Many college students find themselves presented with plenty of food options. While it’s easy to fall into a trap of an unhealthy diet born out of convenience, it’s quite simple to create gourmet meals in a snap. In fact, you’ll still have plenty of time to study or party until the break of dawn. Just bust out some of the student cook’s secret weapons: cast iron pans. The following grilled fish sandwich recipe can be prepared to eat on the spot, or saved for lunch on the go.

Ingredients:
1 cup cooked cod
1/3 cup mayonnaise
¼ tsp. salt
butter
slices of bread
¼ cup Worcestershire sauce – or a dash of horseradish
2 Tsp. onion, chopped fine
1 tsp. lemon juice

Directions:
1.  Flake the fish together with the mayonnaise, salt, Worcestershire sauce, onion and lemon juice.
2. Spread the mixture onto a slice of bread and spread butter on the outsides. Pan fry the sandwich on a grill pan until it achieves a golden brown color.
3. Any leftover spread can be saved in the refrigerator.

You will really need a deeper pan compared to ordinary frying pans.  There has to be a lot of oil to cover whatever you need to fry.  Shallow frying will not work for some dishes since they really have to be submerged in the oil.  Make sure as well that your oil is at the right temperature.  The optimum temperature is between 350 degrees to 375 degrees. If you put in the food when the oil is not that hot yet, the food will just absorb a lot of the oil and will take longer to cook.  If the oil is too hot, you will burn the food you are cooking.