{"id":1373,"date":"2013-08-13T15:44:01","date_gmt":"2013-08-13T22:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/?p=1373"},"modified":"2014-03-18T10:14:29","modified_gmt":"2014-03-18T17:14:29","slug":"the-cooking-chronicles-part-2-food-essentials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/2013\/08\/13\/the-cooking-chronicles-part-2-food-essentials\/","title":{"rendered":"The Cooking Chronicles Part 2: Food Essentials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So now you\u2019re all suited up and ready to get cooking but you have no idea what to do. You know that you want something that\u2019s fulfilling and delicious for dinner but you don\u2019t want to have to spend 4 hours making it. You also really don\u2019t want to whip out your water heater to make ramen. So what do you do? Here\u2019s a list of a few easy, healthy, delicious (and cheap!) foods that will quell all of your hunger pangs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 16px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 16px\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Lentils:<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"lentils\" src=\"http:\/\/www.foodsubs.com\/Photos\/lentilsgroup.jpg\" width=\"218\" height=\"203\" \/><br \/>\nThey\u2019re great. They\u2019re delicious! They\u2019re versatile! They store really well! They come in a bunch of different varieties(including green, black, red, orange-red, yellow). Lentils are amazing. They are full of really great nutrients (lots of fiber, protein, and iron) and a small amount go a really long way. They\u2019re great in everything from soups to stews to curries to salads. And you can easily mix them with lots of other foods to make delicious and balanced meals. And the best part? They\u2019re super easy to make!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recipe:\u00a0<\/strong><a title=\"Curried Lentil Soup\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bonappetit.com\/recipes\/2010\/12\/curried_lentil_soup\">Curried Lentil Soup<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 16px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 16px\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Rice:\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 16px;color: #444444;font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif;line-height: 24px\">Rice is one of the perfect compliments to just about everything. It\u2019s a fairly neutral food which means that you can manipulate it whichever way you want for a delicious meal (pineapple fried rice anyone? or maybe rice pudding? The entire rice world is at your disposal). And if you use your<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/2013\/07\/09\/the-cooking-chronicles-part-1-kitchen-essentials\/\"> rice cooker<\/a>, it\u2019s one of the easiest things that you can make.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recipe:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.vegetariantimes.com\/recipe\/pineapple-fried-rice\/\">Pineapple Fried Rice<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 16px\"><strong><\/strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Sweet Potatoes<\/span>:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 24px\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"sweet potatoes\" src=\"http:\/\/food.sndimg.com\/img\/recipes\/74\/98\/2\/large\/pic9IYePk.jpg\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 16px;line-height: 16px;color: #444444;font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif\">Sweet Potatoes are the potato\u2019s confused cousin. Some people think that it\u2019s a potato. Some people think that it\u2019s a yam. Technically, it\u2019s neither. Whatever, it is, this orange potato \u201cthing\u201d is sweet, delicious and super good for you. You can stick the whole thing in the oven and have a sweet baked potato. Mash it, and have orange mashed potatoes. It\u2019s all the fun of any regular potato, but in a fun color.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recipe:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.food.com\/recipe\/mashed-chipotle-sweet-potatoes-293953\">\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.food.com\/recipe\/mashed-chipotle-sweet-potatoes-293953\">Mashed Chipotle Sweet Potatoes<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 16px\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 16px\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Plantains:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\">\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"plantains\" src=\"http:\/\/24.media.tumblr.com\/tumblr_lgfmvzTYGU1qc8bd8o1_400.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 16px;color: #444444;font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif;line-height: 24px\">I love plantains. Love them. They\u2019re the banana\u2019s superior cousin.There are a myriad of different ways to make them, but frying them is my personal preferred method. Buy them green and make crunchy tostones, or get them ripe and bask in the salty-sweet deliciousness.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recipe:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Fry-Plantains\">Fried (Ripe) Plantains<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 16px\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Frozen Veggies:<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"font-size: 16px;color: #444444;font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif;line-height: 24px\">So say you\u2019re not feeling the entire prepare-cook-wash dishes-clean up routine and you just really want mac and cheese. Add some vital nutrients to your quick fix meal by mixing in frozen broccoli or spinach. All the joy of vegetables, without all the work.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Oatmeal:<\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 24px\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"oatmeal\" src=\"http:\/\/img2.timeinc.net\/health\/images\/slides\/oatmeal-heart-400x400.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 24px\">Oatmeal may bring about awkward flashbacks of watery mush with technicolor dinosaur eggs, but trust me when I say that when done right, oatmeal can be a warm delicious experience. It takes almost no time to make and you can customize your oatmeal with anything you\u2019d like (my personal favorite is peanut butter, nutella, and dried coconut). Be adventurous! <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Recipe:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehealthyeverythingtarian.com\/my-happy-place\/\">Pumpkin Gingerbread Chocolate Oats<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium\"><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"line-height: 24px\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So now you\u2019re all suited up and ready to get cooking but you have no idea what to do. You know that you want something that\u2019s fulfilling and delicious for dinner but you don\u2019t want to have to spend 4&nbsp;&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/2013\/08\/13\/the-cooking-chronicles-part-2-food-essentials\/\">finish&nbsp;reading&nbsp;The Cooking Chronicles Part 2: Food Essentials<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/95"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1373"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1376,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1373\/revisions\/1376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reedreslife\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}