Student life can be fast paced and stressful, and if you’re not managing your meals on top of all the study and work commitments, things can quickly go south.
To maintain a healthy lifestyle and optimal focus, you need to eat well. The best way to achieve this on a student budget is to prepare as many of your meals as possible. Eating out and buying lunch on the go is expensive, and not always very healthy.
If you have access to a good kitchen, make the most of it. Cooking once and eating twice is a great rule to live by. To save time and money you are better off cooking a larger amount and dividing it up into portions, so on those busy nights when you get home late, you already have a meal in the fridge to reheat
Stock up on fresh vegetables, fruit, some lean protein like chicken thighs, beef strips or seafood.
Find a few easy recipes that will suit batch cooking, such as:
🥘Butter Chicken Curry
🥘Mexican beef and bean taco mix
🥘Tray bake roast vegetables
🥘Vegetarian Lasagne
There are plenty of great online recipes to explore. Make a file of your favourites, plan your weekly menu and shop specifically for those meals, therefore you will have less wastage.
Some of our favourite websites to check out are:
🍅’Easy Recipes For Students’- www.jamieoliver.com
🍅’30 Incredibly easy Recipes For College Students’- www.myrecipes.com
🍅’Easy Recipes For Students’- www.bbc.co.uk
🍅’80 Quick and Easy Weeknight Meals’- www.goodfood.com.au