00:00 Ways that I save money when I'm a student and when I'm broke.
00:04 I mean, I don't even just do this when I'm a student because...
00:08 Cost of living crisis.
00:09 Firstly, I don't buy milk. I make my own oat milk.
00:13 I'm not vegan, I don't regularly drink oat milk. I do drink dairy, but...
00:17 Cost of living crisis.
00:19 Secondly, I just don't buy fruit, really.
00:22 Thirdly, I don't really buy bread. I feel like it just goes mouldy.
00:26 Or I do buy bread, but I freeze it straight away.
00:28 Thirdly, I bulk make meals.
00:32 So I make a meal and it'll serve four, but I'll just put three portions in the freezer or the fridge.
00:37 Also on the dairy front, I wouldn't really buy yogurts or anything.
00:40 I do buy butter, but I won't buy spread. I buy real butter.
00:46 You can also make your own butter if you buy cream, but I think they're the same price.
00:50 Also, I buy frozen vegetables instead of fresh ones.
00:53 Because peppers and stuff to put in meals bulk it out.
00:57 Ways that I save money when I'm at uni, part two.
01:00 Last one was kind of food, this is more general stuff.
01:04 Firstly, if you're one to travel home a lot or in a long distance relationship, this is a really good tip.
01:09 Book your train three months in advance.
01:11 I know it's hard to plan that in advance, but I booked my train for September to go back to uni in July, and it was only £10.
01:19 And that's from London to Leeds, so it's definitely worth it, because normally it's like £40-50.
01:23 Second tip is looking out for free stuff at your university union.
01:26 My first year, me and my housemates all got free plants.
01:29 So just look out on their website for stuff that's coming up, because they love to give out free stuff.
01:33 This one's kind of obvious, but just pre-at-home, use vodka and squash, that kind of thing.
01:37 Because pre-ing out actually costs you so much more money.
01:41 This is such a cheap thing that I sometimes do.
01:43 I bring tea bags with me to the library and stuff, and then get them to just give me a cup with hot water to save money on tea.
01:50 Making tortilla chips out of tortillas that are leftover.
01:53 Having an air fryer saves so much electricity.
01:56 This video did so well, and I'm so surprised, because I just thought these things were quite common-sensey.
02:01 But then I also thought, maybe people don't think of these things.
02:04 Meals that I make for this kind of thing is things like shepherd's pie, chilli con carne, spaghetti bolognese, curries.
02:10 Another way I save money is buying a whole chicken instead of little bits of chicken.
02:14 I cook the whole chicken, and then I use the rest of the chicken for different meals, like curries.
02:19 My favourite kind of chicken is to buy spatchcock chickens, because they cook in under an hour, and they're normally already seasoned.
02:25 And they're like £4-7.
02:27 I'm trying to think of meals I also make.
02:29 Pastitsio, which is like a Greek dish, but it's like pasta, kind of like lasagna.
02:34 You could make lasagna.
02:35 If you like fish, I guess you could make fish pie, but I don't like fish.
02:38 One meal I liked to make last year was birria tacos, because it is kind of more pricey, but you can, like, the meat can go a long way.
02:46 You can put it in jacket potatoes and stuff.
02:48 And jacket potatoes is also a really good meal if you're poor, because you literally just make, like, baked potato, add a filling.
02:54 It's great.
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