Introduction

Hello! I'm a first-year graduate student in Nutrition, which poses a number of issues for me. First of all, I've got to live on a graduate student budget (aka negative income). Secondly, since I study Nutrition, I have a little voice in my head that won't let me meet my daily caloric needs with macaroni and cheese, Ramen noodles, candy bars and frozen meals (possibly the typical graduate student cuisine?). Third, everyone in my program LOVES to cook and loves food, and whenever we have a potluck or party, the table is always covered with delicious foods. Fourth, I'm busy and dont have time. And fifth, I'm cooking for just one person. Thus during my first semester in graduate school, I began to attempt learn to cook and experiment cheaply, semi-healthy, tasty, creatively, and quickly and I learned to "meal plan" for just one person. When I brought a dish to my cousins' house over Christmas break, one suggested that I create a blog to share some of my recipes with the many others out there who are struggling with some of the very same issues. So here it is- I hope that you enjoy my recipes, tips, and ideas that I have created and learned from others in my program- and I hope that you post some of your own ways at adapting to your own "graduate student days!"