Cooking Matters®
Cooking Matters works in communities across the country to help parents and caregivers develop their skills when shopping for and cooking healthy foods on a budget. Cooking Matters is a program run by Share Our Strength, a nonprofit working to solve problems of hunger and poverty in the United States and around the world. Cooking Matters has been helping families lead healthier lives for 30 years.
Program Objectives
FLIPANY is the Florida partner of the national Share Our Strength program that connects kids, families, and adults with healthy food by teaching them how to prepare healthy, tasty, low-cost snacks and meals.
Components
Cooking Matters is a 12 hour course, most commonly implemented via 6 individual classes lasting 2 hours in length, provided 1 time per week. Variations may occur to meet site needs, however the course must be at least 6 weeks in duration, and must total 12 hours. FLIPANY provides Cooking Matters courses to youth, teens, adults, and families utilizing the participant based materials. Cooking Matters courses may be provided as a Fee for Service course, or through a grant funded initiative. Individual Cooking Matters lessons may be utilized for shorter term engagements, however such will not be considered a Cooking Matters Course.For more information about Cooking Matters, please visit http://www.cookingmatters.org/. To request a program please fill out a Program Request Form and send to book@flipany.org.
Cooking Matters for Kids teaches children ages 8 to 12 about healthy eating and provides simple recipes children can prepare themselves.
Cooking Matters for Teens teaches teenagers how to make healthy food choices and prepare healthy meals and snacks.
Cooking Matters for Families brings school-age children and their families together to learn about healthy eating and the importance of family mealtime.
Cooking Matters for Adults, offered in English and Spanish, teaches low-income adults about healthy meal preparation and sensible shopping on a limited budget.
Cooking Matters EXTRA for Parents of Preschoolers, an addenda to Cooking Matters for Adults offered in both English and Spanish, focuses specifically on adults with preschool-age children.
Cooking Matters for Adults EXTRA for Diabetes, an addenda to Cooking Matters for Adults, offers specialized information for adults living with diabetes.
Cooking Matters for Chefs and Kids , an easy-to-use-guide that helps chefs and others provide hands-on instruction that will help kids develop a love of cooking and skills to make healthy food choices wherever they go.
For more information about Cooking Matters, please visit http://www.cookingmatters.org/.
To request a program please fill out a Program Request Form and send to book@flipany.org.
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