Food safety & healthy eating on the Island of Ireland

Kitchen guide for students

Worried you’ll burn through your food money by Thursday? Try these kitchen hacks for healthy and delicious food that makes the most of your budget.

Read Cooking in a shared house? It can be hard to navigate healthy cooking in a shared house. Here are our tips.

Read Ground rules for a safe kitchen Keep your shared kitchen tidy and safe by agreeing these ground rules.

Read Ready meals If you buy convenience food that needs to be heated, here's some food safety advice.

Read Meal planning Having a meal plan can save time, money and reduce food waste.

Read Slow cooker recipes With a few tweaks you can adapt soup, stew and curry recipes for a slow cooker.

Read Kitchen essentials What to have in stock if you need to pull together quick and good value meals.

Read Lets #TalkAboutFood Take a look at the food that surrounds us. Is it good enough?

Read What's changed? More of us are overweight, yet we don’t have less will power, bigger appetites or different biology than previous generations.

Read Food industry tactics How the food industry pushes unhealthy food.

Recipes

20 soup recipes

Home-made soups are much healthier than shop-bought soup, and far easier on your pocket.

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Scotch broth

This traditional Scottish dish is rich, filling and warm enough to take the chill out of the coldest bones. Great for warming up after outdoors activity in winter.

Homemade vegetable soup

This chunky soup is easy to make – even if you have never cooked before.

Leek and potato soup

A delicious soup that is easy to prepare and makes a great lunch! This leek and potato soup is also low in fats, saturates and sugar.

Chickpea soup with red peppers

Vegetables are an essential part of a healthy diet but also taste fantastic, especially when made into soup.

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Food Safety

From storing food safely to preparing and cooking food

Read Screens in the kitchen

Do you use your phone when cooking? Here's why it’s important to wash your hands when cooking while using a smart device.

Read Preventing cross contamination

Cross contamination is when harmful bacteria are accidentally transferred from raw food to ready-to-eat food.

Watch Storing food in the freezer

Knowing how to get the best out your freezer helps with meal planning and avoiding food waste.