As household budgets are tightened due to increased costs of living, these community-run cooking classes show how it's possible to eat healthily without spending a fortune.
Cooking classes run through neighbourhood houses are helping people learn to prepare healthy and affordable food.
As food prices have risen over the past two years, the centre has seen a significant increase in the number of people accessing its food donations and support services."The prices of everything has dramatically gone up, huge price rise," she said. "We talk about how to make the food go further, how to look at what you already have in your cupboard, your fridge, what your neighbours have, your family, what your community's neighbourhood house might have, the community garden and tapping into that to create a meal," she said.More help needed to support vulnerable
An example of food insecurity was forgoing a daily meal in order to afford bills such as heating or rent.
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