Eating well on a student budget
A lonely egg sits in your fridge, your wallet is empty, you're in a hurry and hungry. Students studying for a professional degree in Nutrition and Human Nutrition turn this impossible equation into a tasty meal.
How can you eat a balanced diet when you have little time, no money, and only an electric hotplate and a microwave for cooking equipment? Students studying for a professional degree in Nutrition and Human Nutrition at theMontpellier-Sète University Institute of Technology have risen to the challenge. With the Blabla'plat project, they share their valuable advice on how to eat well on a student budget.
“More and more young people are aware that diet 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 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
What should you choose between a ready-made meal and its homemade equivalent? In just a few minutes, Blabla'plat shows in fun tutorials that cooking can be simple, quick, and above all, economical! "Homemade soup, for example, costs almost half as much as soup from a carton," says Tom Do Van Lanh. The same goes for pasta Bolognese: €2.41 for the store-bought version versus €1.54 for 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 difficult end-of-month periods, 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 eat?