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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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A bowl of crispy kale salad garnished with Moroccan seasoning on a white table.

Moroccan spinach and kale salad

Three freshly baked shortbread biscuits on a white background

Moroccan shortbread (Ghriba Bahla)

multiple stacks of baked flatbreads dusted with flour

Moroccan flatbread (Msemen)

A fish pastilla topped with flaked almonds and edible flowers on a plate

Moroccan fish pastilla

A steaming bowl of soup on a wooden table with herbs on top

Moroccan bissara (fava bean soup)

Close-up of several thin, crispy almond cookies, each topped with sliced almonds and a golden-brown surface.

Almond cookies (Ghriba)

Two grilled meat koftas on wooden board with tomatoes and herbs

Moroccan beef kofta

a traditional Moroccan vegetable tagine in a tagine pot

Moroccan vegetable tagine

Matt Pritchard

Leek, Spinach and White Bean Pie

Part of Men's Health Week 2022

a jar of sourdough starter on a white kitchen countertop

Making sourdough

a white dinner plate with a vegan leftover fritter on top

Veganuary leftover fritters

a chicken salad with kidney beans, Brussel sprouts, quinoa, spinach and sesame seeds

3 light lunches

Non Alcoholic Punch Michelle Wilding Istock 1637732935

Non alcoholic Christmas Punch

a close up of homemade elderflower cordial made by Rachel Moore

Elderflower cordial

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

Veganuary ideas