A great way to achieve a balanced diet is to cook your food at home. Home cooking is a great way for you to know what’s in your meals and to monitor your calories, fat and salt intake.
Many people think home cooking is expensive, takes too long, or that they don’t know how to cook well enough to make nice meals. But, there’s lots of ways you can cook easy meals on a budget that don’t take up hours of your day.
Buying frozen or tinned fruit and vegetables is a great way to help you get your 5 a day in whilst being able to make them last. And if you’re worried about your cooking skills, you don’t need to be! Have a look on YouTube for a cook-a-long video.
Or why not start off by trying a Lentil Soup?
Ingredients
325g red lentils.
1500ml of water.
3 carrots- grated.
1 tbs tomato puree.
2 onions -chopped.
1 leek- chopped.
1 vegetable stock cube.
Black pepper to taste.
Method
Wash and prepare your vegetables - grate the carrots and chop the onions and leek.
Place the lentils and all the vegetables in a saucepan with the water and stock cube.
Add the tomato puree and any seasoning.
Bring to the boil then turn down heat and simmer for 30 minutes.
Serve and enjoy!
Equipment
Measuring jug
Sharp knife
Tablespoon
Chopping board
Weighing scales
Grater
Wooden spoon for stirring
Saucepan
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