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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 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

a close up of a vegetable cutlet on a wooden board

Vegetarian cutlet

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

Breakfast bars

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

a pile of bright yellow lemons

Lemon curd

Part of Volunteers Week 2021.

a freshly baked loaf of bread being broken open

Bread

a close up of a cake covered with green sugar paste and decorated with green orange and yellow sugar paste roses

Decorating with sugar paste

Beef Broccoli And Oyster Sauce Suzie Lee Istock 532545783

Beef broccoli and oyster sauce

a selection of vegetables

Harness the power of plants