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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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Banoffee Pie Michelle Wilding Istock 641085010

Banoffee pie

a slice of lentil ricotta spinach lasagne topped with a basil leaf

Lentil ricotta spinach lasagne

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

Katsu curry

Part of Mindspace Week 2021

mince meat chilli with red kidney beans and green onions in a bowl with salted tortilla chips

One pot chilli

a bowl of pork jalfrezi

Pork fillet jalfrezi

Part of Eat Well Week 2021

a close up of a vegetable cutlet on a wooden board

Vegetarian cutlet

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

Vegan seasonal soup

someone mashing banana up on a wooden chopping board next to a bunch of bananas

Breakfast bars

tomatoes being chopped on a wooden chopping board with various vegetables in the background

One pot curry

homemade hummus in a white bowl surrounded by carrot sticks and tortilla chips

Hummus

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

Vegan tea time

A person serving spiced chicken chow mein into a foil plate

Chicken Chow Mein

fresh bread dough being rolled out on a clear surface

Pitta bread

a plate of homemade onion bhajis

Onion bhajis

homemade blondies on a white serving tray

Biscoff blondies