cheap, healthy, good!

Hey guys! So as you all know I am a student at WSU.  I live off campus in an apartment with two other girls.  While we would all like to eat healthy all of the time, we all know that's not always the easiest thing to do.  I do have a part time job, but the money is not always rolling in, so buying healthy meals can get too expensive.  I end up eating some form of cheap pasta or grilled cheese most of the time.  I feel like all I eat is carbs because I think that's all I can afford.  I am now on a mission to change that!  I have been looking through some sites and found a great article for my exact problem.  Cheap, Healthy College Food: Tips for Frugal, Nutritious Dining in the Dorm and Beyond is written by someone who has been there and who found some tricks along the way.  While all the advice is good, I found the simple fact of investing in a cookbook to be one of the best.  Cooking is not always something I'm good at, but it is something I need to get better at.  I feel like my roommates and I are always getting take out when we get sick of what we have around, which can get too expensive and is not always healthy either. (The site also has great tips on eating out!) I am going to try to get my roommates to have a sit down dinner night at least once a week where we can make dinner together.  This will give us some bonding time as well as allow us to make some healthy meals for less!  The website has a lot of other great tips so I will post the link so everyone can check it out. eating healthy in college for less!