Eat Like You
Give a Damn
(On $40 a Week.)
Weekly meal plans built for dorm microwaves, shared kitchens, and the eternal tension between a tight budget and actual hunger.
247 students cooking this week
roasted sweet potato bowl ✦ $3.40
Real plates.
Real dorms. Real cheap.
Every dish here was cooked in a dorm kitchen, a shared suite, or on a microwave cart in a hallway. Styled on thrift-store plates. Shot in window light.
Crispy Black Bean Quesadillas
⏱ 12 min
"Made the sweet potato bowl on a Tuesday night and my roommate literally asked if I'd ordered delivery."
Priya Nair
UMass Amherst
Berry Overnight Oats
⏱ 5 min
Rainbow Grain Bowl
⏱ 20 min
"First-gen kid here — Grub helped me stop sending grocery money home and actually eat real food on campus."
Marcus Webb
Howard University
Microwave French Toast
⏱ 8 min
Spiced Red Lentil Soup
⏱ 25 min
"The halal options are actually good? Like, not just salad? Signed up for the workshop immediately."
Amara Hassan
Michigan State
Everything Avocado Toast
⏱ 7 min
Dorm Veggie Noodle Stir-Fry
⏱ 15 min
"My RA saw me eating this and asked where I got it. I said I made it. She did not believe me."
Jake Okonkwo
Ohio State
PB Banana Power Smoothie
⏱ 3 min
Simple enough for a
Tuesday night.
Get Your Weekly Plan
Every Sunday, your plan lands in your inbox — 5 dinners, 5 breakfasts, 2 weekend meals. Designed around what's actually cheap at campus grocery stores this week.
$40 budgetOne Smart Grocery Run
A single, organized shopping list — no duplicates, no waste. Every ingredient pulls double duty across multiple meals. 20 minutes in, done.
1 trip/weekCook in 15 Minutes
Every recipe is written for a microwave, a hot plate, or a shared kitchen. No oven. No chef's knife. No culinary degree. Just real food, fast.
no oven neededWorks with omnivore, vegetarian, halal, and vegan diets. Tell us yours →
$38.70
Full week total
Weeknight Easy
Monday
Berry Overnight Oats
Breakfast
Black Bean Quesadilla
Lunch
Spiced Lentil Soup + Bread
Dinner
Midweek Fuel
Wednesday
PB Banana Smoothie
Breakfast
Everything Avocado Toast
Lunch
Rainbow Grain Bowl
Dinner
Weekend Treat
Saturday
Microwave French Toast
Brunch
Crispy Quesadillas
Lunch
Veggie Noodle Stir-Fry
Dinner
Just send me this week's plan.
No workshop, no commitment. Just 7 days of real meals in your inbox by Sunday night.
Live Meal-Prep
Workshop.
One hour. A shared kitchen. We cook three meals together from the weekly plan — you leave with the skills, the recipes, and leftovers for tomorrow.
Next session
Saturday, March 8 · 2:00 PM
Location
Your campus dining hall kitchen
Spots left
12 of 30 remaining
Cost
Free. Completely.
"I came for the free food and stayed because I actually learned something. Made the quesadillas four times that week."
— Destiny Okafor, Temple University