THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 2008
APARTMENT GUIDE
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Cooking isn't scary with these easy recipes
BY ALEXANDRA GARRY editor@kansan.com
Without the convenience of ready-made dining hall food, first-time apartment-dwellers can experience anxiety when dinner time rolls around, and they have to cook — possibly for the first time.
Many students receive instruction on food safety and cooking tips before coming to college or even as part of college orientation, but still doubts may linger.
"The average college student can learn how to cook on their own, simply by taking the things they love to eat and using them in different ways," said Aimee Love, an Overland Park senior who plans to attend culinary school after graduation.
College students needn't stress out, though because many books and Web sites are devoted to cheap, creative recipes and basic cooking skills can be easily learned. Web sites such as www.allrecipes.com and www.betterrecipes.com have sections devoted to easy recipes.
Love said watching cooking shows on TV could help, and she encouraged all students to tackle any cooking fears.
"Don't be afraid of the kitchen. Throw out the frozen TV dinners, and try something new," she said.
Taking the time to cook can also be greatly beneficial for your health. A 2006 Brown University Medical School study found that the so-called "freshman 15" may actually be a myth — it should
be closer to "freshman 7 or 8" — but that many students continue to gain weight after their freshman year. Eating healthy at home, the study suggested, could help combat this weight gain.
Love said cooking could become not just a chore but a community activity to bring together family, friends and roommates.
Check out these student-submitted recipes to spice up your next meal.
bacon-wrapped Lit'l Smokies
Ingredients
- 1 package regular Hillshire Farm Lit'l Smokies
- About 2 cups brown sugar
- 1 package maple-flavored bacon
Procedure
- Cut each strip of bacon lengthwise into fourths.
- Roll Lit'l Smokies in bacon strips and coat them thoroughly with brown sugar.
· Place Lit'l Smokies into greased baking dish.
- Bake at 400 degrees for about 45 minutes or until bacon is brown and crispy
· Serve warm with toothnicks
- Serve warm with toothpicks.
cinnamon rolls
Ingredients
- 1 package crescent rolls
- Large marshmallows
- Melted butter
- Cinnamon and sugar mix
- Powdered sugar
- Roll out the crescent dough so it is in flat triangles.
Procedure
- Dip the marshmallow into the butter and then into the cinnamon sugar mix.
- dough, forming a ball. Make sure to seal off all sides of the ball.
- Roll the marshmallow up in the crescent
- Dip the crescent ball in the butter then in the cinnamon-sugar mix.
- Lay on a greased cookie sheet and bake at 400 degrees for 12-15 minutes (or until nice and brown and a toothpick comes out clean).
· Mix the powdered sugar with milk or more melted butter proportionally so it makes
icing.
- Once the rolls come out, drizzle the icing over them and enjoy.
Adam Glass, Overland Park freshman
chicken curry pasta
Ingredients
- Onions
- Mushrooms
- Olive oil
- Curry powder
- Black pepper
- Minced garlic
- Fresh parsley, chopped
- Grated mozzarella cheese
- Farfalle pasta
Procedure
- Chicken
- Saute onions and mushrooms in olive oil with curry powder, pepper, parsley and garlic to taste.
- At the same time, sauté a chicken breast in olive oil with curry powder and garlic.
- While all of this is sauteing, boil some farfale pasta according to the package directions.
- When finished cooking, toss pasta with olive oil, mozzarella and garlic.
- After the onions, mushrooms and chicken are finished sautéing, mix with the pasta.
- Slice the chicken breast into strips lengthwise and place on top of pasta mix.
Adam Burnett, Topeka senior
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