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A Virtual Care Package for a College Kid

9/24/2012

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Brown University, Providence, RI
This post is dedicated to all college kids (and a few in particular) who are now living the dream of off-campus apartment living. 

Ah, yes. The freedom of selecting exactly what you want to eat. No more mass-produced, pre-selected dorm food to be eaten at specified times.

The reality of which quickly becomes, "Oh (appropriate college-level profanity here)!? I have to cook! And wash dishes!? And buy food?! Hello, Mom!?" 

A friend of mine has a child is in just such a predicament, with two vegetarian roomies thrown in, just for some added fun. 


Do not despair, or worse yet, whine. Armed with a salad spinner, rice cooker, a non stick pan, a non-stick spatula and a baking sheet, you will neither starve nor burn through your parents' money eating out. 

Feeding Your Ohana 101: Staples you should always try to have in-house
Spices & Seasoners
Garlic. This makes everything better 
Coarse sea salt. Say no to refined salt
Black pepper. The kind you can grind on your own
Olive oil. For general-purpose cooking
Canola oil. For when you decide to fry something, and you will
Shoyu (soy sauce). Low-sodium, green label Kikkoman is my favorite
Roasted sesame seed oil. Dynasty or Kadoya brand
Oyster sauce
Sriracha sauce. Look for the rooster on the label. He is your friend.
White vinegar. Buy a gallon and you can also use it to clean your floors. When you clean them.
Balsamic vinegar. Impress your friends
Brown sugar. For homemade teriyaki sauce
White sugar. If you bake. A mom can dream!

Optional
Cooking sherry and ginger 
Generally non-perishable items
Onions. Technically perishable, but they last a long time and you will use them a lot
Rice. White or brown short grain, Koda Farms if you can 
Quinoa.That you can cook in your rice cooker
"Noodley" type pasta like linguine
"Shaped" pasta like penne, farfalle, or elbows
Nuts. Pine nuts, walnuts and cashews
Dried cranberries. Good to toss into salads
Bread. Add cheese and it's a sandwich

Perishable Items--stored in the fridge
Eggs
Real butter
Cheese. Parmesan and your favorite for sandwiches
Yogurt
Firm tofu. If you and your roomies can make peace with it
A bottle each of lime and lemon juice. Fresh are always preferable, but these are good to have on standby
What you can make with the above supplies plus a trip to the grocery store for fresh produce.
Vegetarian
Bri's Butternut Squash
Easy Roasted Asparagus 
Greek Salad
Onzo Salad
Quick Pasta Salad
Quinoa Salad
Roasted Tomatoes, so that you can make Panini
Spaghetti Sauce II--Jars
Spaghetti Sauce Pizza
Simple Spaghetti
Tofu Steaks

Not Vegetarian
Banish the Bottle Teriyaki Chicken
From Scratch Pork Loin 
Get a Costco Chicken (or two!)
Laurie's Chicken Salad Sandwiches



These can be vegetarian by leaving out the animals:
Leftover Mauna Lani Chicken Pasta Salad
My Daddy's Killer Fried Rice
Any Kine Quiche

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So whether you are Lions, Tigers or any-type-except-Golden-Bears, 

Cardinal, Crimson or Big Red--enjoy college.

Remember that if you have aluminum foil and an iron, you can make grilled cheese, and that snow banks are excellent temporary coolers.

Eat Well. Be Well. 

Study Hard. Play hard, but not too hard. After all, I'm still a mom!

6 Comments
Mother Bear
9/26/2012 01:25:05 am

Mahalo, Laurie, on behalf of young college cooks everywhere--and their moms.

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Laurie link
9/26/2012 06:26:06 am

Happy to help. Maybe they'll come home and cook for us!

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One of the not-vegetarians
9/26/2012 06:18:15 am

Laurie, thanks so much! It appears we have a lot of shopping to do. The recipes look great. I'm super excited to try some of these. The days of infinite grilled cheese are over!

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Laurie link
9/26/2012 06:25:15 am

Happy to help out! And yes, as much as I do love a good grilled cheese, eating it exclusively can get old. Good luck and ping me if you need help!

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Gwen link
10/2/2012 03:54:28 am

This is such a great post! I remember those days, just trying to figure what to buy at the grocery store was such a challenge, this should really help them a lot:)

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Laurie link
10/2/2012 04:22:55 am

Thanks so much. We were all there once, weren't we? I remember being mystified at the grocery store.

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