I am very fortunate enough to go to a college with a nationally ranked dinning program. Not going to lie, the food is pretty darn amazing. Sometimes I don’t know what to get for lunch because I am so many options at my disposal. However, there is one meal that is my favorite. Hands down, it never disappoints. Lately, I have been loving salads like no body’s business and had a massive craving for the pasta salad that won my heart. Thus, I decided to recreate the salad with the veggies that needed to be consumed before my next grocery store trip.
Faux Fried Chick’n Pasta Salad
In the bowl:
- Ronzoni Garden Delights Pasta
- 1 Tomato
- Romaine Lettuce
- Caesar Dressing
- Quorn Chicken Nuggets
Craving satisfied.
What was your go-to/favorite college meal?
I used to love those Chick’n nuggets! They taste just like the real thing!
I’m going to have to try this. It sounds so good!
Looks delicious! My go-to college meal was a sandwich that I called The Healthwich. I would toast Ezekiel bread and add in a bunch of greens, veggies, hummus, mustard, and sometimes a fried egg with cheese. This went on for over a year and now The Healthwich and I are on a serious break
i’ve been curious about that quorn!! it’s good, huh? it looks awesome in that salad!
Yum!
I love having a big ol’ salad, especially during the summer. My college dining hall had a decent salad bar, which I hit up a lot, and I also really liked their vegan lentil paddies. Weird, I know, but they were delicious!
I didnt live on campus, so I never had that issue!! This looks super tasty though!
My first college had absolutely amazing food, too. Second college–I was on my own in an apartment, so there were lots of vegan pigs in a blanket, cabbage rolls, and huge casseroles that I could cook once and then eat for a week.
You are so lucky! I didn’t enjoy the food where I went to college at all. They did always have some cold options that I usually stuck with since the entrees really freaked me out. Meat in sauces I had never heard of (generally cream based). It wasn’t good. I do know that they have revamped things since but still…
It makes such a big difference when you have great food to choose from! I went to Virginia Tech, also ranked as one of the top schools for food. Good food always makes me feel good!
Where do you go to school?
HOKIE!!!
I am currently a student at Tech
What a small world!! Isn’t the food excellent!?
So jealous about your amazing dining options- mine were the pits! I used to take a packed lunch (I lived at home) most of the time and my go-to was cous cous with some veggies and some kinda protein…easy, cheap & delicious!
Awesome dish
The food at my college is actually pretty decent. They do a nice job of catering to everyone’s different tastes, and they have killer salad bar options!
oh god the food at my college was awful. My go-to meal was probably the Cheese Shop in colonial williamsburg across the street haha…needless to say I dropped the meal plan after like a year. I love this pasta salad though!! pasta is a staple in my house, and pasta salads are so perfect for summer…need to try this combo out!
My dining hall go-to is the salad bar. So many delicious options and fresh veggies!
I had delicious campus food, so many options, I usually got the “make your own” Stir-frys
I hope your week is off to a great start!
xoxo!
My go-to meal at college is tofu and sweet potatoes or a gf grilled tuna sandwich. Yummo. Your goto looks amazing!
Im also loving salads right now – in any form! They are so nourishing and refreshing! And this pasta salad looks like something I could eat right now, yum!
The food where I went to college sucked