Cooking - Five a Day the Budget Way - High Pavement Learning Centre - Adult Learning

High Pavement Learning Centre, Sutton-in-Ashfield

Date	28 February - 4 April 2025
Sessions	Fridays: 12:30pm - 2:30pm
No. sessions	6
Venue	High Pavement Learning Centre, Sutton-in-Ashfield View venue details View on Google Maps
For ages	19+
Group size	5 - 8
Cost	FREE - £42

About this course

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 sessions you’ll find out how to create a base recipe that can then be adjusted to suit your personal 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 little 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.
Know 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!

Resources required:

Learners will need to provide all of their own ingredients and containers for transportation.

Lists of ingredients will be provided well in advance.

Booking your place and fee information

If you are in receipt of certain benefits you will be offered the course for free, however if you have a financial barrier which may prevent you from enrolling on the course, please visit our webpage for further information https://www.inspireculture.org.uk/skills-learning/funding-your-courses/

To secure your place on the course BOTH the following must be done:

Complete the EVENTBRITE BOOKING, AND
Complete our INSPIRE ONLINE ENROLMENT FORM for each person attending the course.

You should be redirected to the Inspire Online Enrolment Form after completing the Eventbrite booking. If you are not redirected, please use the link supplied in the Eventbrite booking confirmation email.

To book and enrol on one of our courses, you must have been living in England and have been resident in the UK for the past 3 years.

Some exceptions may apply if you are living in England with evidence of the right to remain and are from an EEU/EEAU country (completion of a questionnaire will be required). As we no longer receive funding for our ESFA-funded courses for learners living in the devolved areas listed below, full cost fees would apply to these courses if you live in these areas: