College Cooking: Feed Yourself and Your Friends

You have a midterm tomorrow and a fierce growl in your stomach. Your roommate just nabbed your last cup o’ ramen. Do you: (A) Ignore your stomach and brew another pot of coffee? (B) Break out the PBandJ? © Order pizza again? (D) Make a quick trip to the grocery store? The answer’s D, and College Cooking is the only study guide you’ll need.Sisters Megan and Jill Carle know all about leaving a well-stocked kitchen to face an empty apartment fridge with little time to cook and very little money. They practically grew up in their parents’ kitchen, but even that didn’t prepare them for braving the supermarket aisles on their own. That’s why they wrote COLLEGE COOKING to share the tips and tricks they’ve learned while feeding themselves between late-night studying, papers, parties, and other distractions.Starting with kitchen basics, Megan and Jill first cover ingredients, equipment, and other prereqs for cooking a decent meal. They then provide more than ninety simple yet tasteworthy recipes hearty home-style dishes, study-break snacks, healthy salads, sweet treats, and more (along with low-cal and veggie options). You’ll find easy and cheap-to-make dishes, like: Tortilla Soup
Chili with Green Chile Cornbread
Chicken Salad Pita Sandwiches
Baked Penne Pasta with Italian Sausage
What’s-in-the-Fridge Frittata
Peanut Butter Cup Bars
Brownie Bites You’ll also find recipes for feeding a household of roommates, maximizing leftovers, cooking for a dinner date, and hosting parties with minimal prep and cost. Just consider COLLEGE COOKING your crash course in kitchen survival and required reading for off-campus living.