grocery shopping for a dorm room

i'm going to go shoppping for foods tomorrow and i have a dilema.

i want to buy some healthy food and snacks that i can eat through out the day. and food to make some healthy meals, but living in a dorm i have a mini fridge that i have to share, and a lot of what i eat goes through the microwave, if it doesn't come from the cafeteria first.

any idea's? 

I don't have to share my mini-fridge, but this is what works for me. I keep things like peanut butter, cereal, granola bars, tortilla chips, canned soup, rice, canned beans, breakfast drink powder, and other "relatively" non-perishables in stock most of the time. In the fridge, I keep milk, salsa (for the chips and sometimes rice), and fresh produce. The produce I really have to buy in small quantities very often, because I just can't get through it very fast by myself. I keep things like celery, carrots, and broccoli in there as "finger foods".

Potatoes also keep well and are great baked in the microwave. Sweet potatoes are even better. Rice cakes are decent, I only get them occasionally though. And of course, lots and lots of tea (I have a water boiler, but also possible in the microwave).

I will sometimes buy sliced turkey breast and a pack of hamburger rolls for sandwiches-- because it has to be eaten within a few days, and I can't eat a whole loaf of bread! Same for blueberries.

I sneak apples and bananas from the dining hall to keep in my room as well. If you can't get them for free, then at least apples don't go bad very fast. 

I have a minifridge too that I share and the freezer is only large enough to hold like maybe 2-3 frozen meals...not that I eat them- I don't.

I recommend lots of fruit, dried fruit and nuts, cereals and microwaveable cereals (oatmeal, Cream of Wheat, etc.) Hummus is excellent for dipping veggies in. Yogurt is good with fruit and cottage cheese is yumo.

I also recently "discovered" frozen fruits for snacking and frozen veggies that I just give a quick zap in the microwave. They sell plain rice in smaller portions that you can zap with some of these veggies for a pretty easy meal.

I eat loads of popcorn (I actually bought a hot air popper to make it even more healthy and cheaper for the amount I eat), rice cakes with pb, jelly, other kinds of nut butter..

Hm, I am actually pretty creative when it comes to this but this is pretty basic. I'm fresh out of ideas.

In my dorm, I have lots of water, some cereal (usually Cheerios, yum yum!), peanut butter (for a quick pre-gym protein boost), a couple of 100-calorie packs (for when I get the munchies), usually some kind of veggie like edamame beans, skim milk, slim fast (for breakfast in a rush), a small amount of fruit, and usually some microwavable soup. :-) I try and keep the munchies at a minimum so that I'm not tempted to eat them all the time!

thanks guys! :D

I don't have a dorm but I do have a small fridge at work.  So I keep mostly soups, whole wheat crackers, 94% ff microwave popcorn, Chili, nuts, Adams Natural Peanut butter, Oatmeal, raisins, dried mangos, beef jerky, etc... in the cupboard.  In the fridge ff dressings to use if I buy a salad from somewhere, produce (small amounts such as my favorite apples, oranges, baby carrots) budding ham because it takes up a small amount of space and doesn't go bad, reduced fat string cheese, yogurt, in the little freezer I keep a couple Lean Cuisines.  I have to keep food there.  I am watching children and I am unable to leave to get anything. 

If you have ever been to college, then you will know that the freshman 15 is unfortunately true.  College students have lots of work, like probably you do, they sit at a desk all day and never find time to exercize.

 I keep in my dorm room: marshmallows, carrots, apples, non fat yogurt, sugar free popcicles, quaker oats rice cakes, sugar free syrup, sugar free strawberry jam, crystal light, diet coke, tea with sweet&low....

I rarely put up the effort to exercize, so i eat low calorie and non fat foods.  Most of these foods also have a low DV of carbohydrates.     & nbsp;

I would also avoid the oatmeal, jerkey, ham, and nut products.  They are all high in fats and/or sodium.  only eat them on occasion.

Let's see what's on the bookshelf-which-serves-as-a-cupboard right now.

2 cans of low sodium vegetable soup
1 box of Mueslix cereal
1 box light popcorn
1 loaf Dempster's Body Wise Multigrain bread
1 box Quaker Variety Pack Instant Oatmeal
1 package coffee
1 box high-fibre low-sugar granola bars
1 container Unsweetened Unsalted Peanut Butter
1 can of nuts

And in the fridge...

1 container Becal low-fat butter
2 litres soy milk original
1 litre 10% coffee cream (no, I won't ever give coffee cream up... yummy...)
1 jar no-sugar-added strawberry jam
1 jar Calorie-Wise Miracle Whip
1 block cheddar cheese
1 bag baby carrots
1 container Calorie-Wise Creamy Cucumber dressing
1 banana
1 apple (gotta buy more fruit soon)

All of these things are fairly cheap, store well, and are really easy ways to eat healthier :)
I usually have some  low-calorie low-salt frozen meals in the big fridge the whole floor shares, but I'm out right now :( they're also very cheap and  easy to make.