{"id":299,"date":"2024-10-23T17:56:56","date_gmt":"2024-10-23T17:56:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/solenn\/?p=299"},"modified":"2024-10-23T17:56:56","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T17:56:56","slug":"my-favorite-on-campus-menu-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/solenn\/2024\/10\/23\/my-favorite-on-campus-menu-items\/","title":{"rendered":"My Favorite On-Campus Menu Items!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey everyone!<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Solenn here again, with some foodie opinions! I am quite a picky person, so eating in the dining hall means the bar is high for me. Thankfully, the University of Iowa has a great menu at all of its dining locations, and there are many things I&#8217;d like. I want to share my favorites so if you&#8217;re struggling to know what&#8217;s good, you don&#8217;t need to worry!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Dining Halls:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Pumpkin bars &#8211; the cream cheese frosting needs to be entirely on its own<\/li>\n<li>Pecan pie &#8211; I had it once, they need to bring it back for Thanksgiving<\/li>\n<li>Italian Mac and Cheese &#8211; the actual perfect amount of cheese<\/li>\n<li>Lasagna rolls &#8211; So filling, love the marinara sauce and cheese filling<\/li>\n<li>Turkey burger &#8211; It has mustard inside, enough said<\/li>\n<li>Gluten-free chicken tenders &#8211; they taste like something right out of a fast food restaurant!<\/li>\n<li>Hummus &#8211; the salad bar hummus is delicious, I use it as my salad dressing!<\/li>\n<li>Vegan chili &#8211; has a kick to it!<\/li>\n<li>Tomato soup &#8211; so yummy, great for a cold day<\/li>\n<li>Coconut dairy free yogurt &#8211; Light coconut taste, great for a yogurt bowl<\/li>\n<li>Cinnamon rolls &#8211; They have a great taste and not too dry!<\/li>\n<li>The entire burrito bowl bar &#8211; build your own, and their salsa and tortilla chips are phenomenal<\/li>\n<li>Green beans with almonds &#8211; They are so buttery<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Flex Meal locations:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Chicken tortilla soup &#8211; it is so spicy<\/li>\n<li>Mac and cheese &#8211; fulfills those Kraft mac and cheese cravings<\/li>\n<li>Chicken caesar salad &#8211; the dressing is so good<\/li>\n<li>Chicken tenders\/fries &#8211; its like getting fast food<\/li>\n<li>Edible cookie dough &#8211; a safer alternative to the real deal<\/li>\n<li>Fresca drink &#8211; it is like sparkling lemonade<\/li>\n<li>Clio bars &#8211; a healthy, sweet yogurt dessert<\/li>\n<li>River Room: -the best pasta bar around &#8211; they have pesto and gluten free pasta!!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<figure id=\"attachment_303\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-303\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/solenn\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_7613.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-303 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/solenn\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_7613-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/solenn\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_7613-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/solenn\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_7613-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/solenn\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_7613-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/solenn\/files\/2024\/10\/IMG_7613.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My friends Olivia, Lynne, and I eating in Catlett<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>These are just a few of a vast menu of items, there is something for everyone! I encourage you to find your own favorites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey everyone! It&#8217;s Solenn here again, with some foodie opinions! I am quite a picky person, so eating in the dining hall means the bar is high for me. Thankfully, the University of Iowa has a great menu at all of its dining locations, and there are many things I&#8217;d like. I want to share my favorites so if you&#8217;re struggling to know what&#8217;s good, you don&#8217;t need to worry! Dining Halls: Pumpkin bars &#8211; &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,14,15,12,11,8],"class_list":["post-299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-dining-hall","tag-eating-at-iowa","tag-eating-in-dorm","tag-iowa","tag-iowa-city","tag-uiowa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/solenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/solenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/solenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/solenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/solenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/solenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":309,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/solenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299\/revisions\/309"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/solenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/solenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.admissions.uiowa.edu\/solenn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}