College Survival Cookbooks

Cooking Outside the Pizza Box: Easy Recipes for Today's College Student by Jean Patterson and Danae Campbell — College kids living on their own for the first time are startled to realize that now they have to cook for themselves. This attractive spiral-bound book is exactly what they need, serving up easy recipes and basic cooking methods for beginners. The resulting meals are nutritious and appetizing, more healthful and less expensive than relying on the local pizza parlor or Burger King every time hunger pangs strike. Practical advice and helpful tips instruct busy college kids on everything from food and equipment shopping and sharing a kitchen to scrambling an egg and preparing a complete, well-balanced meal.

Look, Dude, I Can Cook!; Four Years of College Cooking Made Easy by Amy Madden — When Amy Madden's son, Mark, went off to college, he would frequently call her for recipes of the home-cooked meals he was missing while learning to live on his own. Amy's daughter Megan who was already a junior and knew her way around the kitchen also called often for cooking advice. Finally, Amy decided to write down her recipes for Mark and Megan, which gave her the idea to create a resource for helping every college student make fun and nutritious meals to get them through their first years away from home. Look, Dude, I Can Cook! is divided into four sections: Freshman, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior. In progressive fashion, students can start with simple recipes and work their way toward fuss-free gourmet pleasers for everyday cooking and fun occasions alike. Look, Dude, I Can Cook! will provide students with the know-how and confidence to cook healthy and delicious meals, along with shortcuts and money-saving tips. Also included are lists of essential cooking utensils and pantry items, as well as a glossary of cooking terms. Perfect high school graduation gift!.

The (Reluctant , Nervous, Lazy, Broke, Busy, Confused) College Student's Cookbook by Joshua N. Lambert and Debby Lee — How to prepare basic meals and snacks on a shoestring budget and a step-by-step tour through the kitchen. Includes shopping tips and learn about basic stock items, common recipe terms and measurements.

College Cuisine by Leila Peltosaari was written when the author's son was heading off to college. It features recipes that are nutritious yet easy to prepare. There are recipes that are suitable for one person and also those perfect for occasions when students get together.

The College Cookbook: An Alternative to the Meal Plan by Geri Harrington — Cooking expert Sonia Allison shows how to untap your microwave's other abilities and use it to its full advantage, giving you more flexibility and freedom (both in and out of the kitchen) than you ever thought possible! Now you can quickly and easily make tasty, healthy real food in your microwave. You no longer have to rely solely on fast food to fit into your busy lifestyle. This practical fast-food microwave cookbook, a guide to everything the microwave does best, includes such recipes as chicken amandine, Thai rice with lemon grass, Belgian beef in beer, hot cheese and carrot sauce, gingered honey cake, and mocha fondue. Using the tips and recipes in this book, you will not only grow to love microwave cookery — you'll wonder how you ever got along without it.

The Everything College Cookbook: 300 Hassle-Free Recipes For Students On The Go by Rhonda Lauret Parkinson — Whether you're cooking for one or multitudes with a hot plate, studio stove, or microwave, you'll find everything you need to create fantastic meals that won't take tons of your time.

Packed with ideas for tasty snacks, easy-to-make lunches and dinners, and delicious desserts, The Everything College Cookbook will help you eat smart, from the proverbial good breakfast to midnight munchies-but that's not nearly all. You'll also learn how to prepare:

The Starving Students' Cookbook by Dede Hall — Since 1983, college students have turned to this book for delicious, cheap, nutritious, and easy recipes. Now completely updated for the college student or reluctant cook of the '90s, this book offers even more mouthwatering dishes and a wide variety of vegetarian offerings. The recipes are explicitly described, complete with illustrations, cooking tips, and nutritional and health information.

Tray Gourmet: Be Your Own Chef in the College Cafeteria by Larry Berger, Lynn Harris (contributor) — Yale grads teach you how to beat the system and create fun and healthy meals using standard cafeteria-line fare, salad bar basics, condiments and the ubiquitous microwave oven. Ingredients are cleverly measured by teaspoons, soup spoons, handfuls, cups, glasses, bowls or pats. The book is also spiced with academic humor.

Cookbook for College Kids by Sheila McDougall — An  informative, fun cookbook for the new cook students, brides, bachelors written with a delightful sense of humor, delicious reliable recipes and advice on "how to cope" in the kitchen. Ingredient equivalents, substitutions and a glossary even laundry hints make this an ideal gift for anyone just setting up housekeeping.

The Absolute Beginner's Cookbook: Or, How Long Do I Cook a 3-Minute Egg? by Jackie Eddy and Eleanor Clark — For those who are clueless in the kitchen--who can tell the difference between the stove and refrigerator, but turning groceries into leftovers — this is the cookbook for them! With fun B&W illustrations throughout, tasty meals such as One Step Lasagna, Busy Day Ham Wellington, and Overnight Crab Casserole are a snap to make — and will even impress family and friends. Transform culinary tragedies into triumphs with this helpful guide.

Cheap and easy cooking: The survival guide for college students by Joe Dobrowolski — Are you new to apartment living, or a student fresh out of the dorms; or are you just sick of spending your money on unhealthy fast food? Then here is your guide to cooking. Designed and written by a recent college graduate. This cookbook is packed with practical, down-to-earth, easy to use information and advice for you. You will learn basic cooking know-how, get some shopping tips as you learn how to easily prepare low-cost, but tasty meals. This outstanding guide to food and the kitchen is helping people all over make cheap and easy meals, while learning how to cook-right now.

The Healthy College Cookbook: Quick, Cheap, Easy by Alexandra Nimetz, Jason Stanley, and Emeline Starr — In less time and for less money than it takes to order pizza, you can make it yourself! Three harried but health-conscious college students compiled and tested this collection of more than 200 tasty, hearty, inexpensive recipes anyone can cook -- yes, anyone!

Whether you're short on cash, fearful of fat, counting your calories, or just miss home cooking, The Healthy College Cookbook offers everything you need to make good food yourself.

Student's Vegetarian Cookbook: Quick, Easy, Cheap, and Tasty Vegetarian Recipes by Carole Raymond — Eat Your Vegetables! Some people are vegetarians because they think a meat-free diet is good for you. Some believe it’s good for the planet. Others just want tasty food; they want it cheap, they want it easy, and they want it now. Whatever your reasons, check out this book’s 135 great-tasting vegetarian recipes, including: • Gingered Chinese Greens Stir-Fry • Banana Bread • Moroccan Stew • Beer and Aztec Rice • Chipotle-Black Bean Chili • Curry in a Hurry • Roasted Vegetable Rush • Miso-Happy Soup •Yogurt Fruit Shake • French Toast 2000 • Pita Pizza Crust • Cremini Mushroom Burger • Broiled Zucchini Parmesan • Rice Pudding Cereal • Coffee Brazil • Chapati with Confetti Salad • And much, much more!
So stop scrounging around for something to eat. With this book, you can put a great-tasting meal together in little or no time.

It is a very good cookbook and I have yet to find a recipe that didn't turn out as it was supposed to.—Norm Peterson, Arizona
My hubby keeps looking in the cookbook, and asks "when will you cook this recipe?"—Lori Hamby, Florida