Nutrition: Recipes

College students tend to be very busy.  In fact, the thought of cooking may be the last thing on your mind.  So why bother preparing foods at home? 

• Preparing food at home can help you save money
• Recipes you make yourself are often healthier than what you eat when eating out
• Many recipes take less than a half-hour to prepare, and can be enough food for a few meals

Eat without stress– tips to keep in mind when you feel rushed for time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ujPwK0pSng

Snack suggestions
http://startcooking.com/video/515/Apple-Snack-Attack

Creative ideas for using tofu in recipes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=csrnGiJ_N0k

Breakfast ideas when there is time for a relaxing start to the day
http://startcooking.com/blog/349/Valentines-Day-Breakfast-in-Bed

How to cook the basics videos

Pasta
http://startcooking.com/video/255/How-to-Cook-Pasta

Rice
http://startcooking.com/video/227/Cooking-White-Rice

Microwave baked potato
http://startcooking.com/video/256/Microwave-Baked-Potatoes

Hard boiled eggs
http://startcooking.com/video/221/How-to-Boil-an-Egg

A fried egg
http://startcooking.com/video/296/How-to-Fry-an-Egg

Chicken breast
http://startcooking.com/video/213/Grilled-Chicken---Indoors

Pork chops
http://startcooking.com/video/208/Pork-Chops

Microwave salmon and Baked cod
http://startcooking.com/video/100/Baked-Cod-and-Microwave-Salmon

Step-by step videos for lunch or dinner

Fried rice
http://startcooking.com/video/259/How-to-Make-Fried-Rice

Meat Loaf
http://startcooking.com/video/306/Meatloaf-(Classics)

Shrimp scampi
http://startcooking.com/video/178/Shrimp-Scampi

SantaFe Chili (make it vegetarian with TSP instead of ground beef)
http://startcooking.com/video/99/Santa-Fe-Chili

Garlic spinach video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLZADf7ENKM

Food prep technique demos: How to…

Cut an onion
http://startcooking.com/video/297/Cutting-an-Onion

Prepare garlic
http://startcooking.com/video/298/Preparing-Garlic

Brown ground beef
http://startcooking.com/video/226/Browning-Ground-Beef

Crack open and separate an egg
http://startcooking.com/blog/35/How-To-Crack-Open-An-Egg

Measure ingredients for a recipe
http://startcooking.com/video/260/How-to-Measure-Food

Knife skills
http://startcooking.com/video/328/Three-Good-Kitchen-Knives

Free Recipes for College Students:

• www.yumyum.com/student
• www.studentrecipes.com
• www.mnsu.edu/shs/healtheducation/bmc
• www.aboutcollege.com/recipe.htm#Apple%20casserole
• www.unh.edu/health-services/good_eats/index.html

Health Cooking Shows

• 30 Minute Meals with Rachael Ray http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_tm
• Zonya’s Health Bites with Zonya Foco, RD http://www.zonya.com/tv.html
• Healthy Appetite with Ellie Krieger http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_ek
• Quick Fix Meals with Robin Miller http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_rm
• Calorie Commando with Juan Carlos Cruz http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_cv
• Weighing In with Juan Carlos Cruz http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_tk

Other Sources of Free Recipes :

• Meals for You www.mealsforyou.com
• Recipe Central lancaster.unl.edu/food/recipe.shtml
• Cooking Light www.cookinglight.com
• Harvest Eating www.harvesteating.com
• Meals Matter www.mealsmatter.org
• Global gourmet  www.globalgourmet.com
• CDC Recipes apps.nccd.cdc.gov/dnparecipe
• Recipe Zaar www.recipezaar.com
• Epicurious www.epicurious.com
• Food Network www.foodtv.com
• The Science of Cooking www.exploratorium.edu/cooking
• Interactive Menu Planner hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/menuplanner/menu.cgi