foodie_student_life

One of the hardest challenges I faced when I turned veggie and headed to uni was scaling back meals and cooking just for one. Although I'd started making my own meals at home before I moved away the leftovers or remains of my veggies dishes often became sides or meals for family so cooking for one was a challenge - the main issue being portion sizing! The two hardest things to portion are most definitely staples such as pasta and rice, although I often struggled with veg too (not that I complain at that one - I'm one of those strange kids that love greens!). While online advice will suggest a handful or half a cup - this is so subjective and I struggled in measuring it which meant I'd end up with way too much of each of the meals I was preparing. Two outcomes of this: pre-prepared meals ready in the fridge or freezer (not always a bad thing as you have quick and easy meals available) for the next few days and overeating (with massive portions - oops!!) or snacking at ran

...something I never thought I'd do. I've never been the best at English or spelling (although I do love a good game of Scrabble) but I've found something I love and want to share not only my passion for cooking but experiences and tips as a student. It probably won't be very interesting, and I'll be amazed if anyone actual reads this but whilst I've been sat at home enjoying the last of the summer before uni (in other words with too much time on my hands) I found myself writing a list of things I'd write about if I was ever brave enough to do it and this is the result... I started a separate insta account in Feburary (@veggie_student_life go give it a follow 😉) while bored at uni. Most people have a second account that's private to a select few friends that they spam with funny pictures of birthday posts but I started to share pics of my food! From the start of uni I'd always been taking photos of my food that I'd send to my parents almost e