Chilli con carne 4 ways
Ingredients2 Red or white onions – 15p2–3 Cloves of garlic – 5p – 25p a bulb 1 Pepper – 18p 1/5 of a 90p pack 500g Mince beef £1.49 400g Tin of tomatoes 28p 400g Red kidney beans 33p 2 tbsp Tomato purée 5p – 27p a tube 1 Beef stock cube 11p –...
The student shopping list – How to eat well without breaking the bank.
My name is Charlie and I work in a kitchen, for one reason, because I love cooking. I always liked cooking from a young age, mainly baking, but at a certain point you work out that eating cake and brownies is not a sustainable way to live. I am going to attempt to...
Chocolate expert reveals how to eat yours and reap the health benefits
Have you been eating your chocolate in the wrong way? UK chocolate expert Jennifer Earle from Ecstasy Tours has explained how we should be munching our chocolate in a completely different way than we have done for years. Instead of just chucking it in and chomping,...
Breakfast – The most important meal of the day
Breakfast has always been the most important meal of the day, or at least that is what I was always told by my mother. I believe the thinking behind this saying stem from the fact that when you sleep your body has been fasting for 8-9 hours and your blood glucose...
Doughnuts
Doughnuts first made their debut back in the early 1800’s and its believed that they were brought to the USA by Dutch settlers who named them oly-koeks (oily cakes). They were originally made from a sweetened dough of flour, butter, sugar, eggs and milk and were then...
Bake off or Bog off?
Us Brits love a national treasure, and over the last 11 years that’s exactly what the Great British Bake Off has become for its hundreds and thousands of disciples. Originally, the GBBO as it’s now fondly known to its fans, first aired on BBC2, presumably because the...
Sandy or Matt?
When the news broke that C4 had managed to navigate their way around Covid 19 regulations to bring us a new series of Bake Off, our first thought was how could they possibly replace Sandy Toksvig? The relationship between Sandy and Noel worked perfectly, with their...
Christmas Day: A Timeline
8:15 am You get up for the day. Crash into your parents’ room with more Christmas cheer and festive spirit than all the elves in the North Pole. Whack on a speaker and start blasting Christmas anthems throughout the house and the neighbourhood to ready their festive...
Top Five Reasons To Visit Brighton
Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club Home to the city’s very own, Brighton and Hove Albion Football Club. The Albion continue to fight from strength to strength alongside Head Coach Graham Potter to remain in the Premier League. Not only do the Seagulls always...
Best Plymouth Costas ranked in order
Everyone must have had a Costa at least once in their lives, especially those who live in Plymouth and have seen the sheer amounts of Coffee establishments the ocean city contains. weather you like Costa or not we cannot deny these penultimate locations for an...
Where you should go for Christmas lunch
One of my favourite things about the Holliday’s has to be the Christmas food. With only a few days to go loads of restaurants are offering something Festive at this time of year. Quay 33 If your feeling like a local homemade meal in a quiet part of Plymouth Quay 33...
How to stay healthy on a budget at uni
By Ollie Noy Scott, Mia Prescott, Kieran Gilbert, Neve Solomon and Ben Scott Although you may think you’re ready to jump into life at uni – things may be more complicated than you think. Planning is essential, especially if you want to keep yourself healthy and active...