If you're like me, growing out of the dining hall and wanting to spend more time in the kitchen but too busy to actually do it, you're probably searching the Internet and bookstores for quick and easy recipes and cookbooks to accommodate your tastebuds as well as your schedule. Unfortunately most dorms limit your access to cooking media (except microwaves) in your room and the common kitchen is probably too small, in use, or is covered in spaghetti sauce and needs to be cleaned. There's actually quite a few things you can make in your microwave, if you're creative enough - one of my roommates has a "microwave pasta cooker" that basically amounts to a large microwave safe bowl with a lid. You put in the pasta, add water, and pop the whole thing into the microwave for around 15 minutes (enough time for a little homework or a shower). It turns out pretty well!
Another alternative for the busy and not as kitchen-restrained is a slow cooker. I managed to score one when my family cleaned out our home kitchen during winter break and hadn't used it yet because I didn't have any recipes. Well, lovely Super A found this list of solidly good healthy slow cooker recipes. I'm a particular fan of breakfast food, as he well knows, and I can't wait to try the Cinnamon Apple Oatmeal. I'm also looking forward to the Pulled Pork and Squash Lasagna, and maybe trying to replicate my mom's Cranberry Sauce recipe!
There are plenty of dining hall alternatives if you're ready to move on. Just make sure you check and see what the rules of the dorm are, if you're still living in campus housing, and learn how to use your kitchen stuff!
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