Cooking is not easy if it is your first time living alone. You're probably used to having your parents around to help you out with meals. Even though many of us are studying about different disease states, and benefits of living healthy in University, we as students neglect healthy eating. Students are known to have bad eating habits and low activity levels. University students do not consume the recommended amount of grains, vegetables and grains and they tend to select choices that are quick which has a lot of sodium and fat (Warmin et al., 2012). There are long term effects to poor diet which may not be evident until later on in life. Research shows that nutrition education and learning to cook improves one's nutrition behaviour and the choices they make in their eating habits (Warmin et al., 2012). By learning to cook, you will get to appreciate the tastes of different ingredients and how they all come together to form a delicious meal. It also gives you more control over what you're putting in your body. It may seem impossible to be able to cook your own meals, but rest assured, by the end of your University life, you will be an expert cook. Here are some tips to learn how to cook!
1. Start out with an easy recipe that takes a short amount of time
There are many recipes that you can use to cook up a delicious meal in 15- 30 minutes. Start with something that involves low amount of ingredients so it is not overwhelming. Also, don't be threatened if your food does not look like the pictures posted on the recipe page. (Remember that they were taken professionally)
Check out Jamie Oliver's 129 Quick fixes recipe HERE
Hungover noodles can be prepared in 20 minutes!
