Mix yogurt with nuts.

Pasta is your friend.
On a day when you've got some spare time, make up a big batch of sauce for your pasta and freeze it.
A good parmesan cheese makes almost anything delicious. Parmigiano Reggiano if your budget can stretch that far, Grana Padano if it can't.
I pretty much lived on this stuff in my broke days.

Also: mix nuts with other nuts.

>>5383
This. Also, soup/chili.
Basically anything you can make in huge batches is fantastic budget food. Vegetarian recipes'll get you more for your money in my experience as well.

Find a really good market, preferably one with local organic options. Don't know how easy that is to find in New York, but local folks have a lot more incentive to sell their products at high quality for low prices.

Also seconding soups and stews.

>get a Crockpot
>put random shit into it in the morning
>go to class
>come back at night
>fukken eatin tiem

http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=9314.0

I make it with quinoa instead of wheat (maybe half to three quarters cup dry quinoa) since it's better for you. I also throw half a large cucumber in there. Good guide to cooking it here: http://saltandfat.com/post/540244787/quinoa

Lots of vegetables, loads of protein, tastes great, and it will easily last a week in the fridge. I like to portion it out into bags ahead of time so I just have to grab one in the morning for my lunch.


Also, if you want to spice up the yogurt with something other than nuts, try small frozen fruit like raspberries or blueberries. You can get a bag of frozen fruit for pretty cheap. It's gotta be small fruit, though. You try that with frozen peaches or strawberries and it will just freeze the yogurt immediately surrounding the slice.


Seconding chili. A pot of chilli is a great way to pre-prep your dinners. You can stretch it out even farther by mixing oyster crackers in when you eat it. Throw some melted cheese on top and you're golden.

http://www.youtube.com/user/OnePotChefShow

this guy may be of some help