Today I had lunch in the Ivy Room. Enjoyed a Freshtake Kosher Corned Beef sandwich.
Kosher Day 2
March 4, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Day two started off late this morning as I came into Campus around noon and went to 104West! for some lunch to begin my day. The staff was super friendly, as always, and they had some great smelling offerings today. I went with the Spinach, Feta, Tomato personal pizza. I also had some of the Garlic bread, VERY GOOD!, and some tortellini Salad. They also had an all veggie and a cheese personal pizza available, as well as Grilled Cheese, Stir fry and some other options. You cannot leave this place hungry, they even had some donuts today! I ate them for dessert, it was wonderful. I’m still debating to go North for dinner tonight or walk back over to 104West, guess I’ll check out the online menus first.. Until Then… Enjoy Fat Tuesday! 
Kosher lunch at Northstar
March 4, 2014 By 1 Comment
For lunch today, northstar was offering a delicious vegetarian stuffed cabbage. Paired with a tossed salad and a cup of water, lunch was very satisfying. 
Kosher for the morning Day 2
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Started my day off with a cup of Life cereal, no milk and a cup of Starbuck’s coffee. So far, breakfast is easy, let’s see what lunch bring me today.
Kosher living Day 1
March 3, 2014 By Leave a Comment
So for me, the challenge was less about finding items I could eat as a Kosher student, but much more about “I need to eat QUICK”-where to turn?? Turns out, kosher options are readily available at retail locations and are convenient to grab..IF you know what is kosher/OU certified and where such destinations as 104 West! reside. HOW have I been a Manager in Dining this long, and I still struggled to park…and walk…to 104!! Facing the brutal cold temperatures to get a fresh kosher meal are less convenient with my schedule, but well worth it! Once inside, both the team and guests were very inviting and the offerings were too much! Needless to say, noone left hungry!
We won’t go hungry on this campus!
Kosher Lunch at 104West!
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Our Kosher team ate at 104West! this afternoon, it was our first team get together. I was surprised by the assortment of offerings available. There was Stir Fry to order, Calzones, a very nice fresh salad bar, and a great assortment of desserts. They also had omelets, Quessadilla’s and wraps available to order, and made fresh right in front on your eyes while you wait. I will admit that after only having some cereal for breakfast I had to do some digging around to find a few snacks before lunch today. I was able to identify that our fresh baked in house cookies are O/U certified as well as a number of our french fry offerings. I must point out though, I’m not sure how “kosher” the fries are after going into oil that has been used for other foods…. So, I may not be eating strictly Kosher, but Kosher certified works for me. I am looking forward to lunch tomorrow, Personal pan pizzas. I may also check out the Kosher offerings at Northstar for dinner tomorrow night. I am having trouble loading pics right now but I will try and follow up with them later.
Kosher Team Luncheon
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First kosher team get together at 104 West. More options and variety available than expected. Stir fry to order, tortellini salad, salad bar, cheese or pepper and onion calzones!
Start of 5 days of Kosher
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I started out the 5 days of kosher with a healthy Chobani yogurt and a cup of starbucks coffee. It will be a fun week of Kosher. Next stop, 104 West for lunch with Team Kosher
Looking for Kosher breakfast items
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I plan on stopping at Duffield Hall and Mattin’s Cafe for breakfast. Probably going to pick up some Chobani yogurt. I am sure there will be other kosher options available.
Day 1 – Kosher
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Breakfast time.. What is kosher for Breakfast? That’s the thought that went through my head this morning as I began my day on West Campus. I open up the Dining webpage to see what 104West! is serving today. Oh no What! , they aren’t open for breakfast; oh boy what am I going to do? Lunch is served 11am-2pm and dinner 5pm-7pm, I can’t wait till 11am to eat, coffee isn’t going to do it by itself.. I look at the line, Pork Sausage, ah… NOPE… Hmmm… I begin to ask some of the staff if they get requests for Kosher food in the mornings, as I usually work in the evening, so it’s not something that comes up often. Most the staff agrees that have never been asked for a kosher breakfast. I’m pretty sure “kosher people” don’t just skip breakfast every morning, so I go out back to our storage room and start poking around. Luckily for me, I spot and “O, U” symbol on our Malt-o-Meal cereal boxes.. I think, Cool, that’s Kosher, right? O, U.. I recognize the label from my catering days, but I honestly had no idea what it meant… So, time to do a little more research… I found a site, oukosher.org. I start doing some reading and find out O/U is basically the Orthodox Union, best known for its kosher food preparation supervision service. Hence, these products get this mark because they have been certified as prepared in a “kosher” way. So I guess I’m going to start my morning with some cereal….