May's Favorite Recipes!

Summertime is almost here! The weather is great (finally!), the birds are chirping, and yet, you are still eating your disgusting plain instant ramen. How sad. However, I offer to you a solution — here are two delicious and medium effort recipes that you can make for yourself and share with your friends (this assumes you have them). These recipes are healthy, delicious, and taste MUCH better than whatever chemicals you are ingesting with your ramen from its dissolving styrofoam container.

Recipe 1: Poke Bowls (serves 3)

Did you know that Norwegian Farm raised salmon is safe to eat raw? According to FDA Food Code References: 3-402.11, “Aquaculture Fish, such as Salmon, that are served raw or undercooked are exempt from [flash freezing requirements],” given that they are served feed that does not contain live parasites, which Norwegian salmon feed is free of due to heat treated feed. Additionally, farm raised salmon (at least bought on the west coast) is almost always flash frozen as well due to traveling across the country. In short, this means that Norwegian farm raised salmon is safe to eat raw.

Ingredients:

• 3 small or 1 1/2 large Avocados, cubed

• 1 lb Raw Norwegian Farm-Raised Salmon

• 1 cup white rice, dry

• 1 1/2 cups edamame beans

• 1 1/2 cups canned corn

• 1 Mango

• 1 Roma Tomato

• 1/2 bunch of cilantro


• Juice of 1 lime

• Sauces of your choice

1. Cook the rice with your preferred method, then chill in the fridge

2. While rice is cooking, prepare the mango salsa by:

Dicing the mango

Dicing the tomato

Remove cilantro leaves from the bunch and chop finely

Mix in a container with lime juice

Let chill and marinate in the fridge

Chop salmon into bite-sized cubes

3. Construct a bowl by:

Put rice at the bottom and mix the sauces into the rice

Place salmon, edamame, corn, and mango salsa atop the rice

Put sauces atop the bowl

4. Serve and enjoy!

Recipe 2: Hearty Pasta Salad (Serves 6)

I know many a college student who eat pasta plain, no creativity, no sauce (or even worse, canned sauce), and no fun. A great way to make your past more interesting and healthier is to turn it into a delicious, hearty salad.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 can of green olives, drained

• 1/6 of a head of cabbage, shredded or chopped

• 2 tomatoes, diced

• 1 large or 2 small avocado(s), cut into cubes

• 8 oz of dry penne

• 1/4 cup balsamic vinegar

• 1/2 cup olive oil

• 2 Cans of canned fish of your choice

1. Prepare penne according to the instructions on the box, then refrigerate until cool

2. In a large container, break up the canned fish into small chunks

3. Add the olives, cabbage, tomatoes, avocados, and pasta

4. Put on the balsamic vinegar, oil, toss, and serve!



Summertime is wonderful, and with two brand new and delicious recipes for you, it will be even more wonderful! Hopefully, those of you who are hesitant to cook due to the amount of effort required now can see that healthy and delicious food can be made with very little effort. Enjoy!