Eating well on a student budget
A lone egg is bored in your fridge, your wallet is empty, you're in a hurry and hungry. Students in the "Nutrition and Human Food" professional degree program turn this impossible equation into a tasty little dish.
How do you eat a balanced diet when you've got little time, no money, and an electric hob and microwave as kitchen equipment? Students in the Nutrition and Human Food professional degree program at theIUT Montpellier-Sète have taken up the challenge. With the Blabla'plat project, they are distilling their invaluable advice on how to eat well on a student budget.
"More and more young people are aware that food is important for their health, but they feel that their budget is an obstacle".explains Tom Do Van Lanh. To help them fill their plates without emptying their wallets, the young dietician and his classmates have a lethal weapon: a series of funny, educational videos. A project carried out with the support of the Service de médecine de prévention.
Fun tutorials
What's the difference between a ready-made meal and its homemade counterpart? In just a few minutes, Blabla'plat's fun tutorials show that cooking can be quick, easy and, above all, economical! "Homemade soup, for example, is almost half the price of brick soup," explains Tom Do Van Lanh. The same goes for pasta bolognese: 2.41 euros for the industrial version versus 1.54 for a homemade bolo prepared in just 20 minutes.
To encourage students to get into the kitchen, Blabla'plat also provides some valuable tips for cooking... in the microwave, "often the only equipment in a student's kitchen". And if you're in a pinch, find out how to make the most of leftovers in a simple and tasty way. "Our recipes are adapted to student life: inexpensive, quick and easy to make with little kitchen equipment". Shall we eat?