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Weston is heading back to WVU to pick up a couple of classes in the first summer session (then home for the rest of the summer). With his first two semesters behind him, he’s no longer required to live in the dorm. He will be sharing an apartment with his roommate from the dorm (and high school best friend), though he’ll be up there alone this summer. He didn’t really take to dorm cafeteria food, and now he’ll be on his own for cooking. I’m giving him a crash cooking course this week, helping him practice a few easy recipes that will serve him for several days at a time. Tonight, he made Spicy Lentil Sauce. Tomorrow, we’re going to work on making a big pot of pinto beans (from dry), and then for the next couple days after that, all the things to do with a big pot of beans.
Pictured: He’s studying an onion. He asked whether he was supposed to peel it before or after cutting it. We’ve got a long way to go!
Posted by Suzanne McMinn on May 14, 2012
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Vegan recipes…. I really like Isa Chandra Moskowitz. Especialy her book, Appetite for Reduction. For the most part few ingredients and so far I haven’t had a failure yet. That is rare for me, with most cookbooks I’m lucky if I like any of the recipes. Also, Veganomicon is another cookbook that she collaborated on that I’ve found to be quite good. Appetite for Reduction is the book she wrote after writting 3 dessert cookbooks, a pie, a cookie and a cake book. I’m just going to skip her baking books as I’m already overweight, but Weston and his girlfriend might enjoy them.
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http://www.theppk.com/blog/
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Good job, Weston–everybody should know how to cook at least a few things!
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If those parents were anything like mine, they were thinking that their daughter might only do a 99.99% full load and, well, that remaining 0.01% of empty washer space might mark the end of the world. Once I was in college, my mom wanted to pick up my laundry and take it home because coin washers cost money. Yes, there were issues……
Suzanne – I found RelishRelish to be a really good website for meal planning and menus. A 30-day trial was free and there are all sorts of neat features like the ability to print shopping lists, budget and veg meal alternations, etc. Most of the recipes are use minimal packaged ingredients (for example – you might find something that calls for BBQ sauce, which few college students would make from scratch.) I subscribed for a year and I think it was $7 a month. The recipes are simple enough for a beginner yet tasty enough to make one WANT to cook.
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