Alfredo

There are a few things that are great about living off campus, and there are a few things that are required of you to live on your own. One of those things is to go shopping and buy your own food. I took Chase and Emerson for granted looking back on it now. Being able to walk into a dining hall, regardless of how good the people here think the food is, there are still many options and meals that are just waiting for you to eat. I personally think Wheaton does a pretty decent job with the dining halls here and provide more then enough for a student to be completely satisfied. I mean looking back now, the picture below could have been made in about 5 to 10 minutes by a dining hall employee while I was sitting down shooting the breeze with friends waiting to eat.

That's just something that crosses my mind a lot as I am in Hannafords, or Roche Bros, planning and trying to figure out what I want to be eating for the next two weeks. Living off campus and having to provide myself with things in order to survive has been a nice learning curve for me and its something that we will all have to do some day….the real world is coming fast!

Now…this right here is a picture of my dinner last night. Probably one of my top three favorite dishes to make if not my number one favorite. This is a fettuccine alfredo with some frozen vegetables I mixed in for the hell of it. Something that always happens a day or two after you have been shopping is the realization that you forgot a key food for the house. In this case, half way through cooking, I realized I forgot to get chicken breasts at the store. This type of meal still tastes great even with just vegetables but chicken is something that absolutely needs to be in there. Big mistake, but overall, it is a great meal if someone has never tried it.


FYI- Anyone that is living off campus, Hannafords in Easton, the town over from Norton, has unbelievable deals. For example boxes of pasta for 89 cents…lasts you a long time if you stock up. Definitely worth the 5 to 10 minute drive.

-Jordan