In a year where students are using their phones more and eating out less, many are turning to food TikTok to see what new dishes they can stir up.
Food TikTok is known for continuously sparking viral crazes that anyone can try. From folded tortilla wraps to air fryers to whipped coffee, college students have mastered quick food hacks — proving good food can come from even the smallest of dorm rooms.
Grace Souder, a sophomore majoring in political science, has used TikTok for two years and recently discovered the tortilla wrap hack through the app.
Instructions are as follows: Cut one line in your tortilla to the center, place your ingredients into four different triangular sections, and fold the layers on top of one another.
When Souder first saw the hack in her TikTok feed, she thought it was ingenious. She makes her wraps using a low-carb tortilla, then puts lettuce, basil pesto, turkey and Swiss cheese in the corners.
“I follow a lot of health food accounts and it kind of merged into that — a healthier way to have lunch,” Souder said. “The cheese goes on the outside, so it’s literally a perfect balance of all the flavors when you eat it. It’s really good.”
Alicia Robbins, a junior studying journalism and Italian studies, agrees the tortilla hack is useful for small-space living.
