Basic Cooking Skills For Students

By Dorothy Stone


Most college students don't have much of an idea of cooking, unless they have been trained to do so. The average person will know how to make a cheese sandwich, and they will probably know how to fry an egg. When mom has been looking after you, it makes life so much easier. However, basic cooking skills are necessary when you are on your own.

Ordering pizzas and going to MacDonalds every night is never a great option. A student, especially needs a healthy diet, obtaining all their vitamins and nutrients. There are so many recipes that you can put together in 20 minutes. This includes pasta or stir fry. Sometimes, you make too much and you pull something out of the freezer. It may be a good idea to do this on purpose.

Making big rice dishes or pasta with tomato cream sauce as well as that which is in a light basil and tomato sauce take no time to cook. The best way is to decide what you are going to eat for the week. You will then do your grocery shopping, according to the budget that you have. This may take more time, but you will take advantage from it in the long run.

Salad is something to think about, should you be eating a lot of carbohydrates because it fills you up. But it will also be able to act as a meal on its own. There are so many varieties available and you can learn to be creative in the way that you make this. Some people use fruit with this, such as with nectarine or orange.

Things like chocolate chip cookies are a popular treat, and it this takes it flour, sugar, butter with a couple of wet ingredients. Once you learn how to make cookies, it won't be long until you can make brownies and other sweet treats. You may also want to experiment with other flavors and ingredients.

Basic sauces like white sauce and tomato sauce are great because you can add what you want to this. The best way is to experiment with roast vegetables or olive oil. You can put in peanut butter. It can be nice to use bacon or ham with broccoli. Keeping it simple is often better, remembering to flavor it well.

Rice is something else that goes with everything. You can make a curry or a stew. You can make a rice dish if you want. The options are endless. It is not necessary to have a rice cooker to perfect this. Just make sure that all of the water is cooked out, and that you have measured it up properly. This is how your rice will stay nice and fluffy. There are all sorts of rice available.

There are some great soup recipes online. Look for new resources which are inexpensive and easy to make. Make a big pot of soup which you can have during the week. You can even take some of this with you to your classes. There is nothing better to heat you up like this during the winter months when it the cold.




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