Healthy Cooking Made Easy with BBC Good Food

Learn how to create nutritious meals and master 5 healthy recipes in 5 weeks

Do you want to cook healthy and delicious meals from scratch that make you feel good too?

This course will take you on a food-first journey towards understanding what nutrition is, why it matters and how to apply its basic principles to your cooking.

Guided by our health and cooking experts at BBC Good Food, you’ll learn how to plan, devise, and master nutritious, everyday meals.

Explore the components of a balanced diet and discover how to apply these principles to your cooking

What you eat affects your mind, your body and your energy – but you shouldn’t need a degree in nutrition in order to eat well!

This course begins by introducing you to basic concepts such as nutrients, ingredient benefits and key equipment you might find useful in supporting your healthy cooking journey.

You’ll be empowered to make informed decisions about the type of meals and recipes you choose to support your long-term wellbeing.

Discover new flavours and cooking methods to support your healthy eating plans

Each week, you’ll master a new healthy dish to add to your recipe repertoire, learn how to identify food groups, plan your meals, and create healthy balanced meals in minutes.

You’ll also discover how to anticipate, eliminate and troubleshoot potential failure points like recipe mishaps, planning and food storage.

Step into healthy cooking with experts at BBC Good Food

BBC Good Food has over 30 years of culinary teaching experience and this course offers a wealth of knowledge to any aspiring healthy cook.

Developed in collaboration with our health and nutrition experts, you’ll be inspired to have fun with cooking while also discovering healthy dishes that make you feel great in the process.

This course is for anyone who wants to learn how to regularly cook healthy meals.

This may include:

• Healthy eating enthusiasts: you love healthy foods and cooking regular meals but want to achieve better balance in your eating habits.
• Family cooks: you want to know how to nourish your family with balanced meals, and get tips for simplifying healthy cooking.
• The nutrition-curious: you want a deeper understanding of how food impacts the body and our overall wellbeing. You’re excited by health trends, but want to better understand the fundamental elements of nutrition and diet.
• Home cooks in training: you’ve mastered the basic cooking skills like boiling pasta and preparing meat and vegetables but you want to create new healthy and balanced meals.
• Students: You want to go beyond pot noodles to support your health and energy. With tight budgets and limited equipment, you need simple techniques and fool-proof meals that you can turn to again and again.

This course is for anyone who wants to learn how to regularly cook healthy meals.

This may include:

• Healthy eating enthusiasts: you love healthy foods and cooking regular meals but want to achieve better balance in your eating habits.
• Family cooks: you want to know how to nourish your family with balanced meals, and get tips for simplifying healthy cooking.
• The nutrition-curious: you want a deeper understanding of how food impacts the body and our overall wellbeing. You’re excited by health trends, but want to better understand the fundamental elements of nutrition and diet.
• Home cooks in training: you’ve mastered the basic cooking skills like boiling pasta and preparing meat and vegetables but you want to create new healthy and balanced meals.
• Students: You want to go beyond pot noodles to support your health and energy. With tight budgets and limited equipment, you need simple techniques and fool-proof meals that you can turn to again and again.

• Discuss key nutrition terms such as calories and nutrient-density
• Classify micro- and macronutrients
• Explore how nourishing ingredients will help you to achieve nutritional balance in your meals
• Identify useful kitchen equipment for easy meal preparation
• Create five healthy recipes and attempt variations to suit your tastes