Depending on where you go for school determines what is allowed in the dorm rooms and what is available from the school to prepare meals. I am experimenting with how to cook here at Fisher College with the limited available materials. Here are my main constraint

1. Not allowed a microwave in the room.
2. Microwave, Fridge and sink are two floors below me.

Due to the school being in a historical part of Boston the school is crazy with the fire codes. A lot of them seem a little bit extreme but some of those extremes are from the building associations and laws. I love to cook legit food but it is difficult to find microwave recipes and microwave alternatives. So we will see what will happen.