A simple guide to one of life’s most essential skills: cooking. New to the kitchen? Living on your own for the first time? Don’t be intimidated! This useful guide has everything you need to cook yourself real meals with real food. Centered around 10 basic lessons to get you comfortable in the kitchen, this book will get you whipping up nutritious meals, satisfying snacks, and simple desserts for you and your friends in no time. Also included are notes on knife skills, essential (and nonessential) cooking tools, and stocking your pantry. This is your go-to guide for cooking basics.

Transform your dining hall meals into gourmet feasts! Ultimate Dining Hall Hacks offers 75 amazing and creative recipe ideas that use items readily available in your college dining hall. Enjoy eggs carbonara or a mango parfait for breakfast, dine on tzatziki chicken salad or lemon-pepper pasta any night of the week, and create custom desserts like peach cobbler and chocolate bread pudding. Discover a wide variety of inventively delectable options as you make the most of your college meal plan.

Be a Rock Star in Your Kitchen with Home-cooked Meals from Scratch! Shereen Pavlides, of the mega-viral brand Cooking With Shereen, has garnered millions of fans across her platforms thanks to her affectionate personality and her confidence-building approach to cooking from scratch. Now, in her debut cookbook, she’s bringing all that knowledge right to your kitchen. Through 60 impressive recipes, Shereen shows you that it’s possible to make the best food you’ve ever tasted without depending on frozen, precooked or store-bought ingredients—and without spending all day cooking. With meals for every occasion, from weeknight dinners to show-stopping parties (and everything in-between), you can roll up your sleeves and dig into the likes of: Pecan-Crusted Pork Tenderloin with Rosemary Brown Butter Restaurant-Style Crab Cakes with Sriracha Rémoulade Baba Ganoush with Housemade Pita Sesame Salmon with Sweet Jalapeño Udon Noodles Gruyère and Thyme Popovers Cypriot Cinnamon Potatoes with Dill Yogurt Asian-Style Coconut Broccoli Spanakopita Triangles Shanghai Chicken Salad with Sesame Ginger Vinaigrette Whether you’re new to cooking, or just looking to up your game, donta you worry—Shereen’s got you covered.

Vegan Goes to College Cooking space, prep time, ingredient stocking, cost... it can be hard being a vegan in college. The College Vegan Cookbook makes it easy for you to ace your diet--even in the dorms--with simple, healthy, and fresh vegan dishes. Forget about fake meat. This vegan cookbook features 145 modern, whole food recipes designed with college life in mind. It doesn't matter whether you've got a full kitchen or you're stuck with a hot plate on your dresser, The College Vegan Cookbook will have you preparing affordable vegan meals you'll love. The College Vegan Cookbook includes: WHOLE FOODS, GREAT TASTES--Create delicious vegan plates using real ingredients--not processed substitutes. 145 FAST AND EASY MEALS--Choose from simple and tasty recipes, including Blueberry Oat Muffins, Ramen Noodle Bowls, Barbecue Cauliflower Wings, and Microwave Brownie Mug Cakes. VEGAN ON A BUDGET--This vegan cookbook makes your money go further with serving costs for every recipe, plus tips like supplementing your pantry from the cafeteria. When it comes to great ideas for plant-based meals, The College Vegan Cookbook makes the grade.

More than 100 tasty and affordable 5-ingredient recipes for busy college students — a must-have for anyone heading off to school this Fall! College students don't typically have a lot of time, money, or kitchen space to get fancy with their meals—which means good and cheap is the name of the game. This college cookbook makes it easy for students to prepare fresh, balanced meals for themselves on a budget, with more than 100 recipes that only take 30 minutes to throw together, and only require 5 main ingredients. Upgrade from fast food and microwave dinners with a cookbook for college students that features: 5 ingredients, 30 minutes—Learn simple and fast ways to throw together favorites like Classic French Toast, Vegan Enchiladas, Greek Pita Sandwiches, Thai Chicken Ramen, and more. Kitchen basics—Brush up on fundamental cooking skills with easy recipes for college students that include tips for everything from using knives to storing veggies. A wide variety—Most of these student-approved recipes also include 3 alternate versions to keep things interesting and accommodate every taste! Equip students with an easy, 5-ingredient cookbook that makes it fun and accessible to cook fresh food for themselves—in college and for life.

No-fuss recipes for making tasty, affordable meals from the comfort of your dorm room Being away at college doesn’t mean you can’t have delicious, homemade cooking. The Easy College Cookbook will teach you how to make incredible meals wherever you live with clever recipes that use typical dorm appliances, easy-to-find ingredients, and a few basic tools. This college cookbook will help you bypass the typical constraints of cooking on campus―whether you have a tight budget, limited space, or no easy way to get to a real grocery store. Creative tips and tricks help make any dorm room the perfect place for a hearty exam-day breakfast, a laid-back dinner with friends, and everything in between. This college cookbook includes: Hacks for college students―Get practical pointers for saving money on supplies and preparing your dorm room kitchen for cooking success. Recipes for all occasions―Find a wide variety of dishes perfect for tailgate parties, study sessions, game nights, group projects, and more. Dietary adjustments―Discover substitution tips for making the recipes friendly to almost every dietary restriction. Simplify mealtime with the quick and budget-friendly recipes in The Easy College Cookbook.

A perfect gift for hungry dorm-dwellers, this must-have pocket guide will help students make and eat healthy snacks, meals, and other tasty bites. Discover quick breakfasts to help you make it to class on time, backpack-friendly lunches, dormmate dinners for a crowd, study break snacks, and of course an infallible recipe for microwave mug cake—plus basic tools, terms, nutrition, budgeting guides, and safety tips for novice cooks. No matter if you’ve got a microwave and an electric kettle or a full-sized kitchen, this book will have you well-fed and back to studying (or video games) in no time. Recipes include: • Breakfast Burritos • Hummus and Veggie Wraps • Healthy Avocado and Sunflower Seed Sandwich • Bacon: Microwaved or Panfried • Chocolate-Covered Popcorn • And more!

If the pizza-delivery guy is in your apartment more often than your roommate, The Healthy College Cookbook is exactly what you need. Whether you’re a meat lover, vegetarian, or vegan, you’ll find simple and adaptable recipes for quick breakfasts, portable snacks, fresh lunches, and satisfying dinners. Busy students will love these tasty, nutritious recipes.

Food that fits your life! Worried about living gluten-fee while you're away at college? Of course, most dining halls have gluten-free options, but sometimes the best way to be sure a dish is truly gluten-free--and delicious--is to cook it yourself. With The Everything Gluten-Free College Cookbook, you can easily create your favorite dishes or try something new, like: Banana chocolate chip scones Cinnamon raisin french toast Cheesiest macaroni and cheese Curried chicken salad Mexican quesadillas Chewy granola bars Microwave shrimp scampi Ginger-orange chicken breast Molten lava dark chocolate cake Soft gingersnap cookies Even if you're an inexperienced cook, you can master any one of these 300 easy recipes. From hearty, healthy breakfasts and crowd-pleasing snacks to healthy ideas for the midnight munchies, you'll find everything you need to satisfy your cravings and fit your dietary needs!