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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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Main Image: Three lettuce leaves filled with Chicken Yuk Sung - AKA Chinese Lettuce Wraps.

Easy Chicken Yuk Sung - Chinese Lettuce Wraps

Main Image: Photo of an authentic Bajan brown stew chicken dish.

Authentic Bajan Brown Stew Chicken Recipe

No Bake Date Energy Balls in a bowl on a white and green striped table cloth.

Healthy No-Bake Date Energy Balls

Mediterranean vegetables and hash brown quiche in an oven dish, on a towel with ingredients around it.

Mediterranean vegetables and hash brown quiche

an overhead shot of bright green brussel sprout soup with whole brussel sprouts and paprika

Brussel sprout soup with cheddar stuffed bread

Veganuary 2025 Ollie Bragg Istock 1180833562

Veganuary 2025

Vegetarian Spring Parcels Nadia Terry Istock 1371954810

Vegetarian spring rolls

Red Christmas themed cooking utensils in a wreath with red and gold baubles on a grey background

Christmas Veggie Cookery

FABRIC SCRAP SWEETIE BOWLS Rachel Moore IMAGE

Scrap fabric sweetie bowls

A close up of some purple spouting micro salad leaves

Micro Veg

a slice of Christmas cake on a piece of white baking paper

Christmas cake decorating

Dominic Franks Cheese Quiche

Seasonal growing and cooking

Blackened King Fish with a Green Mango Salad made by Mike Springer

Blackened King Fish with a Green Mango Salad

Part of Black History Month 2024

Mike Springer

Big Mike’s Cajun Mood-Boosting Rice

Part of Eat Well Week 2024

Steph Miller

Pesto chicken and white bean traybake

Part of Eat Well Week 2024