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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12-15-2005 @ 7:49PM
yelena said...
all of it! plz, santa! i've been relatively good....besides cooking will take my mind off my failed math test and finals.
(oh, and a kitchenaid mixer too plz.and parchment paper)
is this asking too much?
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12-15-2005 @ 10:56PM
FJK said...
How about a basic cookbook with an emphasis on healthy, easy to prepare food using readily available and inexpensive ingredients. (No campbell soup glop, please.)
Any one out there have a cookbook like that to recommend? My oldest is a high school senior so I can use the tips!
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12-16-2005 @ 10:06AM
Eric A said...
I know the perfect book: "Where's Mom now that I Need Her?"
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0961539003/qid=1134745094/sr=8-2/ref=pd_bbs_2/002-5088424-8184834?n=507846&s=books&v=glance
Rice cookers aren't bad, but for the same or similar money you could get a decent saucepan with multiple uses. The secret is the bottom of the pan. It has to be thick. You can get some inexpensive stainless pans at restraunt supply places.
Once I got a good pan, I never had burnt-bottom rice. Reducing the liquid ratio also helps make perfect rice.
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