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foodiebooty:

Butternut Squash Soup

FoodieBooty seems to have the right idea for fresh fall goodness! Here is the Butternut Squash soup recipe they posted. 

Veggies: easily found at the GreenMarket in Union Square!

Time to cook: Do it in between studying. 

Reward? Delicious and healthy food that YOU made and you can ENJOY for many days :D

Happy cooking!

Here are a two recipes from our cooking class. A simple Cucumber Salad to begin, and Chicken and Pork Fried rice for an entrée—if you are vegetarian, easily remove the meat from the recipe, it will be just as delicious and nutritious!

Cucumber Salad:

Ingredients:

1 cucumber
2 Tbs Sesame Oil
1 Tbs Soy Sauce
1 Tbs Salt
1 tsp Sugar

Method:

1. Mix all ingredients.
2. Serve and Enjoy!

Fried Rice:

Ingredients:

2 c of Cooked Rice
5 leaves of Napa
1 c of frozen Edamame Beans 
1-2 Carrots
3 Stalks of Green Onion
1/2 lbs of Ground Pork
1/2 lbs of Chicken
2 Eggs
2 Cloves of Garlic
1 c of Soy Sauce
2 Tbs of Rice Wine
2 Tbs of Sesame Oil
Vegetable Oil
Salt and Pepper

Method:

1. Julienne (chop them up) the carrots. Cut the napa into 1 inch squares. Finely chop the green onion and garlic.
2. Cut the chicken into 1 inch squares. Marinate with 2 tsp of chopped green onion, 2 Tbs of Soy Sauce, 1 Tbs of Sesame Oil, 1 Tbs of Rice Wine and 1 tsp of Salt. 
3. Marinate the ground pork with the same proportions of green onion, soy sauce, sesame oil, rice wine, and salt.
4. Beat eggs and at 1 tsp salt.
5. In a frying pan or wok, pour 1 Tbs of vegetable oil. Heat the edamame beans on medium heat until thoroughly cooked. Remove from pan.
6. Add garlic to the pan. When the garlic browns, add carrots, green onion, and napa. Cover for two minutes. Stir the mixture, add 1 tsp of salt and continue cooking until the napa becomes see through and the carrots are soft. Remove from pan.
7. Pour 1 Tbs of vegetable oil into the pan. Add ground pork. Stir and cook until all meat browns. Remove from pan.
8. Pour 1 Tbs of vegetable oil into the pan. Add chicken. Cook until brown on all sides (approximately 5 minutes). Remove from pan.
9. Pour 1/2 Tbs of vegetable oil into the pan. Add eggs. Stir and cook until scrambled. Remove from pan.
10. Pour 1 Tbs of vegetable oil into the pan. Add cooked rice. Stir and cook until rice is loosened. Add one by one all previous cooked ingredients and the remaining soy sauce. Add salt and pepper to taste. Remove from heat.
11. Serve and enjoy!

Here is a great portion of the dumpling making process!

[above: Pork dumpling with a soy sauce decoration]

Thursday night was the monthly CHEFs for Schools cooking class! This month: Asian cuisine.

We made three dishes (the recipes of which will be posted soon) One of our dishes was homemade dumplings. 

• Apples       they last!
• Carrots
• Wheat Bread
• Hummus
• Eggs
• Tomatoes
• Peanut Butter
• Jam: whole fruit preserves are preferable!
• Chicken or Turkey
• Tuna
• Salmon for the splurge
• Frozen fruits and veggies: not preferable…but they do come in handy

Other delicious options:

crackers, olive oil, herbs and spices, rice, pasta, honey, tea, brita, yogurt, nuts, pita bread, coffee 

TIPS:

 Buy them produce as you go. You’ll SAVE  money $$$ and retain their nutritional value.

If you like your caffeine, drink green tea- antioxidants! And stick to less than four cups of coffee a day. It will be good for you and you won’t be too jittery :D

Julia Child

First off, this blog is a part of CHEFs for Schools, NYU Chapter. CHEFs mission is to bring

Cheap

Healthy

Eco-Friendly

Food

to schools; striving to address issues of food inequality in undeserved communities.

At the NYU Chapter, we aim to serve our local NYU and NYC community with options for healthy eating. 

CookBook

Cook Create and  Cultivate Culture

This blog specifically aims to provide the NYU and NYC college community with healthy, culture filled tips and recipes to maintain an exciting healthy lifestyle. Don’t fret! It’s not as hard as it seems.

In the words of Julia Child:

You don’t have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.

Let the food adventure begin!