Dorm room meals
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Dinners you can make in a dorm room with a microwave, a kettle or no heat at all. No stove, no oven and nothing that sets off a smoke alarm. The quickest is Microwave franks and beans, ready in 8 minutes.

Microwave franks and beans
8 min

Microwave nachos
8 min

No-cook ploughman’s plate
8 min

Microwave black bean burrito bowl
10 min

Microwave cheese ramen
10 min

Microwave dumplings with edamame and chili dipping sauce
10 min

Microwave omelette in a mug
10 min

Microwave peanut butter ramen
10 min

No-cook antipasto plate
10 min

No-cook mezze plate
10 min

No-cook snack plate dinner
10 min

Smashed white bean and avocado sandwiches
10 min

Smoked salmon bagel sandwiches
10 min

Turkey and hummus pita pockets
10 min

Microwave cheesy hash brown casserole with ham
12 min

Microwave chicken pot pie in a mug
12 min

Microwave elote chicken rice bowl
12 min

Microwave Hawaiian fried rice with ham and pineapple
12 min

Microwave mashed potato bowl with chicken and gravy
12 min

Microwave Mediterranean tuna couscous
12 min

Microwave pierogies with kielbasa
12 min

Microwave Spanish chickpeas and spinach
12 min

Microwave tofu scramble with black beans
12 min

Microwave yaki udon with chicken
12 min

Microwave honey mustard chicken and potatoes
14 min

Black bean and corn salad
15 min

Chana chaat (Indian chickpea salad)
15 min

Chickpea salad sandwiches
15 min

Ham salad sandwiches
15 min

Hummus veggie wraps
15 min

Mediterranean cottage cheese bowls
15 min

Microwave arroz con pollo
15 min

Microwave BBQ chicken stuffed sweet potato
15 min

Microwave mac and cheese
15 min

Microwave tortellini in pink sauce
15 min

Pimento cheese sandwiches
15 min

Salmon salad sandwiches
15 min

Shrimp and avocado salad with lime vinaigrette
15 min

Tuna and white bean salad on toast
15 min

Tuna salad sandwiches
15 min

Microwave Greek stuffed sweet potato
16 min

Microwave jacket potato with cottage cheese and broccoli
16 min

Microwave pizza baked potato
16 min

Microwave buffalo chicken stuffed potato
18 min

Microwave jacket potato with beans and cheese
18 min

Microwave jacket potato with tuna and sweetcorn
18 min

Brazilian chicken salad (salpicão)
20 min

Caprese sandwiches
20 min

Chicken salad sandwiches
20 min

Coronation chicken sandwiches
20 min

Homemade hummus dinner plate
20 min

Microwave pizza pasta
20 min

Mediterranean chickpea salad
25 min

Shrimp ceviche
25 min

Persian cold yogurt soup (ab doogh khiar)
45 min

Muffuletta
50 min

Turkey pinwheels
70 min

Gazpacho
80 min

Microwave cheesy grits with ham and egg
12 min

Microwave eggs en cocotte with ham and spinach
12 min

Microwave ramen carbonara
12 min

Microwave quiche Lorraine in a mug
14 min

Microwave cauliflower cheese with ham
15 min

Microwave chickpea fatteh
15 min

Microwave dirty rice
15 min

Microwave ginisang sardinas (Filipino sardines with tomato and egg)
15 min

Microwave Korean braised tofu (dubu jorim)
15 min

Microwave mapo tofu
15 min

Microwave soboro don (chicken and egg rice bowl)
15 min

Microwave spamsilog (Spam, garlic rice and eggs)
15 min

Microwave spinach artichoke chicken and rice
15 min

Spicy tuna rice bowls
15 min

Microwave bratwurst with sauerkraut and mashed potatoes
18 min

Microwave chicken tinga tostadas
18 min

Microwave chraime (spicy North African fish in tomato sauce)
18 min

Microwave Cuban picadillo with rice
18 min

Microwave Japanese chicken curry
18 min

Microwave Taiwanese braised pork rice (lu rou fan)
18 min

Loaded baked potatoes with broccoli and cheddar
20 min

Microwave chimichurri chicken and rice
20 min

Microwave lemon pepper fish with couscous
20 min

Microwave Philly cheesesteak stuffed potato
20 min

Microwave polenta with sausage and marinara
20 min

Microwave sloppy joe stuffed potato
20 min

Microwave vegan bolognese
20 min

Microwave banh mi rice bowl
22 min

Microwave chicken bacon ranch pasta
22 min

Microwave chicken paprikash with egg noodles
22 min

Microwave gochujang tofu rice bowl
22 min

Microwave lazy manti (Turkish pasta with yogurt and spiced beef)
22 min

Microwave chicken adobo
30 min

Microwave gyudon (Japanese beef bowl)
30 min

Microwave sweet chili chicken rice bowl
30 min

Microwave taco rice
30 min

Microwave Vietnamese caramel fish
32 min

Microwave BBQ chicken with mug cornbread and slaw
20 min

Microwave chorizo con papas
20 min

Microwave loco moco
20 min

Microwave pad see ew with chicken
20 min

Microwave shepherd’s pie in a mug
22 min
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