eggs out of the refrigerator or however many you eat.

Heat a pan to low-medium heat.

Place oil in the pan. Crack your eggs in the oil.

Let the eggs cook for about 1 minute. Then put as much butter as you are comfortable with in the pan.

Add some parmesan cheese or nutritional yeast to the eggs.

Grab a spoon and start basting the eggs on top with the oils and butter.

Let the eggs cook for a couple more minutes until cooked.

Season with salt, pepper, and red pepper flakes.

Remove eggs and plate. Top with chopped scallions. Ta da!

Tell me that isn’t the most delicious breakfast you have ever had.

5. Mashed Cheesy Cauliflower

Boil water with salt

Chop up Cauliflower into small florets

Once the water boils, add the cauliflower add a bit more salt and leave to boil for 15 minutes.

Drain the cauliflower and return to original pot.

Add some butter ( 2 tbsp)

Season with Salt & Pepper

Add a small amount of milk (or use a healthy substitute like almond milk)

Mash and mix the cauliflower

Add a decent amount of your favorite cheese or substitute for a healthier alternative (nutritional yeast)

I recommend adding a cup of Mozzarella or white cheddar.

Keep mashing and add some more pepper and chives on top.