Eating Well on a Student Budget
A lone egg is sitting idly in your fridge, your wallet is empty, and you’re in a hurry and starving. Students in the professional bachelor’s program in “Nutrition and Human Diet” 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 hot plate and a microwave to cook with? Students in the professional bachelor’s degree program in Nutrition and Human Dietetics at theMontpellier-Sète University Institute of Technology (IUT) took on 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 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. This 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 through fun tutorial videos 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. The same goes for pasta Bolognese: 2.41 euros 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 tough times at the end of the month, discover how to turn leftovers into simple and tasty meals. “Our recipes are tailored to student life: inexpensive, quick, and easy to make with minimal kitchen equipment.” Shall we dig in?