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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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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

a jar of sourdough starter on a white kitchen countertop

Making sourdough

Non Alcoholic Punch Michelle Wilding Istock 1637732935

Non alcoholic Christmas Punch

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

Veganuary ideas

a Christmas nut roast in a white casserole dish

Vegan Christmas

Chef Xiuli Lei

Vegetarian Chinese cooking

a stack of vegetable pakoras on a wooden board with chilli dipping sauce garnished with green herbs

Vegetable pakoras

a bowl of homemade vegetable stew on a wooden background

Moroccan Veg Stew

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

Glamorgan Sausages

Chapathis And Daal Priya Sundar Istock 1298650125

Chapatis & daal

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

Authentic traditional ceramic Moroccan tagine pots in a row

Moroccan lemon chicken tagine

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

Lasagne