Eating well in France on a student budget
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The book has my store ranking, the words you need in a boulangerie and my 20-minute spicy pasta. This page is where I keep the longer version.
My weekly shop
- Aldi or Lidl for staples: rice, pasta, eggs, frozen veg, tuna, yoghurt.
- The market on Sunday for fruit, vegetables and cheese, at the end of the morning when prices drop.
- Too Good To Go for surprise bags of unsold food.
- Indian spices and lentils: Paris Store (Lille, near Roubaix Eurotéléport), La Chapelle in Paris.
Recipes
[Josh to finish] Add your go-to recipes here: the spicy pasta, the chicken curry, the dal you batch-cook on Sundays. Quantities, cost per portion, and a photo each.
Eating out without going broke
The formule (lunch menu), the boulangerie sandwich, the kebab and the CROUS restaurant: a full meal for a few euros.
[Josh to finish] Your favourite cheap spots in Lille and Paris.
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