Munch Lunch & Dinner, Your New Kitchen Essential

Munch Lunch & Dinner will help you gain more confidence in the kitchen. It’s a new cook book that's packed with easy-to-follow, delicious meals. 

Discover how you can turn low-cost and easy to find ingredients into delicious and nutritious dishes.

We live in a world full of celebrity chefs, social media and aspirational cooking and it's all too easy to be overwhelmed by all the conflicting information that bombards us from all sides. 

One minute we're told to cook seasonably and shop locally and the next we're advised to hunt down unusual, exotic ingredients that probably go past their use by date before we ever need to use them again. 

But Munch Lunch & Dinner cuts through all this noise. Every single recipe uses ingredients that can be found in your store cupboard or a local supermarket. You won’t need any specialist equipment either, most of the recipes use only one saucepan. There are clear guides on how to shop and chop meat, fish and vegetables and how to substitute expensive ingredients without sacrificing taste. 

Munch CIC is passionate about fighting health inequalities, empowering communities, and helping individuals make healthy changes and learn about sustainable nutrition. The book was born out of Munch Community Cooking workshops and courses which they run to help people develop the skills and confidence they need to cook from scratch. 

Munch Lunch and Dinner was designed as a take home tool for the low income and disadvantaged groups they regularly work with. However, they realised many more people would benefit from their back-to-basics approach to home cooking and meal planning.

This cookbook is more than just recipes. It guides you through stocking your cupboards with versatile ingredients and batch cooking meals for future use. There are also tips for reducing waste and making your food go further by utilising leftovers. Throughout the book there is nutritional information and advice about eating sustainably including great ways to introduce more plants into your diet.

Mary Louise Needham-Carlton, is a Director of Munch CIC and author of Munch Lunch & Dinner. On releasing her first cookbook she said: “It’s really exciting to potentially be able help more people access good healthy food and learn about sustainable nutrition. Cooking doesn’t have to be complicated! We hope this book will be a useful guide for new cooks as well as a go-to for experienced cooks, for new ideas for quick mid-week meals. Plus, all profits help individuals and children at are Cooking Clubs learn valuable life skills, which is what we love more than anything here at Munch!”

The book is available to buy from the Munch website, munchcic.co.uk and online via Amazon. Priced at £21.99 hardback and £14.99 paperback. What’s more, the profit from every two books sold buys one space for someone to attend the Munch community cooking groups. These groups help children and individuals build a healthier relationship with food. Production of the book was supported by Winchester City Council.