Article: Making the grade with chicken To save money while at college, she learned to cook.(Food)(Cook of the week)

Byline: Laura Bianchi

Nightmares about school typically fall into basic categories like forgetting to study for a test or realizing you haven't been to class all semester and now it's exam time.

But I wouldn't be surprised if Laura Jastram's college nightmares involve chicken, plate after plate of chicken dinners.

The 22-year-old Grayslake resident started cooking when she was living off-campus at the University of Illinois at Champaign- Urbana, and for economics and simplicity, chicken was often the main ingredient. For sides, she cooked up pasta and fresh vegetables.

To vary the menu, Laura experimented with seasonings, marinades and salsas, coming up with ...

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