Let's Cook Session - Week 3

"For this week's 'lets cook' session the group had agreed that they would like to make beef curry with basmati rice and chocolate sponge. The attendance was good and 2 more new people had joined the group. The participants started with the sponge first in order to get that into the oven cooking while they prepared the ingredients for the beef curry. If you are not used to making sponges it can be hard on the arms, but all worked really hard and by the end of the session had great chocolate sponges. The beef curry is surprisingly easy to make and as 2 of the group felt the spiciness was a little too much for them we were able to tweak the recipe to make a beef stew instead, allowing everyone to see how easy it can be to adjust recipes so we are still eating healthily and what we like. At the end of the session I was very pleased that the group had achieved so much in the time they had and looking forward with pleasure and a little sadness to our fourth and final session next week - pasta and bacon in a cream cheese sauce and bread and butter pudding".  Richard Line- Let's Cook Tutor/Community Food and Nutrition Worker.