Are you a student who?s fed up with making do with greasy food and monotonous ingredients? A parent who worries about your son or daughter?s mounting tendency to nip to the fast-food van at all times of the day? Then look no further! Taking into account thepressures and stresses of university life ? the work, the exams, the parties ? this entertaining guide takes students through the essential skills, techniques and ingredients they need to make over 160 delicious, healthy meals on a budget and on the go. Packed with top tips on frugal shopping, diet maintenance and healthy-microwave cooking, as well as the low-down on hosting dinner parties, choosing wines and mixing cocktails, baked-bean-living will become a thing of the past!

Student Cookbook For Dummies includes:

Part 1:  Getting Started

• Chapter 1: Saying ?Hello? To Your Kitchen
• Chapter 2:  Going Shopping
• Chapter 3:  Knowing What You?re Eating    

Part 2:  Breakfast, Lunch & Snacks

• Chapter 4: Bigging up Breakfast
• Chapter 5:  Making great Lunches
• Chapter 6:  Snacks     

Part 3:  Bring On The Main Course

• Chapter 7:  Cooking For One
• Chapter 8:  Eating the Right Food To Get You Going
• Chapter 9:  Mastering Microwave Cooking
• Chapter 10:  Making the Most of Time and Money
• Chapter 11:  Decadent Desserts and Treats      

Part 4:  Entertaining

• Chapter 12:  Lads and Girls Nights? In
• Chapter 13:  Pulling Together a Sunday Roast
• Chapter 14:  Food To Impress: Cooking for a Date
• Chapter 15:  Getting into the Party Spirit

Part 5:  The Part Of Tens

• Chapter 16:  Ten Tips For Cooking At Uni
• Chapter 17:  Ten Ways to Eat On The Cheap
• Chapter 18:  Ten Replacements for Expensive Ingredients