Introducing 'Recipes to remember', a cookbook created by residents

Spring is in the air – and so too are the smells of some incredibly tasty, home-cooked recipes, adored by residents and their families for generations.

This March, we found almost two-thirds (65%) of the nation no longer use family recipes handed down through the generations, however, 43% of people surveyed are concerned about saving them.  

So, to stop those all-important family recipes adored by generations from becoming forgotten, we tasked residents across the UK to tell us their favourite recipes for our first-ever recipe book – Recipes to remember. 

But that’s not all – to make sure younger generations know their devilled eggs from their vol-au-vents, we've welcomed catering students, primary school pupils, brownies and grandchildren into our homes to enjoy cooking masterclasses from the chefs themselves – the residents. 

At Cavell Court in Norwich, the local Brownie group teamed up with residents to bake a classic Victoria sponge – and hopefully secure a cooking badge in the process. Meanwhile, down in Kent at Weald Heights, residents were joined by four students from Sevenoaks School to compete in a MasterChef-style tournament to see who can make the best bread and butter pudding. 

In Banbury, the team and residents at Seccombe Court had a much sweeter taste, with a chocolate-tasting and biscuit-making workshop planned with grandchildren. Keen to learn about all forms of cuisine old and new, residents at Ivy Grove in Chingford, joined forces with culinary students aspiring to be chefs, who cooked one of the recipes from our cookbook for a scrumptious afternoon lunch – bon appetite! 

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