If you eat better, you’ll feel better. But not everyone has cooking facilities like hobs and ovens which can make this easier, or enough money to be able to use them regularly.
Not having enough food, worrying about electricity and not feeling confident to cook are just some of the things that get in the way of eating well. However, regularly skipping meals and not eating enough nutritious food affects how our body functions. What we eat can help us to feel better and be healthier.
We worked with people living in temporary accommodation in Brighton, alongside a registered nutritionist, to test and design a set of healthy, tasty recipes which can be made with just a kettle, toaster or microwave.
We then added low energy recipes too – these can be made without cooking, in a slow cooker or with only 15 minutes or less of cooking time on a hob.
Cooking tasty food which is good for you is possible when money is tight and cooking facilities are limited.
We have developed a range of easy and cheap recipes that will give you energy and help you feel good. Give them a go!
Recipes and tips
- See the limited equipment recipes online or watch our video tutorials
- Download the limited equipment recipe booklet (pdf) which has additional tips and information
- View our low energy cooking recipes online.
- Download the low energy cooking recipe booklet (pdf).
If you work with people who might benefit from paper copies of these booklets, please contact us.
Thank you to Fran, the Brighton Nutritionist, who developed these resources with us.