You can learn to make great meals on a budget in Paisley with cook book sensation Lorna Cooper

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Savvy shopper and cookbook sensation Lorna Cooper is sharing her culinary skills with Buddies as she launches a new cookery class.The Paisley author - who has released three popular books to help people cook meals on a budget - will host three classes per week at the Tannahill Centre.Lorna, who has become an expert in bulking out meals to make hearty dinners for all the family, is looking forward to demonstrating her recipes to locals at a time when the cost of food is soaring.She told the Express: “I think it is important to help people who lack cooking confidence to build that up. Don't miss the latest headlines from around Renfrewshire.

Sign up to our newsletters here. “I also know lots of people know how to cook but they don’t necessarily know how to do it on a budget so we will be working on stretching the meat and cooking sauces from scratch.“The classes are going to run for the next four weeks and I will be teaching a variety of different things.“I have four different classes and will be guided by what the members want to cook.“This week we will be cooking lasagne in one class - bulked out with lentils and grated veg, caramelised onion and sausage casserole in another and chicken fried rice with the youth group.”Lorna is the founder of the Feed Your Family Facebook page where she shares her tips and tricks to make the weekly food shop stretch to as many meals as possible.The 46 year old set up the page nine years ago when her a back injury forced her to give up work and her own household budget was put under