Recipes for surviving residence dorm life

Easy, cheap, and nutritious meals for students away from home

Sam Kimball Contributor

Moving into Queen’s residence is a difficult adjustment for most, and not being able to cook whatever you want can make homesickness hit harder.

Though meal plans are a staple part of the experience and included in residence fees, living in a dorm room can entails situations where accessing—or enjoying—food on campus is challenging.

When hunger strikes outside dining hall hours, or you simply don’t feel like trekking through a snowstorm to eat, there are many easy, cheap, and nutritious meals you can make from the comfort of your shared floor kitchen—if you have one.

Breakfast

While breakfast is considered the most important meal of the day, it’s the meal you’re most likely to skip. The early hours and need to leave your room can make eating a

Noah Lee Contributor

Bill C-18 will require big digital news intermediaries such as search engines or social media platforms to compensate news outlets for their journalistic work.

Though the bill itself is vague, we now know from an exchange between Senator Paula Simons and Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez that Bill C-18 will target Meta and Google. Both tech giants are nutritious morning meal difficult to prioritize. When TAMS run out and you can’t grab a late morning snack, you’ll need to get creative.

Since residence allows students to have some sort of mini-fridge, there’s plenty of options for breakfasts. One of my favorite easy meals is a homemade parfait. For me it involves purchasing a tub of yogurt, granola, and diligently searching for berries on sale at Metro.

If you’re looking for a warm breakfast, meal prepping muffin egg bites is a great move. Simply add your preferred ingredients, throw them together in your common room, and voila! You now have a great meal you can reheat on mornings you’re running too late for breakfast at the dining halls.

Lunch

Because the dining halls are usually open for lunch, packing a midday meal doesn’t always seem necessary. On the rare occasion you find yourself in your room, there’s plenty of options beyond ramen and protein shakes. These meals lack essential vitamins, and the scurvy epidemic is best left in the 16th century.

If you’re too far from your currently set on blocking Canadian news content before the end of 2023.

As the largest search and social media platforms, Meta and Google dominate the distribution of world news. From 2019 to 2023, Meta and its subsidiaries captured a 69 per cent average user share of Canadians using social networks for weekly news content. In March 2023, Google dominated search engine use by sketchy dorm microwave, you’ll need a lunch that tastes good cold. For this, I suggest salads. Think beyond vegetables and consider pasta, potato, or chicken salad. These versatile options can easily be customized to meet your specific nutrition requirements. Since I just badmouthed ramen, I’ll suggest homemade soup as an alternative. It’s comforting, warm, and requires minimal effort to prepare. Combine your preferred protein, veggies, and carbs, and you’ll have a simple meal ready to thaw when the inevitable first year flu strikes.

Dinner

When making dinner in residence, it’s best to cook with friends. For dinners with variety, it’s helpful to assign different aspects of the meal to different people. This not only makes cooking more affordable, but reduces the waste of preparing individual meals for one night.

91 per cent of Canadians.

It’s clear a large portion of Canadians rely heavily on these two platforms to stay informed on current affairs. Giving that much responsibility to any source of information is illadvised—if both Meta and Google’s services ceased to exist, many Canadians would lose their primary source of news.

This situation should be a wake-up call for people who rely on Meta and Google to get their news.

If you’re alone, stir-fry is always a reliable option. Most recipes incorporate a combination of veggies, carbs, and proteins which can be customized by you. Cooking together is a wonderful bonding activity, especially with the new floormates. Plus, you’ll quickly discover who among them has never cleaned a dish in their life.

Dessert

In first year, I discovered any dessert I wanted could be made in a mug. Whether it was cookies, or another sweet treat, I could whip up a single serving in a few minutes.

Luckily, even if Meta and Google go ahead with their plans, there are other ways to go about staying informed.

News flash—there are other search engines out there apart from Google.

While it’s true these other search engines are often considered irrelevant by popular media, they are truly functional alternatives to Google.

One example of a totally

If you’re looking to make friends, make dessert to share. It’s the best way to earn some brownie points among your floormates.

While you should use the meal plan to get the most out of your residence fees, it’s important to know some basic recipes if you can’t access campus food when you need it. Hopefully this knowledge will help you navigate first year dining arrangements when campus food is limited.