Welcome to the Hungry & Broke Student

Welcome to my very first blog! For my marketing class this Semester I was asked to create a series of 5 blogs discussing something I'm passionate about, naturally the first thing that came to mind was... FOOD!

My 5 blogs will include handy tips, hacks, recipes and general advice on how to survive being a hungry and broke student! If you aren't a student though, I'm sure there are plenty of ideas that you can take away to help with your food budgeting.

I know all too well what its like to be scrapping the pennies together at the end of the month to buy 20p pasta. I am a food lover so I had to learn to budget, shop smart and still try to eat well. I hope these blogs are helpful and fun for you guys to read.

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