Sutton’s slow cooker club teaches families to make healthy meals

London Borough of Sutton Woman wearing a blue hoodie and black top stirs ingredients in a slow cooker. The slow cooker is black and inside there is what looks liked mashed potato inside. Along the counter you can see two white kettles on the right and on the left a partial view of another slow cooker with a metal serving spoon inside.London Borough of Sutton

Parents, like Zana, are taught how to cook low-cost, healthy meals

Residents in south London have been learning how to use a slow cooker to dish up healthy meals on a budget for their families.

Sutton Council has been providing free lessons at “Slow Cooker Club” in an effort to tackle food poverty in the area.

The local authority said it was also using the club to provide helpful advice to lower income and vulnerable residents.

Family Hubs and Children’s Centres lead Claire Borg, who came up with the idea, said: “I had no idea the course would be so popular.”

London Borough of Sutton Close up photo of a female hand cutting a carrot on a chopping boardLondon Borough of Sutton

The four-week course is offered by the council’s Family Hubs which help families with practical, social, emotional and financial issues

“The Slow Cooker Club started off as an idea of how we could further support local families in Sutton with the cost of living, isolation and healthy eating,” she said.

Ms Borg added that the feedback from parents specifically had been “overwhelming”.

London Borough of Sutton Woman stands at table with ingredients - two carrots, and onion, tomato paste and some cans of food and soy sauce. There are also some recipe sheets on the table. The woman is smiling and is wearing black top and trousers. The room she is standing in has rows of stacked up chairs and there is a door to the men's loos in the background and some posters on the wall.London Borough of Sutton

Course tutor Eugenie Bing Tsang has been teaching locals how to cook healthy food on a budget

Charlie, one of the course students, said: “The course is very informative and the tutors were very helpful and encouraging.

“I now feel confident in some staple dishes to cook for my daughter.”

The local authority provided the slow cooker classes over the course of four weeks.

During the lessons, people were taught how to cook low-cost, healthy meals and they were then given the ingredients to practice at home.

Those who took part also received a free slow cooker.

Funding for the lessons came from the supermarket chain Sainsbury’s as an external community grant.

London Borough of Sutton A recipe for sausage hot pot sits next to some carrots and onions London Borough of Sutton

Sausage hot pot and vegetable curries were among the recipes taught at “Slow Cooker Club”

Ms Borg said she was particularly proud that the course was able to help some mothers in the local community who felt isolated.

Now the team is seeking more funding so they can run the course again.

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