reading time: ca. 1 min
Preparation time: 20 mins
Main ingredients: oats, zucchini, banana
difficulty level: easy
serves: 1
suitable for: vegan, lactose-free, gluten-free, nut-free, low-fat
reading time: ca. 3 min
I share many recipes on my blog. Most of them are simple, some of them more time-consuming, some of them garnished with love. However, i only post 2 times a week usually, adding up to 8 posts a month. That means, you will only see a maximum of 2 meals out of 21 per week, or 8 meals out of 84 per month. The remaining 76 meals are not photographed, undocumented, and usually not very photogenic to be honest, lol.
So. I'm a student and i do not eat off brownies, cake, chocolate ice cream, truffles and pancakes (though i wouldn't mind too much).
Instead, i base my meals on plain carbs (oats, millet, potatoes, sweet potatoes, rice, quinoa), vegetables (broccoli, peas, carrots, zucchini, PUMPKIN!) and fruits (banana, apples, pears, berries). And the best thing is: The least expensive food items - at least in my country - are rice, oats, potatoes, vegetables and bananas.
Besides money, another factor is time. Most of my meals will be easy and quick to make because i usually come home starving, and i don't have the nerve nor the time to spend 1 or 2 hours in the kitchen in order to prepare sushi rolls, pizza, falafel, burgers, banana bread or whatnot. So my "usual suspects" are something as shown in the picture above, simple but real tasty: potato wedges, steamed broccoli and roasted carrots.
So. I'm a student and i do not eat off brownies, cake, chocolate ice cream, truffles and pancakes (though i wouldn't mind too much).
Instead, i base my meals on plain carbs (oats, millet, potatoes, sweet potatoes, rice, quinoa), vegetables (broccoli, peas, carrots, zucchini, PUMPKIN!) and fruits (banana, apples, pears, berries). And the best thing is: The least expensive food items - at least in my country - are rice, oats, potatoes, vegetables and bananas.
Besides money, another factor is time. Most of my meals will be easy and quick to make because i usually come home starving, and i don't have the nerve nor the time to spend 1 or 2 hours in the kitchen in order to prepare sushi rolls, pizza, falafel, burgers, banana bread or whatnot. So my "usual suspects" are something as shown in the picture above, simple but real tasty: potato wedges, steamed broccoli and roasted carrots.
As much as i love to include dates, nut butters, cacao powder, matcha powder, maca, almonds, walnuts, chia seeds, stevia, coconut blossom sugar and quinoa in my recipes - you don't need them on a regular basis. Simplicity is key!
Here are some options for meals when you are on a budget, taken from the archive of "Maisy's unphotogenic pictures", along with some tips on how to save money:
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