7 traditional British dishes you need to try

7 traditional British dishes you need to try

by | Oct 16, 2021 | Foodtraditions, Hot Meals, Uncategorized

Are you looking to undertake some local cuisine whilst you’re studying English within the UK? finally, you wish brain food to fuel your learning and you would like to experience everything British culture needs to offer, so take a look at these 7 most loved British meals and what ingredients are in each dish.

1.       Fish and Chips

This dish may be a must try whilst you’re within the UK, regardless of where you’re, you’ll be able to find a delicious plate of fish and chips. The best possible place to eat fish and chips is within theout-of-doors, by the ocean -just be careful for the seagulls!

2.       Bangers and Mash

Also referred to as sausages and mash, this traditional dish consists of sausages and Irish potato, and is commonly accompanied with peas and gravy. This dish can usually be found on a menu in most pubs across the country, or may be made very easily reception.

3.       Full English Breakfast

They say that breakfast is that the most significant meal of the day, which is why if you’re doing something physically or mentally demanding, like the IELTs exam, you wish to possess a full English breakfast! This breakfast usually includes: bacon, sausages, eggs, baked beans, toast, mushrooms, tomatoes, hash browns and black puddings.

4.       Sunday Roast

The Brits love their Sunday Roast dinners. This dish is formed up of: roasted meat (beef, chicken, lamb or pork), roast potato, Yorkshire pudding, stuffing, vegetables (usually a variety of: roast parsnips, Brussels sprouts, peas, carrots, beans, broccoli and cauliflower, not necessarily all) and gravy.

5.       Toad within the Hole

This hearty dish is another easy recipe you’ll be able to make at home; it includes sausages in quick bread batter and is usuallyserved with gravy and vegetables. Yes, you’ve probably guessed the British love Yorkshire puddings.

6.       Shepherd’s Pie/Cottage Pie

These are two dishes are very similar; the sole difference is that thechoice of meat utilized in the dish; in shepherd’s pie you utilize lamb whilst in dish you utilize beef. And to confuse you even more, neither of those dishes are pies within the usual sense with pastry. Shepherd’s pie and dish consists of: mince (lamb or beef), vegetables (such as; carrots, tomatoes, and onions), and potatoes which are on top of the meaty pie like filling.

7.       Steak and meat pie

This beloved British pie is certainly a dish you need to try whilst you’re within the UK. The ingredients include: beef, kidney, fried onion and gravy all bound up in pastry, so what’s to not love?

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Giving Meal-Codes to People In Need (Application use update)

Giving Meal-Codes to People In Need (Application use update)

by | Jan 22, 2020 | Food Poverty, Hot Meals, PAM News

Every food poverty story is different, but every new story is one too many. A research by the Social Market Foundation shows that groceries were a strain on the finances of four in ten individuals with a household income of £10,000 or less. A quarter of individuals said that healthy and nutritious food was unaffordable and One in ten said that they had to cut back on their own level of food consumption so that others in their family (such as children) can eat.

“Provides A Meal” is an application designed to feed people in need and ultimately give healthy food. We are committed to making UK a hunger fee zone but to do this, we need everyone to get involved. Our application is designed to bring everyone together to solve this problem such that, individuals who identify someone hungry can provide a meal-code for them and the beneficiaries don’t need a phone to get a meal. With such meal-code created on the app, the beneficiary can only use it to get a meal from a partner restaurant and nothing else. We had two options on how to give the meal-codes to people in need;

1. Giving through a charity

2. Giving directly to the person in need.

With the 2nd option however, we are consulting with The Charity Commission to define the category of people that can receive the meal-codes. For now, the codes can only be given to any Charity Partner on the platform but as soon as the charity commission gives the go ahead to use the individual option on the application, we will update our application and users can continue to provide meals directly for people they have identified as hungry.

