The United States of America has frequently been referred to respectfully as the capital of commercial foods and scrumptious TV dinners. There is no doubt that these meals are definitely easy to prepare. And as a student with a gazillion exams to study for in the upcoming week, you may probably be familiar with the idea of hastily narrowing down your choices for dinner to mac 'n' cheese or Chinese take-out delivery. Well, heck, why not combine the two? Introducing a new Combo Number 5: East-West fusion food discounted for students with great creativity. Take your standard dorm staple foods and leftovers and transform them into an appetizing dinner and snacking options. Student fusion foods consist of cross-bred species of East and West ingredients that can be produced using the simplest stock items. Here are just a couple of suggestions for the busy safe-spending, time-keeping college students with wild ideas…

• Clueless about how to prepare left over Tandoori chicken? Well, how about slapping it together with a classic breakfast staple, English muffins!...Tandoori Chicken English Muffin Pizzas     [recipe]
• Don't have Tandoori chicken on hand? No problem. Preparation will be a quickie with this easy recipe. Just remember to save the leftovers!...Tandoori Chicken in a Jiffy     [recipe]
  
• Need something lite and healthy on your stomach, even though you've got all the ingredients to make pizza (except the crust of course)?...Lite n' Tasty Tofu Pizza     [recipe]
• This recipe is great when you have left-over tortillas from your Taco Bell burrito meal... Moo Shu Chicken Express     [recipe]
• Don't know what to do with that remaining cubed rice from your Chinese take out this weekend? Well combine it with that jar of peanut butter...PB Fried Rice  [recipe]
• Here's how you can put that age-old cream of mushroom soup in your cupboards to good use...Savory Curried Chicken Casserole     [recipe]