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Many people go on to college with no skills in the kitchen, or limited skills such as making a sandwich and scrambled eggs. Even in college, we may have a food plan so we go eat at the dinning halls 2-3 times a day or/and have random microwave meals, eat out or bake hot pockets/pizza. As athletes, we need to take care of our bodies to help heal and recover from our activities with food and/or drinks, which at times can be missed due to the lack of ability or willingness to cook. Some think it is really hard to cook or that it's too time consuming. However, I believe that if you can read, you can cook and it can be easy and simple. To help out, here is a list of websites and blogs that have easy, healthy and simple recipes:
- I am a big fan of the Nutrition Blog Network - they have a list of many different blogs written by registered dietitians. Every blog concentrates on something else such as sports nutrition. Moreover, the majority of them have great and easy recipes to follow. Find one you like and follow. Here is just one example: I.Run.On.Nutrition - She has many recipes you can try.
- Minimalist Baker - Is a new find for me and I love it. This couple basically created a website with many recipes that are easy and very simple to make with most of them taking less than 30 minutes. They also have a section of recipes with 7 ingredients or less. I actually bought the recipe book which is great.
- NR website - has really great simple recipes with minimum amounts of ingredients with stunning visuals to show you how each step is made. Most of the recipes are also quite low budget. Note; the website has a lot more to offer but I can not attest to the quality of the other areas in this website as I have not examined it yet.
- Cooking Light - This is also one of my favorites, mainly because you just need to decide what ingredients you have and tada, you get multiple ideas of what to do with those ingredients. The issue is that sometimes a recipe can be complicated and contain multiple ingredients that you can't even pronounce. Here is an actual article on healthy budget recipes.
- Interestingly enough the United States Department if Agriculture (USDA) has a cool "Whats Cooking?" website with MANY recipes and you can choose based on what you need to get more of (e.g. more vegetables....), the course, type of cuisine, type of equipment and even if you need low budget (SNAP program). The recipes are very simple and easy to make. Some of these recipes were even created by children.
- My Sports Nutrition - A great resource to get sports nutrition information in general that also has a collection of cheap recipe eBooks (as cheap as $9.99) that you can choose based on the meal you desire (breakfast, lunch or dinner) as well as a full shake recipe book. All books and My Sports Nutrition are written and run by fellow registered dietitians that specialize in sports.
- Poor Girl Eats Well - Is a blog written by a young woman that has medical issues that require her to eat healthy but is on a very tight budget and yet finds a way to eat and cook healthy. She shares her $25 week grocery cart as well as multiple easy recipes. She also puts a price tag on each one of the recipes, which is quite helpful if you are on a tight budget.
These are just a few that you can use but i'm sure there are many more. Remember, all you have to do is just buy the ingredients and follow the recipe. Once you figure out some basic dishes you like, you can start playing with the ingredients and experimenting. Don't fear the kitchen! it's actually quite pleasant once you get the hang of it. Whats cool is you will benefit from it the most, not only in your wallet but also with your health and energy levels.
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