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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 homemade vegetable stew on a wooden background

Moroccan Veg Stew

spaghetti and meatballs in a white pasta bowl garnished with green herbs

Meatballs with pasta

a man with a beard and glasses in a white t-shirt slicing courgette in a kitchen

Glamorgan Sausages

a close up of fresh noodle soup in a bowl on a polka dot napkin

Sweetcorn noodle soup

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Chapatis & daal

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

Sri Lankan Curry

Chef Mike Springer

Escovitch Fish

a close up of a copper cooking pan with brass handles and wooden cooking utensils in the background

Easy steamed chicken

a close up of three vegan sushi rolls on a plate

Vegan sushi

Authentic traditional ceramic Moroccan tagine pots in a row

Moroccan lemon chicken tagine

a homemade casserole in a black cooking pot on a wooden background

Moroccan lentil casserole

a slice of lasagne topped with green herbs on a white plate

Lasagne

two fresh homemade lemon cocktails on a blue painted picnic bench surrounded by bunches of elderflower and halved lemons

The English Garden Cocktail

Vegan dessert squares on a white plate topped with blueberries

Vegan desserts

pink white and yellow sugar paste roses

Sugar paste roses