Healthy Foods for College students?

Hi! Does anyody have some suggestions as to what healthy foods (specifics appreciated) I could get at my local grocery store that dont require any kind of cooking? Unfortunately, as a college student I have no access to a kitchen. I usually eat as healthy as I can at the dining hall and keep healthy snacks in my room, any ideas? :o)                                                                                

Are you allowed to have a George Foreman Grill or Microwave in your room?

If not, you can always buy cold cuts. You could also buy bagged salad.

Ah, the dilemma between "cheap and now" and "good for me"!  Been there, still doing that.  Get very familiar with your local grocery store.  Unless you desperately need it now, buy only things on sale BUT don't buy something just because it's on sale!

Fresh vegetables with a reduced-fat dip are great for snacking, though some will require a little cleaning.  Salsa is also a great condiment.  Plus, mix salsa with a cleaned avocado and you have instant guacamole.  (Ripe avocados are a breeze to clean: carefully cut it in half, pop off the top, put a towel between your had the other avocado half, stab the knife into the pit, and give the knife half a twist.  Then carefully pinch off the pit.  The flesh scoops out easily with a spoon.)  Spread guacamole on a tortilla or two for a light meal.

A lot of soups are making healthier versions now that heat up easily in the microwave.  Also, you can steam vegetables in your microwave -- I do all the time.  (Just watch them VERY carefully the first couples times.)  You can add the steamed vegetables to Easy Mac and canned/jarred spaghetti sauce to make them healthier and more filling.  It's fairly easy to make microwave pasta with regular old pasta too -- treat it like ramen.  AGain, just be vigilant the first couple times to see how long it takes to cook. (A lesson from my old roommate -- NEVER use plastic dishes unless you KNOW they're microwave safe.  And even then, don't.) 

Sandwiches are an old standby.  Canned tuna is pretty cheap but if you want tuna salad, you're going to have to get a dorm fridge. 

I DON'T suggest trying to cook meat in the microwave.  You just never know. 

Good luck!

More microwave cooking: frozen meals.  Get ones that have no more than 3 grams of fat per 100 calories.  (And again, buy on sale.)  Pair the meal with a side or two of vegetables and voila -- dinner!  Some brands have pretty decent microwave pizzas.  South Beach is fairly healthy with lower fat and a whole wheat crust but I think their sauce tastes a little funny.  Still, it'll quell a pizza craving.

Another microwave pizza (and again, do watch this carefully or sauce will explod all over your microwave) take a tortilla, put some sauce on it, sprinkle on some shredded cheese and optional toppings, and cook on low until the cheese is bubbly.  AS SOON AS YOU HEAR OR SEE SAUCE POPPING AND SPURTING, STOP THE POWER!  Trust me, I learned this the hard way.  Even if the cheese isn't melted, stop it.  You can nuke it again in half a minute but the sauce will need to cool.

Bliss, you didn't say if you do have access to a microwave. ( I used to use the one in the vending machine room, because we weren't allowed to have them in the dorm room.) Lived on burritos. Do you have a dorm fridge?

My daughter has some access to a kitchen, but has to prep all her food in college. Her favorites in the room are whole wheat low-fat  Triscuits, small applesauce cups with no added sugar, water-packed canned fruits. Think sack lunch food, like 100% juice boxes, aseptically packaged chocolate milk or pudding, 100 calorie packs of healthy snack chips. Peanut butter (in moderation), nutritious cereals.

FRUIIIIT. 1/2 a rockmelon is super low cals and will serve as a light lunch with cottage cheese and strawberries. It can be costly, so just buy fruit and veg on special. Check out the "ethnic" stores for some exoctic cheap veggies.

Wraps are good. You can wrap anything in them. From sweet to savoury. And if someone gets a samwhich grill (just a litle press thing) or snack-maker (makes triangles) you can do so much. You can even make samoasas

Oatmeal. I live off of it. A logn with cereals like Kashi. I just went majoor food shopping with my parents. Completley filled up my room mates fridge with fruits and other good stuff (it's ok she uses my tv a million times more than I do!). There are some reduced sodium soups out there. If you don't have a microave a hot water heater is great fod making oatmeal and things.