Cooking - Meal Planning on a Budget (All ingredients provided) - High Pavement Learning Centre - Adult Learning

We all know that eating plenty of fruit and veg is good for us. But how do we make sure we eat a variety of foods, enjoy them and stick to a budget? If you’ve ever wondered any of these things, this is the course for you.

Getting started with cooking from scratch can be daunting, so you’ll learn the basics of how to prepare different vegetables and lots of simple tasty ways to use them. During the ses-sions you’ll find out how to create a base recipe that can then be adjusted to suit your per-sonal tastes. You’ll discover that with a few new skills and ideas you can create a huge amount of variety and stick to that budget. Your friendly tutor will be on hand to guide you and answer all of the questions you have.

Before long you’ll be whipping up snacks, dips, soups and sauces so delicious that you will amaze yourself!

What will learners achieve by the end of the course?

By the end of the course learners will:

• Be able to explain what counts as one of your five a day.

• Know that vegetables that we get in different forms, such as frozen, tinned, dried and fresh can be used it lots of different, convenient ways to make life a lit-tle easier.

• Understand and experience how to prepare vegetables in different ways.

• Have cooked a range of base recipes that can be utilized in different meals.

• Know how to make substitutions in a recipe to use what’s available and on offer.

• How to plan meals and, if preferred, batch cook to save on time and waste.

What skills or knowledge do learners already need to have to attend the course?

None!

What you will need to bring to the course:

All Ingredients will be provided for this course