Life Bites cook and eat sessions

A course of Cook and Eat sessions proved to be a huge success for eight Stafford families. Three weekly sessions were organised for families selected on the Life Bites family health project, led by Clare Newton from Stafford Borough Council’s Sports Development Team.

Life Bites is funded by the Children’s Fund, which was set up to make a real difference to the lives of children and young people nationally by providing increased and better services for them.

The Cook and Eat sessions took place at Stafford Sports College on Monday evenings throughout November, the idea was to provide the families with an opportunity to prepare and cook a tasty healthy meal together and then to sit down as a group to enjoy the food. Throughout the course the menu included; tuna pasta bake, chicken wrap with roasted vegetables and pesto and vegetable curry and rice. Low budget ingredients were supplied for the families emphasising that healthy food does not have to be expensive.

The families took key messages from the sessions such as improved food and cookery skills, healthier eating, budgeting, food hygiene and safety. The feedback from the families was extremely positive with a few asking ‘when will the next course be’? All families received a certificate at the end of the course congratulating them on their efforts in taking steps to improve their family's eating habits.

For more information contact:

Clare Newton
Sports Development Team
Tel: 01785 619308
Email: cnewton@staffordbc.gov.uk

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