Students Share Easy, Cheap Recipes for Beginners
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Many young people cannot cook when they leave home for the first time. They do not know how to make food for themselves.
Some former students talked about this problem. They said they could not cook before. But they learned some easy meals.
Now they share four recipes. Each meal costs about £2.50. This is not much money.
They say these meals are easy to make. Anyone can learn to cook them, even beginners.
The students want to help other young people. They want to show that cooking is not hard.
Cheap and simple food can help people eat well. It can also help people save money.
Vocabulary7 words
- recipes
- instructions for cooking food
- beginners
- people who are new at something
- cook
- to make food ready to eat
- meals
- food eaten at a certain time, like lunch
- low cost
- not expensive
- students
- people who study at school or university
- master
- to learn something very well
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Answer key
1. Cook food 2. About £2.50 3. Four
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Many young people cannot _____ when they leave home for the first time.
They do not know how to make _____ for themselves.
Some former students talked about this _____.
They said they could not cook before. But they learned some easy _____.
Now they share four _____.
Each meal costs about _____.
They say these meals are easy to make. Anyone can learn to cook them, even _____.
The students want to help other young _____.
They want to show that cooking is not _____.
Cheap and simple food can help people eat _____.
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