How to Cook Without a Kitchen: A Simple Steamer Lunch!

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Mar 07 2013

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How to Cook Without a Kitchen ~ A Simple Steamer Lunch!

My university room is my bedroom, study, library, yoga studio, and kitchen. With no oven or stove, I am ever so grateful for my electric steamer.

It’s surprisingly easy to make an entire meal out of steam (and raw vegetables). My fellow foodie friend Emma and I share a weekly veg box from OxCo-op which is ethical, delicious, and an easy option for food shopping.

A typical meal:

How to Cook Without a Kitchen ~ A Simple Steamer Lunch!Spinach and orange (from the Gloucester Green Market, where I get all my fruit) salad with balsamic vinaigrette as a starter while the veg steams. Simple salads are surprisingly tasty!

How to Cook Without a Kitchen ~ A Simple Steamer Lunch!And for the main course (because meals are so much more glamourous in courses, non?), some steamed leek, potato, and carrot with a bit of margarine. With good quality vegetables, this meal doesn’t seem plain at all! Especially in a Hello Kitty bowl.

What are your tips for student cooking? I’m always looking for suggestions!

xandra ★

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