Healthy food doesn't have to be expensive. When I shop, I load up on veggies for salads and fresh fruit. Although I am not a vegetarian by definition, I have severely cut back my consumption of meat with the purpose of one day, not eating any of it. Meat is unhealthy and very fattening!

Occasionally, I will eat fish or shellfish if it's fresh caught.

A change of diet takes getting use to so it's best to gradually add healthier foods to allow your body time to adjust.

God Bless

Look online for easy, healthy recipies for college students. Check for
Cookbooks for College students at the library. There are also Utube
channels on healthy eating when you don't have much money you could
Check out.

I recommend finding a crock pot meal, so it cooks a lot of food for the week. There are a lot of meals that don't take a lot of ingredients, so it isn't that expensive in the long run. It is a lot cheaper than going out for meals every other night!

I like the idea of crock pot too. I have been considering Larry how my diet of healthy foods has a long way to go. I have been rather successful in cuttin down on eating out. But my cholesterol has told on me, that I’m eating too many cholesterol foods. It’s in my heart to eat healthy foods, but even simple foods take preparation and I need to completely train my mind to focus only on the healthy food. I this difficult, because many of the prepared foods In the supermarket are not too healthy. I am on vacation right now and beginning to speak to myself- just because it is free and available doesn’t mean I can eat it. I will be happier if I dictate what I eat regardless of whether or not it is free.

Since I don't feel well enough to do much cooking, but want to eat healthy, I'll share what I tend to do. Fortunately, I am able to easily by organic, non-soy, humanely raised meat and eggs. And I tend to buy organic fruit and veggies when I can - to stay away from glyphosate.
1) Protein shake with greens and frozen blueberries. (I use Peak Performance.)
2) Eggs with veggies. I might saute some onions and red bell pepper, then add some frozen spinach. Sometimes I do a bunch ahead of time to use for the week, or just enough for that morning. Then add the scrambled eggs.
3) Amy's Soups or frozen meals. For prepared foods, these are pretty healthy and good. The frozen meals are expensive for me, so I usually do the canned soups. I tend to add something (easy) to the soup. I might add some frozen veggies, like green beans, kale, or spinach, etc.
4) I will gook meat usually in a crockpot or a large pot. Like I just cooked a whole chicked. Just place it in the pot with water. You don't even have to thaw it. Just cook it. Then I have something to eat for a few days. And then I put the leftover meat in a quart freezer bag, lay it in the freezer so the meat isn't bunched close together. Then I can get small amounts of meat to add to the soups whenever I want to. Or for ground beef or turkey, I'll cook that in the skillet. Freeze leftovers.
5) I know hamburgers aren't necessarily considered healthy. But I eat 100% grass fed, pasture raised, and organic. So I consider it healthy for me. This is easy! Sometimes, I saute onions first, to eat with it. And sometimes, in the same tiny skillet, I will add a handful of frozen broccoli. So a one-pan meal. Avocado is great with that too.
6) Baked potatoes and baked sweet potatoes are easy.
7) Roast vegetable. Easy -breezy. Just put whatever veggies you want on a baking tray, poor some olive oil over it, and bake it. I bake it nowadays at bout 250. You can season it however you want. Okra is good that way too.
8) Hummus with veggies.
9) A pot of split pea or lentil soup is easy and cheap. (I can't eat beans.) You can buy yellow split peas if the green ones are unappealing to you. You can cook both lentils and split peas together. After I boil the peas, I drain the water (just like beans), and then add chicken broth. (Store bought or homemade.) I love to add onions, garlic and carrots. I don't remember what else. But you can't go wrong. Then freeze the leftovers. I also will add meat sometimes.
10) I love Kettle and Fire chicken broth with mushrooms. I sometimes just use that and add some rice. If I use the beef broth, I will also add broccoli.
11) Healthy reliables to hold me over until a meal, I eat nuts almost daily (raw), Garden of Life Fit Bar, fruit. Hummus with carrots or celery would be good too; but I can't eat the beans.

I used to cook everything from scratch and used fresh vegetables. But with chronic fatigue, I've had to learn to do things the easy way.

Alot of salads, veggies you cant go wrong . Alittle fish ,salmon!

I like that you, being at such a young age, are thinking about healthy eating. When I was a student, I was only interested in girls and parties. I ate a lot of fast food because I was too lazy to cook anything.
Well, you need to eat a minimum of flour products and more fruits and vegetables. I do not recommend thoroughly eliminating meat because you have a young and growing body, and it needs proteins. Just try to eat less heavy and harmful food. Cooking is also effortless; there are a lot of recipes on the Internet.
Usually, when I go on a diet, I also take supplements. I do this so that my body receives all the necessary vitamins.

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