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Eating a nutritious, balanced diet is vital to health and wellbeing, and learning how to make simple meals is a life skill that supports independent living. At the Virtual Village Hall, you can learn how to make simple, tasty dishes using low-cost, store cupboard ingredients.

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Chicken katsu curry with white rice and leafy greens in a blue bowl on a green background

Katsu curry

Part of Mindspace Week 2021

two ice cream cupcakes in ice cream cones with white icing and multicoloured sprinkles on a blue back ground

Ice cream cupcakes

Vegan Sri Lankan curry and white rice in a white bowl with green herbs

Sri Lankan Curry

different coloured macarons on a pink background

Macaron masterclass

a pile of bright yellow lemons

Lemon Curd

Part of Volunteers Week 2021.

Beef Broccoli And Oyster Sauce Suzie Lee Istock 532545783

Beef broccoli and oyster sauce

A beetroot burger with avocado and vegetables on a serving board with sweet potato fries

Vegan burgers

a close up of a cooking chicken and vegetable one pot in a blue cooking pot with someone pinching fresh rosemary into it

Chicken and vegetable one-pot

a bowl of vegan soup topped with a coriander with lentils next to it

Vegan seasonal soup

Ollie Bragg

Make a soup, simple flatbreads and a summer fruit crumble.

small bowls of fresh fruit vegetable and herbs on a white marble background

Veganuary ideas

a traditional English afternoon tea table spread with a teacup and saucer, a strawberry cake and pot of fresh strawberries

Vegan tea time

a Christmas nut roast in a white casserole dish

Vegan Christmas

Vegan dessert squares on a white plate topped with blueberries

Vegan desserts

Chef Mike Springer

Escovitch Fish

A person serving spiced chicken chow mein into a foil plate

Chicken Chow Mein