A Home Cooked Chase Meal

Home Made Chase Chicken Parm

We all have our own opinions on Chase food, some like it, some don't, others say it's getting better. I've generally had a pretty positive opinion of Chase, but one thing that I feel is lacking, particularly in the new Chase, is the independence of making your own meals with the various foods you want. Because of this, when I'm in the mood for my own take on what I want to eat, I'll have a home cooked chase meal.

Living in a theme house has given me a great resource of a kitchen, filled with pots and pans, stove and oven, and scatterings of the utensils and parts needed to cook a meal. I'll head over to chase with a big tupperware, and load up on the foods I'm in the mood for. I'll generally go for whatever meat is being offered with the main course, some rice, and then whichever veggies and toppings from the salad bar appeal to me. Depending on how I'm cooking, if I'm making a stir fry for example, I'll throw in some oil or butter as well.

Back at home, I'll take my collection of ingredients, plus whatever I might have from my own fridge, and throw together a meal. The advantages: free ingredients, food cooked to my own taste, a meal in my own living space without the business of the dining hall, and the joy of making my own food as a break from studying and the going-ons of the day.

What can the results be? Well check out this chicken parm dish I made with a friend when we had a craving for it. Other than the sauce and cheese, all the ingredients were Chase fresh!