Student Style Seafood Spaghetti

Everyone seems to have a preconceived idea of students just eating beans on toast throughout their degree. In my first year of university, I definitely dabbled with canned and processed foods, but found eating more a chore than an enjoyable activity. This year, I'm living in a house and therefore have more space to experiment with cooking. Although seafood spaghetti sounds like quite a lot of effort to make and on the higher-end of a student budget, Alex and I have found a way to eliminate both cost and time from the equation. So, we present to you Student Style Seafood Spaghetti!

All you will need is:

• Spaghetti
• One heaped tablespoon of Crème Fraîche
• Cooked King Prawns
• Cooked Mussels 
• Smoked Salmon
• Spinach
• Cherry Tomatoes 
• Juice of one lemon 
• Garlic and chilli to flavour!

There is literally one step to this recipe:

1. Once the spaghetti is cooked, leave to one side draining, add all the ingredients into a pan. Mix them all on a low heat, add the spaghetti, mix again and serve! 

Three reasons why York is better than anywhere else

Many people often ask me why I chose to come to study in York as it is inherently a small and quaint city. Although it may not boast many choices for clubbing, it possesses some pretty amazing traits.

One: You never tire of seeing the Minster

I am definitely not a religious person, yet there is something quite special about walking around the Minster at dusk on a Sunday. Considering the Minster is in the heart of the city, it is always so unbelievably tranquil.


Two: The North Yorkshire Moors is only 30 minutes away from the city

For those who need to take a break from York on a busy weekend, fear not as the North Yorkshire Moors National Park is only a short drive away. A lot of my childhood memories are spending time in the Moors as I am originally from County Durham, so revisiting here on a rare weekend off definitely brings about a sense of nostalgia. I ventured to the beautiful market town Helmsley, and decided I want to live with my future brood of sausage dogs in this lil Yorkshire town. Alex and I walked 6.4 miles from Helmsley Castle to Rievaulx Abbey, which for us amateurs is pretty impressive.

Three: The food (enough said)

Crumbs Cupcakery - 10 College Street

Brew & Brownie - 5 Museum Street

Betty's Tea Room - Saint Helen's Square

House of Trembling Madness - 48 Stonegate

Filmore & Union - 62A Low Petergate

Bryon Hamburgers - 11 High Ousegate

Anyone who knows me, either personally or through my Instagram/Food Diary, will understand the true extent to how much I love food. The food in York is so bloody amazing, that it is really damaging my overdraft facilities. I've heard that you can eat somewhere new every night of somebody's lifetime living in New York city, but clearly they haven't seen what Old York has to offer.