<p>Start with all the FREE food on campus.</p>
<p>Scan the events calendar on your campus website for the week…come at the start or end of any event/seminar-- and eat free! Faculty lunches have lots of leftovers…just be strategic on your timing of arrival and you will get loads of food-- I did that throughout grad school many years ago. I’m still a faculty member- and there’s ALWAYS food left at the end of anything I attend on campus. Seems you could eat lots of lunches if you are at a large campus.</p>
<p>Get a waitress job - that’s free dinners or lunches for those shifts - go for a better restaurant.</p>
<p>EGGS! Hard boil a dozen and you use the free mayo packets to make lots of egg salad. Free relish packets too at BK, MacDon…
Hot dogs on sale.
Sams Club - -but not processed stuff-- that’s overpriced and lacks nutrition for the price.
Buy a 5 pound bag of potatoes - bake a potatoe with a slice of cheese.
Canned beans-- they are never more than 50cents on sale-- they make great soups and dips-- smash it up with a fork and spices.</p>
<p>If your freezer is reliable-- you can buy the familypack of chicken – beef whatever-- and it’s about 5 pounds-- but you can literally get 5 pounds of chicken under $10-- that’s what I buy for my family. Now if you cook it all at once and freeze–you would have easily 10 meals or more right there. Thighs/legs cheaper than breast (oops will CC delete that word).</p>
<p>Food Bank-- you can get free food there too – but it’s really for kids, unemployed and those who really need it. I’d feel really guilty as a college student.</p>