February 14, 1993. The picture above is of me, cooking a meal for a bunch of my friends. It was my junior year in college, and I even remember the menu, because due to budget restraints and whatnot, mostly I cooked pasta. That evening I made two kinds of pasta - one homemade tomato sauce with lots of basil, and another creamy-alfredo-type sauce. On the side we had vegetable sticks and dip, and I'm pretty sure I made some homemade foccacia that they could dip in all the sauces and stuff their faces with. It was Valentine's Day, and as none of us were dating one another (interestingly enough, among our friends in college two couples did end up getting married) I threw a Valetine's meal at home. I had a crush on some guy who was in graduate school and all my friends had some crazy plan to invite him over so that they could vet him and make sure he was good enough (for me). We even did some crazy decoration with hearts where we put code names of one another up on the wall (mine was "mommy") and laughed like crazy.
Mostly I remember cooking in the kitchen all the sauces, and yelling at everyone to eat. Back then it seems, I was very much like I am now, only I'm yelling at my children to eat. My friends joked around, often calling me "Mom" and asking me when dinner was, and we'd eat together, laughing and enjoying one another's company. The comfort of food and friends, while in college, is something I can't forget, and I think that may really have been the starting point for my desire to cook good food for others, as I often fed many many people then.
For dessert - I made lemon bars, which were my friend LK's absolute favorite and iced sugar cookies which were my other friend's DL's favorite. The combination of all that food and all that fun - makes for some great memories, and I was thrilled when I found the pictures.
Now for the giveaway!
In the season of students heading off to colleges, the wonderful folks over at Albertsons are sponsoring this giveaway to promote their easy cooking for college students recipes. Below you'll find some examples of their ideas of easy to cook recipes for the busy college student. They have recipes, shopping lists, and weekly planners.
The winner gets two $25 gift certificates to Albertsons, so you can either keep one and give one to a college student, or keep both, or give both of them away. Either way, someone is going to cook SOMETHING good with this giveaway prize. (or someone will be buying a lot of ice cream.)
Albertson Gift Card Giveaway Rules!
** Please bear in mind that the comments must be left BELOW this blog post in order to be considered entries. If you are able to get two entries, you MUST leave two SEPARATE comments below. (I will generate a number at random based on the number of entries below this blog.)
To enter to win two $25 gift cards, you MUST do the following:
Leave a comment below telling me what was your go-to meal in college. For my younger entrants who have not yet attended college, tell me what you THINK you will eat a lot of in college.
For an extra entry - Facebook!
You can have an extra entry if you take a picture of a Week of Menu's dish that you wish you knew how to cook while you were in college and post it on the Week of Menus Facebook page. For my younger entrants, you can simply post a picture of something from Week of Menus that you hope to cook in college. LEAVE a SECOND COMMENT below saying that you have posted your picture on Facebook.
A winner will be chosen at random on FRIDAY, September 30th, at midnight PST.
(I am a former high school English Teacher, so I am bit of a stickler for rules. Entries which do not follow the instructions will be disqualified.)
Can't wait to hear and see all your entries!!
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My go to college meal was Cup-O-Noodles/Ramen or bologna sandwiches. How sad. I wish I had you as my roommate! I would have eaten so much better!!!
Sadly, I ate more burgers than I should have. I attempted cooking and failed miserably. Thank goodness for websites like yours to help wannabe cooks like me. ^_^
My two go-to college meals were ramen and totino's party pizzas!
I had a college roommate who would often make beef stew in a slow cooker. Those were the good days. The rest of the time, it was more like pasta with sauce and microwaved frozen peas! I remember baking a lot of cookies, though...
My to go college meal were ramen or eggs. I love cracking an egg into my boiling pot of ramen!
My staple meal in college was Saporo Ichiban ramen and spaghetti. I never ate vegetables! :(
rice, spam, and eggs! (:
but now that im back in school and living in my own place, im cooking alot more! yummy <3
definitely kimchi fried rice, the hotter the better
Turkey sandwich on wheat bread with baby carrots and a granola bar for dessert. I was a healthy little girl.
hamburger helper w/ ground beef. i'd try the different flavors, but in the end they all tasted the same.
