How to find cooking and baking inspiration
Last updated: 23 August, 2021
It’s important to think about cooking to help you:
What you need
a PC, Mac, tablet or smartphone
access to wifi
pens and a notebook
food storage containers
Top tips
1Consider food delivery
Getting a delivery could save you a trip to the supermarket and support local businesses.
You can:
look for local delivery services in your area from independent stores
get same day delivery on your shop with Co-op Delivery (only available in selected areas) or via Co-op on Deliveroo
2Think about how you store food
To make food last longer you can think about how it is stored. You could:
freeze food to cut down on waste
see where‘s best to store each food so that it lasts longer
see alternative options for food storage when you're low on refrigerator space
3Grow your own
You might want to try growing your own food. You can:
regrow some vegetables indoors with just water and sunlight
grow your own food with advice from the Royal Horticultural Society
4Check out recipes
These recipes might give you some inspiration:
‘Finding inspiration’ recipes
from Co-op recipes
for Asian dishes, try Sanaas recipes
Budget recipes
Cooking on a Bootstrap with Jack Monroe
recipes from a Foodbank cookbook
Skint Dad share their 20 favourite budget recipes
Batch cooking recipes
BBC Food's section on batch cooking
big batch recipes on Bon Appetit
The Gousto Blog has vegetarian, vegan and meat batch dishes
Store cupboard recipes
Good Housekeeping recipes
Healthy recipes
try these healthy recipes and snacks from NHS Change4Life
Baking recipes
mug cakes allow you to make a sweet treat for one
try these 3-ingredient easy bakes
5Learn how to cook and bake
There are plenty of cookery classes that will help:
BreadAHead are teaching us how to make bread
if you are keen to bake, check out The Big Bakes tutorials
6Ask for help
If you need help getting food or paying for food there is help available:
find food groups in your area
Co-op offer a home delivery service
Access to Healthy Start are offering food vouchers
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