Eating Well on a Student Budget
A lone egg is sitting idle in your fridge, your wallet is empty, and you’re in a hurry and starving. Students in the “Nutrition and Human Diet” professional bachelor’s program turn this impossible equation into a tasty little meal.
How can you eat a balanced diet when you have little time, no money, and only an electric hotplate and a microwave to cook with? Students in the professional bachelor’s program in Nutrition and Human Dietetics at theMontpellier-Sète University Institute of Technology have risen to the challenge. Through the Blabla’plat project, they share their valuable tips on how to eat well on a student budget.
“"More and more young people realize that diet is important for their health, but they feel that their budget is a barrier.", explains Tom Do Van Lanh. To help them fill their plates without breaking the bank, the young dietitian and his classmates have a secret weapon: a series of funny and educational videos. The project was carried out with the support of the Preventive Medicine Department.
Fun tutorials
Should you choose a ready-made meal or its homemade equivalent? In just a few minutes, Blabla’plat uses fun tutorial videos to show that cooking can be simple, quick, and above all, economical!“Homemade soup, for example, costs almost half as much as soup from a carton,” explains Tom Do Van Lanh. Same verdict for pasta Bolognese: €2.41 for the store-bought version versus €1.54 for a homemade Bolognese prepared in just 20 minutes.
To encourage students to get cooking, Blabla’plat also offers some valuable tips for cooking… in the microwave,“often the only appliance in a student’s kitchen.” And for those tight budgets at the end of the month, discover how to use leftovers in simple and tasty ways.“Our recipes are tailored to student life: inexpensive, quick, and easy to make with minimal kitchen equipment.” Shall we dig in?