Gain the skills to prepare healthy, balanced, and delicious meals for dietary requirements including vegan, sugar-free, and food allergens and intolerances.
3-4 hrs per week
Approx 15 weeks
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Course 1
Sweet Tooth: Understanding Sugar and the Body with BBC Good Food
Learn the difference between good and bad sugars, how to manage cravings, as well as tasty sugar-free and low-sugar recipes.
1 test
4 weeks
4 hours per week
Week 1
Sugar basics
- Welcome to the course
- Sugar essentials
- Digestion and 'healthier' sugars
- What's next?
Week 2
Sugar and the body
- Welcome to Week 2
- Getting the balance right
- Sugar and the brain
- Wrapping up Week 2
Week 3
Sugar substitutes
- Welcome to Week 3
- What’s the natural alternative?
- Synthetic substitutes
- Week 3 wrap up
Week 4
Take it to the kitchen
- Welcome to Week 4
- Cooking and baking with sugar
- Replacing sugar
- What's next?
Course 2
Fibre, Fermentation & the Gut with BBC Good Food
Learn the importance of gut health and how to use more gut-friendly ingredients in your diet with tasty and nutritious recipes.
1 test
3 weeks
3 hours per week
Week 1
Fibre basics
- Welcome to the course
- Fibre basics
- Gut health supporters
- What’s next?
Week 2
Fibre and the body
- Welcome to Week 2
- Benefits for health
- Gut health, immunity and mood
- What’s next?
Week 3
Take it to the kitchen
- Welcome to Week 3
- Getting the day off to a good start
- Kitchen secrets
- What’s next?
Course 3
Special Diets: Cooking for Allergies and Intolerances with BBC Good Food
Approach dietary requirements with confidence as you learn to identify allergens and intolerances to create safe, delicious meals.
1 test
4 weeks
4 hours per week
Week 1
What is a special diet?
- Welcome
- Are you allergic?
- What else could it be?
- What’s next?
Week 2
Food safety
- Welcome
- Common allergens
- Food safety
- What’s next?
Week 3
Alternatives
- Welcome
- Which substitute?
- Tricky substitutes
- What’s next?
Week 4
Take it to the kitchen
- Welcome
- Let’s get cooking
- Taking it to the next level
- What’s next?
Course 4
Healthy Vegan Cooking with BBC Good Food
Learn more about vegan diets as you discover how to cook and eat in a nutritionally balanced way while maintaining one.
2 tests
4 weeks
3 hours per week
Week 1
Vegan basics
- Welcome
- Different diets
- Why vegan?
- What’s next?
Week 2
The vegan plate
- Welcome
- The macros
- The finer detail - micronutrients
- What’s next?
Week 3
Ingredient substitutes
- Welcome
- Which substitute?
- Main meals
- What’s next?
Week 4
Take it to the kitchen
- Welcome
- Let’s get cooking
- Take it up a level
- What’s next?
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