The Thrifty Cook- Part 2: Recipes
Following on from my last post, here are a few of my suggestions for easy, cheap meals at university. Easy Tomato Sauce This sauce is the base for many recipes. Great on its own with pasta or as a component of a more adventurous dish, if you can make this you’ll never go […]
The Thrifty Cook- Part 1: The Shop
Today’s blog is going to move away from languages onto a topic that I’m particularly passionate about- food! Perhaps one of the biggest, non-academic challenges that comes with starting university is learning how to feed yourself. Unless your parents forced you to learn before departing (yes mum, you were right, thank you) it’s likely […]
Year Abroad Q&A
The main focus of this blog, for the next year anyway, will be my experiences on my year abroad. As a student of French and Spanish, this means that I will be splitting my time equally between the two countries. The first half of my adventure will be in the Spanish city of Salamanca […]
Five Things to Do in Leicester
Now that exams are over, there seems to be two trends among students. Either to pack up and head straight home to make the most of the long summer, home cooking and the chance to earn some money through a part-time job, or to take full advantage of the 52 week leases and spend some […]
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