Junk Food No Longer An Option For Students

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Expensive junk food is no longer an option for today's students With the start of a new academic year at colleges and universities across the UK, there is increasing concern among both students and parents about the rising cost of food and the issue of how to eat nutritious food on a student loan or grant. A NatWest poll published this summer estimates that university students will spend on average just £21.50 a week on food. Let's face it, that's not going to buy many pizzas. And yet the majority of students will simply not have the know-how in the kitchen to cope when it comes to keeping body, soul and, of course, brain together on such a low budget. According to James McIntosh, the UK's leading home economist, many young people don't realise that it is possible to eat healthy food without spending a fortune. "Most cookery books on the market use complicated and expensive ingredients and only teach you how to follow a recipe - they don't actually teach you how to cook. "But it is possible to feed yourself using ingredients that are easy to source and are available at everyday prices by learning a few basic recipes that can be adapted to make many variations on a theme." James's new book mix. is a comprehensive guide to basic proportions in cookery giving the quantities needed for simple, everyday food. Containing over 170 recipes, yet small enough to fit into a handbag or pocket, it costs just £4.99. The book is accompanied by his website, www.jamesmcintosh.co.uk, which includes a comprehensive guide to everything in the kitchen plus lots of useful tips on how to eat good food while saving money on ingredients and fuel. Recipes include how to make a tomato sauce for pasta to how to make steam puddings and is an essential cookery book for young people who want to learn to cook, families interested in saving money on food bills and teachers and students of home economics/food technology. According to Antony Worrall Thompson, mix. is: "A fantastic concise book explaining everyday recipes and giving every cook a helping hand with the secret of successful cookery - getting the basics right first!"

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