Volume 124 Issue 101
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
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ALFREDO: QUICK, EASY AND DELICIOUS
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A while ago I was planning my weekly menu and grocery shopping list and had one more day to plan. I couldn't think of anything to make. Then, all of a sudden, the idea hit me — Chicken Alfredo.
The night came that I had planned to make the dish, and preparing everything was fun. I have always enjoyed cooking since I was a kid in my mom's kitchen and making this meal was no exception. Another thing that made it nice was that one of our Kansan photographers came over for company, so I didn't
have to eat the meal alone. My cat was also "helping", trying to get me to give her some of the scraps.
Preparing the meal went very smooth, which made me happy. The chicken breasts and noodles I used didn't burn, and the sauce didn't curdle. Finally came the time to eat and this Chicken Alfredo was, without a doubt, the best thing that I had ever made for myself and my photographer guest. The chicken was cooked to perfection and the sauce was nice and creamy.
My experience cooking this meal was so fun, here is the recipe and instructions if you'd like to try it too.
A SIMPLE CHICKEN ALFREDO RECIPE
INGREDIENTS:
2 thawed out small boneless, skinless chicken breasts
1 jar of Ragu light parmesan alfredo sauce
Egg noodles- amount based on your appetite
½ a tablespoon of canola oil to help keep the chicken from boiling
INSTRUCTIONS:
Start out by making the sauce first
1. Cut up the chicken breasts while your frying pan heats up on "medium" setting and pour the oil in the pan.
2. After you are done cutting up the chicken put the chicken chunks into the heated oil and let them fry until they are finished cooking. A way to help them cook a bit faster would be to have a lid over the pan so the steam is trapped in and helps cook the chicken.
3. While the chicken is frying get the Ragu sauce and pour it into another pan and put that pan's burner between the "medium" and "low" settings so the sauce doesn't burn or curdle. After you're done pouring the sauce, use a little milk to help clean out the jar a little more. Also, this helps make the sauce a bit creamier.
4. Around this time the chicken will be done cooking so carefully drop the cooked chunks into the sauce and then stir everything around. After this, turn the burner down to "low" so the sauce will simmer properly. The sauce is now done!
5. Now is the time to get the egg noodles going. Get a pot and fill it about 2/3 with water. The burner you put this on will need to be on the "high" setting. Wait until the water is fully boiling to put the noodles in. After the water is boiling, pour in as many noodles as you like and then let them boil for 10 minutes. After the 10 minutes drain the noodles with a colander bowl and then congratulations, you've just made a delicious and inexpensive meal.
Photos by Travis Young/KANSAN
Hertz has designated parking spots in lots 16 and 102 on campus for its rental cars. Students, staff and faculty can rent a car for $8 per hour. Cars can be rented for as little as 15 minutes or as long as a day.
Edited by Amanda Gage
that some professors and publishing companies are pushing for ebook usage and are trying to do their best to keep up. Kyle Whitley is a supervisor in the textbooks department and said the store is adjusting to the transition to digital.
"Mostly what we are doing is providing anything the instructor adopts and working with the publisher to get that in the store," Whitley said. "We have less control over what it is — a book versus an ebook — that is all dependent on the instructor who adopts it. What we are doing is trying our best to get that product in the store at a competitive price."
CHRIS NEAL/KANSAN
Students had been requesting the program for years, said Margretta de Vries, administrative specialist for the department.
partment now offers a solution for students without cars like Reames. Last month, it introduced a car sharing program that allows cars to be rented for a minimum of 15 minutes or as long as a day.
Interested drivers register for the Hertz
De Vries said the car sharing program would be helpful to students, staff and faculty who struggle to arrange rides for appointments or errands and might
ignited spaces when drivers are done.
on demand program on the company's website and must provide credit card information for future rental use, although registering
IAVON SCHAKELFORD junior from Salina
to get to anything," said de Vries.
Since the program started, 126 people have signed up for membership. In February, the cars
"There are a lot of students who come from far away and only bring a car because they don't think they'll be able
come as a relief for prospective students as well.
to get to anything," said de Vries.
Javon Shackelford, a junior from Salina, was interested to hear that the program would be coming to the University right around the time he would need to start applying for internships.
have been driven for 129 hours. The department goal is for the cars to be driven around 200 hours per month, de Vries said.
"I use it to go to interviews in Kansas City, which has been really helpful," Shackelford said.
He tries to use the cars strategically, renting them on weekdays when the prices are lower than the standard $8 per hour. Schakelford also evaluates whether or not he really needs the car to go somewhere or if
STE/KANSAN in the fifth
"If you're not careful, you can definitely drive yourself into the poor house," Schakelford said.
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driving would simply be easier than walking since the rental fees can add up quickly.
CLASSIFIEDS 9
CROSSWORD 4
Edited by Bre Roach
CRYPTOQUIPS 4
OPINION 5
SPORTS 10
SUDOKU 4
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Today's Weather
Brazilian Week is going on now. Brazilian movie night is tonight at Ellsworth at 7 p.m.
Mostly sunny with west-
wings at 10-15 mph,
gusting up to 20 mph.
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