For a lot of students, their first encounter with cooking is during college. It’s quite a daunting task for a first-time cook, especially if you’ve got classes and a new university social life to manage. Simple cooking doesn’t take much, and a few items around the kitchen will get that student friend of yours a jump start into the culinary world.
3 Cup Rice Cooker: Cooking rice is just too easy in rice cookers—no need to mind the pot and decide when the rice is done, just flip the switch and the machine regulates the temperature for you. This little machine saved me oodles of time and made countless tasty rice dishes while I was in college. Not only can it make white rice, you can replace water with chicken stock and put some spices in to make a simple Mexican rice. The possibilities are endless.
83 Piece Starter Kit: A lot about cooking is having the right tools at the right time. They don’t need to be fancy tools, just tools that work. For the college student, getting a starter kit of some sort is a great idea, and would save many trips to the store, as well as save some money.
Disposable Plates: When exam time rolls around, sometimes cleanliness is the area that gets sacrificed. But this doesn’t mean that students need to skimp on making meals. Disposables cut the time of washing dishes, making more time to cram for that math exam.
Small Microwave: Freezing foods for later is a great time saver. When I was in college, my girlfriend and I would take the whole day to buy, chop, and portion meats for two weeks and freeze them in little baggies. A small, powerful microwave is great for quick defrosts and tasty meals.
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