Essential Kitchen Staples Every College Student Needs

In this episode we discuss essential kitchen staples every college student needs, featuring expert tips from Dr. Sabrina Falquier. Learn how to stock your kitchen with healthy and versatile ingredients that make meal prep easy and nutritious while managing your busy student life.

This episode is also available in Spanish. 

Also available:
Dorm Room Snacks: Healthy and Cheap Options for College Students!

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Want a great bean recipe? Dr. Falquier guides you through the process of making an easy, creamy, flavorful bean dip that can be used in a variety of ways with oven-baked tortillas. Find it on our “Culinary Medicine Recipe” podcast on Apple Podcasts here: https://apple.co/3W2SKWk (note this is a special subscription episode).

Host – Dr. Sabrina Falquier, MD, CCMS, DipABLM
Sound & Editing – Will Crann
Executive Producer – Esther Garfin

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Today's topic is essential kitchen staples every college student needs.
I'm doctor Sabrina Falke, the host of culinary Medicine recipe.
Here we go. What to have in your freezer. Frozen
fruits of all kinds. Vegetables including vegetable medleys like fajeta, mix,
dark leafy green vegetables like spinach or kale. Also any
leftovers it can be frozen in your refrigerator. Hummus, eggs, tortillas,

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especially corn tortillas, but flour tortillas are great too. A
hard cheese block like cheddar cheese. Condiments that you can
use like hot sauces, sal sauce or low sodium soy sauce.
Fermented foods like kimchi or sauer kraut. As far as
produce in your refrigerator, things like berries that only last

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for two to three days, also lettuce for salads. And
then items that are easily cut and eaten raw so
things like cucumbers, red peppers, celery carrots. And then items
that take a little bit more love things like brustle
spouts or cabbage or eggplant that need to be cooked. Now,

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As far as produce that does not need refrigeration, having
a bowl of fruit easily accessible bananas oranges, limes, lemons,
and then things like onions, potatoes, garlic. Moving onto your
pantry items, a few cans of your favorite beans, ideally
low salt or unsalted. Nuts roasted and unsalted ideal two

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to three grains dry nut butters with one or two
ingredients so either whatever nut you want plus minus salt,
salt free. Spice combinations and herb combinations. Olive oil, vinegar,
especially red white vinegar. Breads whole wheat, non loaf of
bread or pet of bread are great. Now why did

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I choose this list for you? Because these foods are
either unprocessed or minimally processed and can be used in
many different combinations. Do you have a younger sibling or
a friend that lives in the dorms. We have another
episode on dorm room snacks. If you're looking for easy
recipes that include items from today's lists, such as black beans,

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check out the Culinary Medicine Recipe podcast subscription available on
Apple Podcasts Until next time. Salud and Bonavidi please note
that the content or opinions in this episode are for
informational purposes only and are not a substitute for professional

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medical advice. If you are uncertain if an ingredient mention
here is suitable for your diet due to allergies or
other reasons, please discuss with your doctor or other qualified
healthcare provider.