Healthy Nutrition

Healthy Nutrition

by | Dec 24, 2019 | Hot Meals, Nutrition

Did you know that your choice of meal everyday has an impact on you today, tomorrow and the future? This is simply because the food we consume is fuel for our body therefore when you provide your body with the essential fuel, it will be protected and will perform well however, providing the body with bad nutrition means that you’re putting the body at risk.  Healthy nutrition enables a healthy lifestyle. Having a healthy nutrition comes with various benefits such as;
Improved mood
Improved weight
Strong bones
Improved memory
Better night sleep

All the benefits above has the capability to transform your life for the better therefore, we encourage you to take your nutrition into consideration for a healthy lifestyle.
Why not team up with Us at Provide A Meal (PAM) and let’s ensure that someone gets a healthy meal a day, Provide A Meal.

 

Hunger

Hunger

by | Nov 15, 2019 | Food Poverty, Hot Meals

Hunger is a feeling! Indeed, it is a feeling of discomfort and weakness caused by lack of food. 

Hunger aggregated to the global level with food insecurity (limited or unreliable access to foods that are safe and nutritionally adequate), undernourishment and starvation is known as World Hunger. 

Causes of Hunger

  • Poverty – This is one of the main sources of hunger due to lack of finance.
  • Conflict – More than half (489 million) of the 815 million hungry people in the world live in countries affected by conflict. This ranges from non-state and state-based violence to one-sided violence.
  • Climate Change – Too much, or too little rainfall can destroy harvests or reduce the amount of animal pasture available. For countries facing prolonged conditions or yearly disasters, undernutrition worsens as there is little time for recovery.
  • Food Shortage – In some part of the world, there are times during the year when food supplies from the previous harvest are exhausted and families are forced to skip one (or more) meals each day in the period before the next harvest.
  • Poor Public Policy – Systemic problems such as poor infrastructure or low investment in agriculture can prevent food and water from reaching the world populations that need them the most. 

Ways to stop Hunger

  • Education – Access to a better education usually opens the door for a better and brighter future. Some countries provide free school meals to pupils regardless of their ability to pay.
  • Managing natural resources – learning about sustainable resource management is also vital for those (communities) who rely on natural resources for their income and food intake.
  • Spread the Word – Information can reach those who are not aware but possibly prevent one from hunger by spreading the word through social media and other avenues.
  • Food Donation & Provision – Giving and making donations are one of the simplest ways to stop hunger.

Let’s team up to stop hunger. Provide a Meal.

 

Provide A Meal (PAM)

Provide A Meal (PAM)

by | Nov 4, 2019 | Food Poverty, Hot Meals, Nutrition

 “Providing meals to the less privileged with the help of technology” 

I’m certain we’ve all come across someone who’s either homeless or less privileged on the street or somewhere else. They asked for money for food but we were hesitant to give because we weren’t sure whether they would actually use it for food.

Well.. at Provide a Meal (PAM), we are here to make a difference. With as little as £3 using technology, we are able to offer meal-codes that can be given to such people. 

We have different avenues to deliver the meal-codes to those in need and these meal-codes can either be donated to our charity partners or given to the individuals (beneficiaries)

So here is how it works;
Create a meal code on our website or App
Donate the meal code to a charity or beneficiary
Beneficiary gets a meal from our food partners
You’ll get a notification when the meal code has been claimed by the beneficiary with additional information, such as date and location of where the code was claimed.
Become a donor and let’s team up to stop hunger because everyone deserves at least one meal a day!

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Children’s Future Food Inquiry Young Ambassadors Travel to Westminster

Children’s Future Food Inquiry Young Ambassadors Travel to Westminster

by | Oct 6, 2019 | Food Poverty, Hot Meals, Nutrition

On Thursday 17th January, the Children’s Future Food Inquiry is holding its ‘Food for Thought’ listening event. Nine young food ambassadors between the ages of 10 and 20-years-old will travel from across the UK to meet with parliamentarians and civil society experts at the House of Lords, where they will share their experiences of food insecurity with the Inquiry committee, and open conversations with policy makers about how to tackle the problem. Their visit was featured on Channel 4 news.

The food ambassadors are presenting the new ‘What Young People Say About Food’ report, which finds that one in four children who do not receive school meals have skipped lunch because they cannot afford it. The report was developed with Fixers, who have worked with 300 young people to understand how food insecurity affects them and what changes they believe need to be made.