Cooking on a Budget- Holiday Edition (BAR26T064)
Curriculum area: Health and Wellbeing
- Start date: Thursday, 10 December 2026
- End date: Thursday, 17 December 2026
- Number of weeks: 2
- Time: 10:00 - 12:00
- Delivery type: In-person
- Venue: Lakeland House (Barrow), Abbey Road, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. LA14 1XL
- Tutor: Sharon Haddow
- Free Course
This offering is not yet available for enrolment, please return within three months of the start date to enrol. Contact your local centre using the details below for more information.
About the course
The holidays can be a joyful time of year, but when budget worries make them stressful, this course can help you plan to celebrate with healthy seasonal meals. Whether you have supermarket shopping, local shopping, food bank or donated food, or a combination of all of them, this course introduces you to how to cook healthy, interesting meals for yourself and/or your family within your budget.
You will learn how to choose and measure ingredients, safely prepare and save food, safely use cooking equipment, time your cooking, and present and eat your finished meal. This course is suitable if you are new to cooking for yourself and/or your family or have spent a period of time not cooking and want to refresh your skills.
How the course will be delivered
Your course will be taught in one of our local learning spaces. The sessions will include preparing and making food and sharing good practice. We will have discussions and you will have short tasks to complete. You will receive materials and ideas to keep, to help you with budgeting in the future.
What you'll need to bring
All equipment and ingredients will be provided. If you have one, please bring an apron.
Entry requirements
No prior experience requried
Additional transferable skills:
teamwork, confidence, problem solving
Contact us
Centre: Barrow Adult Learning
Contact number: 01229 407630
Email address: barrowadultlearning@westmorlandandfurness.gov.uk