Fresh-Beginnings (CHESHIRE) CIC

Fresh-Beginnings delivers cooking sessions for people with little or no experience in the kitchen. We give people the confidence they need to cook meals from scratch making mealtimes a positive experience for families and individuals. We have recently developed a cookery book ‘You can cook’ that is helping people in the community who struggle to cook, helping them to gain the confidence they need to provide healthy, nutritious meals from scratch for families and individuals making mealtimes a positive experience. This book is full of simple recipes using canned, non-perishable, fresh and frozen foods. It also has additional tips and information on how to get confident in the kitchen, know your basics, advice on batch cooking and how to get the best out of your slow cooker! The aim of this book is to help inspire, motivate, and encourage people to cook. When we learn to cook we develop confidence, independence and self-esteem and the ability to make healthy choices for ourselves. When we learn to cook, we are not only changing our own lives, but also the lives of our family and friends by passing on the knowledge and encouraging them to try new foods and recipes we hope to make their mealtimes more enjoyable throughout the day. ‘You can cook’ is all about keeping it simple. Our mission is to help people who would not normally read a cookery book, to cook delicious meals with ingredients that they already have - to encourage them to introduce fresh and frozen ingredients where possible, making meals healthy and nutritious. In this book you will find recipes made from only canned and non-perishable foods with matching recipes made from fresh ingredients. This will give people the opportunity to use the recipe that best suits their circumstances. They will be able to choose from either of the recipes or there will be able to mix and match and gradually add fresh ingredients into their diets where possible. we all look for easy meal options, but it is important to ensure a healthy diet. This book not only offers some great recipes, but also some tips and information on how you can get the necessary confidence in the kitchen to help you start to provide enjoyable food and make healthy meals!