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On Apr 6, 2025

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Parents, like Zana, are taught the best way to cook dinner low-cost, wholesome meals

London Borough of Sutton Woman wearing a blue hoodie and black top stirs ingredients in a slow cooker. The slow cooker is black and inside there is what looks liked mashed potato inside. Along the counter you can see two white kettles on the right and on the left a partial view of another slow cooker with a metal serving spoon inside. — Parents, like Zana, are taught the best way to cook dinner low-cost, wholesome meals

Residents in south London have been studying the best way to use a gradual cooker to dish up wholesome meals on a finances for his or her households.

Sutton Council has been offering free classes at “Slow Cooker Club” in an effort to deal with meals poverty within the space.

The native authority mentioned it was additionally utilizing the membership to offer useful recommendation to decrease revenue and weak residents.

Family Hubs and Children’s Centres lead Claire Borg, who got here up with the concept, mentioned: “I had no idea the course would be so popular.”

The four-week course is obtainable by the council’s Family Hubs which assist households with sensible, social, emotional and monetary points

London Borough of Sutton Close up photo of a female hand cutting a carrot on a chopping board — The four-week course is obtainable by the council’s Family Hubs which assist households with sensible, social, emotional and monetary points

“The Slow Cooker Club started off as an idea of how we could further support local families in Sutton with the cost of living, isolation and healthy eating,” she mentioned.

Ms Borg added that the suggestions from dad and mom particularly had been “overwhelming”.

Course tutor Eugenie Bing Tsang has been instructing locals the best way to cook dinner wholesome meals on a finances

London Borough of Sutton Woman stands at table with ingredients - two carrots, and onion, tomato paste and some cans of food and soy sauce. There are also some recipe sheets on the table. The woman is smiling and is wearing black top and trousers. The room she is standing in has rows of stacked up chairs and there is a door to the men's loos in the background and some posters on the wall. — Course tutor Eugenie Bing Tsang has been instructing locals the best way to cook dinner wholesome meals on a finances

Charlie, one of many course college students, mentioned: “The course is very informative and the tutors were very helpful and encouraging.

“I now really feel assured in some staple dishes to cook dinner for my daughter.”

The local authority provided the slow cooker classes over the course of four weeks.

During the lessons, people were taught how to cook low-cost, healthy meals and they were then given the ingredients to practice at home.

Those who took part also received a free slow cooker.

Funding for the lessons came from the supermarket chain Sainsbury’s as an external community grant.

Sausage hot pot and vegetable curries were among the recipes taught at “Slow Cooker Club”

London Borough of Sutton A recipe for sausage hot pot sits next to some carrots and onions — Sausage hot pot and vegetable curries were among the recipes taught at “Slow Cooker Club”

Ms Borg said she was particularly proud that the course was able to help some mothers in the local community who felt isolated.

Now the crew is looking for extra funding to allow them to run the course once more.

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