Case Study

Stirling Council Slow Cooker Project

A Food Activity Grant was awarded to Stirling Council Parent and Family Support Team to support families experiencing poverty and to promote low-cost healthy eating recipes and routines for the whole family.

Who benefited? 9 Families were given a slow cooker along with ingredients for 2 recipes of their choice.

Feedback from the families:

It allowed them to plan meals in advance and source out affordable food which would last longer and be more filling.

What a great project, it allowed me to prepare meals in advance of the children coming home from school/nursery which gave us more quality time to spend with them before bedtime.

An unexpected outcome of the project was supporting wider family members with nutritious meals, who were finding it very difficult financially and were neglecting their own health need. Given the cost-of-living crisis and energy costs we were be keen to promote the use of slow cookers as they are shown to be a low cost and energy efficient appliance.

For more low-cost, easy recipes visit: Community Nutrition www.nhsforthvalley.com/nutrition

Then choose 'Grow & Cook' web page