Community Cooking

Turning Heads has been using money raised by our local Wellswood Coop store and a Torbay Council grant to develop its ‘Community Cooking’ project. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the first 11 sessions have had to start online. Further sessions will begin face-to-face once lockdown has been lifted.

We have been working with the Rising Moments Community Project in Torbay who provide, a free, safe and confidential service offering essentials, support, awareness, education, well-being, sign-posting, community support, networking, positive moments and friendship for victims & survivors, past and present affected by abuse crimes within Torbay.

Rising Moments Community Project have been delivering food parcels and support to over 40 families during this pandemic and Turning Heads are proud to be able to work with them. We have been providing recipe cards, bags of spices and ingredients alongside the 11 YouTube cooking videos you can view below.

Anne commented, ‘the lamb hotpot went down a treat! – I had never cooked with lamb before and so it was a great treat and enjoyed by the whole family.’

Karen commented, ‘we have a new family that is enjoying the recipes and have had each recipe so far and the mum is looking forward to joining the cooking group when we start face to face sessions. Her children are joining in and so it’s something they are doing together.’

Recipe 1: Healthy Beans on Toast
You can download the recipe from here and watch the video below.


Recipe 2: Nutty curry
You can download the recipe from here and watch the video below.


Recipe 3: Lamb Hotpot
You can download the recipe from here and watch the video below.


Recipe 4: Smokey Spaghetti
You can download the recipe from here and watch the video below.


Recipe 5: Spicy Rice
You can download the recipe from here and watch the video below.


Recipe 6: Veggie Chilli
You can download the recipe from here and watch the video below.


Recipe 7: Chocolate Muffins
You can download the recipe from here and watch the video below.


Recipe 8: Sloppy Joe’s
You can download the recipe from here and watch the video below.


Recipe 9: Cheesy Scones
You can download the recipe from here and watch the video below.


Recipe 10: Pea and Chorizo Risotto
You can download the recipe from here and watch the video below.


Recipe 11: Strawberry polenta cupcakes
You can download the recipe from here and watch the video below.

This project has now finished. Thank you to all that took part. Please check out our current cooking projects.