Cooking
There are some skills you may need to learn to live independently, cooking might be one of them.
Familiarising yourself with the NHS Eatwell Guide may be a good place to start. It shows you how much of what we eat overall should come from each food group to achieve a healthy, balanced diet. The NHS also provide advice on eating a balanced diet that includes vegan diet, vegetarian diet and tips for healthy eating.
The NHS how to read food labels guidance shows how nutrition information labels can help you choose between products and keep a check on the number of foods you’re eating that are high in fat, salt and added sugars. The guidelines explain:
- if a food is high in fat, saturated fat, salt, sugar or not
- the red, amber, and green colour coding
- food shopping tips.
Healthy eating doesn’t need to be boring, NHS healthy recipes include tasty, affordable meals with step-by-step recipes. You can get ideas for breakfasts, lunches, dinners, puddings and snacks. The recipes give you an idea of how long they may take you to prepare, cook, number of portions and nutritional information.
CookABILITY also provide accessible recipes, which include safety and hygiene tips, for people with a learning disability in step by step videos.
The Food Standards Agency food safety advice covers:
- best before and use-by dates
- home food fat checker that explains how to store, cook and reheat food
- food hygiene at home.