We’ve all faced the dilemma. You really want to put those hours of watching the Food Network to good use and make a quality meal instead of going once again for breakfast at 7pm at Future Bakery or having tried-and-true Tuna Kraft Dinner. Cooking and eating well can be a scary prospect to students with tight wallets. Not everyone can afford the twenty different ingredients needed for good French, Thai, or Indian cuisine.

However, there is hope! The good folks at Epicurious have put together a collection of five-ingredient recipes that’ll have you eating well in about as much time as it takes Emeril to yell “Bam!” for the eighteenth time. You can find most of these money-saving ingredients at Kensington Market – check out health food or cheese stores for the trickier-to-find ingredients, or if it’s late out, you can go to your local 24-hour Dominion.

Check it out here. These recipes will save your culinary pride while being kind on your student budget. I recommend the butternut squash salad and the sugar snap pea pasta.

Happy eating!

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