{"id":37,"date":"2023-11-13T16:27:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-13T16:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/?p=37"},"modified":"2023-12-15T02:15:07","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T02:15:07","slug":"two-meals-for-3-officially-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/2023\/11\/13\/two-meals-for-3-officially-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Student meal boxes officially out!\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Thrifty Chef is a new project that provides \u00a33 meal boxes, covering at least 2 portions.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Edward Wilkinson, the CEO of this new business, said:&nbsp;\u2018We provide meal boxes for students, it provides all the ingredients needed to make two meals each week and they are low-cost meals that use surplus and class two fruit and veg, and it is all vegetarian.\u2019&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-ad2f72ca wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-people2-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38\" style=\"width:350px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-people2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-people2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-people2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-people2-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-people2-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-people2-1170x878.jpeg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thrifty Chef in front of the NUSU<br>Photo by: Eliska Janska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-box1-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-39\" style=\"width:330px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-box1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-box1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-box1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-box1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-box1-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-box1-1170x878.jpeg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Thrifty Chef box<br>Photo by: Eliska Janska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>They officially launched on Friday 27<sup>th<\/sup>, and from now they will be distributing their boxes by the Newcastle University Students\u2019 Union every Friday from four until six o\u2019clock.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The box comes in all recyclable packaging to reduce the carbon footprint with all the ingredients and a recipe card, which contains the method, nutrition facts and storage details.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-video\"><video height=\"480\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 848 \/ 480;\" width=\"848\" controls src=\"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/Sequence-01Ed.mp4\"><\/video><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Interview with Edward Wilkinson, one of the founders of Thrifty Chef<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More information available on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thriftychefbox\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/thriftychefbox\/?hl=cs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Thrifty Chef Instagram profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, although the main message of the project is sustainability and the reduction of food waste, some customers also found it beneficial in terms of effective cooking and general affordability.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I think it\u2019s quite an efficient way of doing it, cause going out and planning meals, and going out and buying every individual thing in different shops can be quite time-consuming and stressful, a bit difficult, and this is really good, it\u2019s everything in one place, it\u2019s nice and easy,&#8221; as Sebastian, 1st-year medicine student said.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jessica, 3rd-year biochemistry student, also agreed:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;I think, especially in the first year I know a lot of students struggled in terms of getting ingredients and actually cooking, I know in first year I did a lot of Uber Eats, so I feel like being given like, first of all it\u2019s cheap and given the ingredients, given the recipe, I feel like it will help the students just cook more and just to be a bit more sustainable.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/Vox-pop-thrifty-cheff_mixdown.wav\"><\/audio><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">And what do students think of that start-up?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Yesterday the meal was butternut squash pasta, including some tomatoes, cashew nuts and lentils, and the meal is going to be different every week. But, according to Edward, nuts and gluten will probably be a common thing, as they are quite good sources of protein and natural fats. Most of the supply is provided by Granger Market.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-meal1-1024x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40\" style=\"width:256px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-meal1-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-meal1-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-meal1-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-meal1-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-meal1-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-meal1-2048x2048.jpeg 2048w, https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/23021\/2023\/11\/IMG-meal1-1170x1170.jpeg 1170w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Putanesca Squash Pasta<br>Photo by: Eliska Janska<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thrifty Chef is a new project that provides \u00a33 meal boxes, covering at least 2 portions.&nbsp;&nbsp; As Edward Wilkinson, the CEO of this new business, said:&nbsp;\u2018We provide meal boxes for students, it provides all the ingredients needed to make two meals each week and they are low-cost meals that use<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":39,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wds_primary_category":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[13,5,14,15,42,6,9,10,44,25,7,12,8,11,45],"class_list":["post-37","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorised","tag-affordability","tag-cheap","tag-cooking","tag-eliska-janska","tag-food","tag-meal","tag-meal-box","tag-newcastle-university","tag-nusu","tag-pasta","tag-student","tag-sustainability","tag-thrifty-chef","tag-two-meals-for-3-officially-out","tag-vegetarian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/journalists.org.uk\/eliska-janska\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}