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APARTMENT GUIDE MONDAY, APRIL 5, 2010 THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN KANSAN.COM
Cooking on your own can be fun
BY MOLLY MARTIN mmartin@kansan.com
Frozen pizza has one advantage over more complex recipes: it takes less time to prepare.
For most college students, the time-saving factor might make frozen pizza more
Students who cook their meals can express creativity by trying new recipes and sharing with friends or roommates.
appealing, especially after a long day on campus, but not for Leavenworth sophomores Katie Oliver and Pekkei Wong; both prefer to do their own cooking.
"There is something very satisfying about preparing a meal or baking a dessert and
Photo illustration by Jerry Wang/KANSAN
"I wouldn't love cooking near as much if I wasn't sharing what I made with my friends"
to cook.
"I have to plan what meal to make, when to buy the ingredients, and what day I have time to cook," Wong said.
Both Wong and Oliver use family recipes they received from their mothers, but Oliver said she also finds new recipes by searching
KATIE OLIVER Leavenworth sophomore
then being able to enjoy it," Oliver said. "I also find it very stress relieving."
Many students living on their own for the first time, however, may find the task of finding quick and easy recipes to be a stress-inducing challenge. Wong, who did not start cooking until she came to the University, said she had to learn how to make the time
the Internet. Rachel Ray's Web site, www.rachelray.com, offers inexpensive, quick recipes that the site gears directly towards people who have limited free time to cook.
The price for ingredients is also a concern for Oliver and Wong, Oliver said she rationalized grocery shopping because it is always going to be cheaper than eating out, but she likes to splurge on foods
like fresh salmon and produce that may be out of season.
"I think the key is picking out the right stuff at the grocery store." Oliver said. "I always choose generic or off-brand when it's available, and that doesn't affect the quality of my food at all."
To combat the costs of food, Wong said she sometimes plans her meals around what she
already has in the kitchen of her apartment. She said she also looks for weekly grocery ads
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