Pasta!!!
All of our roomates had one "specialty" dish that we would make almost weekly and we'd all end up cooking about one meal a night for the rest of the apartment to enjoy. Mine was always Korean fried rice.
My go to college meal was buffalo wild wings or shin ramen cups!! :)
go to in college was a creamy chicken and spinach pasta. I found it in a "healthy" cookbook, and my roommate and were so proud that we made something that required 3 pots! :) I still make it today!
my go-to meal was pasta with tomato sauce! it is still my go-to meal...there's something about pasta that brings me comfort.
My go to meal was peanut butter and honey sandwich!
my go to college meal was - peanut butter & fluff sandwich. I would also carry a hot pot to the library and make ichiban ramen. didn't know why people would come up to me and ask me for a bite. I was always like, "how do you knowi'" hahaha
I'm currently in college, and living off-campus this year, so I'm off the meal plan for the first time! I've been pretty good about cooking a variety of things for myself, but my go-tos when I'm low on time or energy are quesadillas and pasta.
Sadly, instant ramen, cchaccharoni, chocolate pudding, and nature valley granola bars
My go-to meal in right now (I'm still in college) has always been bibimbap! Also shin ramen with an egg cracked into it :)
Unfortunately I hadn't really started cooking for myself yet when I was in college, so my go-to meal was pizza delivery =( Not proud of it! Neither was my belly at the time.
my go to meal was rice and geem or cottage inn pizza. Their pizza was $5 after 9 pm- which is why after college, I joined the gym! lol!!!
rice and geem and my mom's jang jo rhim that she packed for me
My go-to meals in college were fried rice and chicken teriyaki with stir-fry veggies from Costco.
Pasta and Ramen! They were my go to meals when I was too exhausted from school.
My go-to meal in college was a box of macaroni & a can of tuna. Doesn't sound as appetizing now, but it sure was good & cheap back then.
kim chi bok um bahp made with spam.. we ate lots and lots of spam.
definitely pizza rolls. love them!
Mine was steamed fish and rice! lived at home to save money =)
my go to college meal was bibimbap. but i didn't have bowls big enough to "house" the whole thing... so i would mix and eat it out of a pot. thanks for the memory!
I always had these bagged soup mixes on hand where you just had to add boiling water, also Ramen and those store brand single serve pizzas what were always under a buck
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my favorite thing to buy/eat at the college cafeteria was nachos with all the fixings! buffalo wings was second!
I ate Spaghetti-O's. Eek!
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As a young woman I ate a lot of soup and grilled cheese sandwiches
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het ban (instant rice) with korean spicy canned tuna and a scoop of gochoojang (red hot chilli paste) made the most amazing spicy tuna bibimbap!
Ramen with an egg cracked in it..
I worked at the cafeteria in the student union, so I got my meals for free most days.
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haha, let's see. I remember lots of eggs.. My favorite go-to meal was making a huge pot of jangjorim with lots of hardboiled eggs in it to last me the week. Otherwise it was breakfast for dinner :)
Oh I ate plenty of top ramen, maruchan brand lol
My go-to meal was pizza, frozen or otherwise.
I made a lot of fried rice in college...maybe I should have called it leftover rice. Basically I would chop up whatever was in my fridge and throw it all together. Somehow it always tasted good. :)
haha i see a lot of eggs in the comments. mine also was either fried egg with rice and soy sauce, or ramen with egg :)
My go-to meal was baked potatoes or ramen. so sad. ;) we also made lots of hot rice with an egg cracked over it and some shoyu. so good...
my go to meal was spaghetti, and it wasn't anything special, just your basic prego sauce and pasta, but it certainly could go a long way.
fishstick burrito - flour tortilla with fishsticks, lettuce, and cocktail sauce!
My go to meal was either pizza or rice with whatever sidedish(es) I had brought from my parents' home.
spaghetti & curry
I didn't cook back in college--more to do with time and inability to cook decent food than the money--so my go-to meals were burgers, pizza, and burritos!
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rice, spam, eggs and oyster sauce! or ramen ;)!
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