College students are likely to eat on the run, and to find fast foods far more attractive than anything they might cook up on their own.
That’s the theory behind a little booklet, “Get The Whole Picture
On Food,” found on the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School Of
Health’s Web site at www.jhsph.edu/Student_Affairs/HealthyEating.html.
The “whole” in the booklet’s title means “wholesome,” and well as “complete.” “A healthy, wholesome diet means choosing from among many different foods,” says the introduction.
What follows are “practical tips” and suggestions to help “overcome the barriers that may be preventing you from eating the way you should.”
There are tips on how to keep costs down, how to precut veggies and handle leftovers. “Can’t eat a whole loaf of bread?” Well, then, “Keep a portion of the loaf in the freezer until it is needed.”
But the best thing about “Get the Whole Picture On Food” are the recipes for healthy, cost-conscious food it provides. There are suggestions for breakfast: “Yogurt with fruit, honey and wheat germ,” for example, and “leftover rice breakfasts” such as “Japanese rice” and “hot sweet rice.”
For lunch, “Fast and fabulous chicken salad” and “chickpea and broccoli salad” sound good, as do, “peanut sauce stir-fry” and “baked haddock” for supper.
Nothing takes more than 20 or 25 minutes to prepare, and most take much less time.
This helpful little booklet is truly designed with the student in mind, it’s short and to the point, and comes with a glossary of basic cooking terms: mince, cube, chop, broil, and the like, and a list of additional Web sites for more recipes.
