Plan, Shop, Cook Do’s and DON’Ts

Nutrition North NWT Training Workshop 2013

1. Calendar Planning2. Recipe Selection and Menu Planning3. Shopping and Preparing4. Food Safety5. Community Engagement

5 steps to Planning

◦DON’T: Plan during funerals ◦DON’T: Plan during Bingos◦DON’T: Make last minutes changes to

schedules unless absolutely necessary. ◦DON’T: Try to squeeze cooking circle into

unworkable times.

1. Planning the dates

DO: keep the facility owners informed about your cooking dates

DO: advertise at least a week in advance DO: keep a regular and predictable

schedule DO: give yourself 3 hours for a cooking

circle.

1. Planning the dates

DON’T: Choose a recipe at the last minute DON’T: Attempt to do a recipe with

ingredients missing DON’T: Use unauthorized recipes. DON’T: Buy-out a certain ingredient at the

local grocery store.

2. Recipe Selection and Menu Planning

DO: Plan which recipe to use 2 weeks in advance

DO: Consider food logistics. DO: Find local donators/sellers of country

food in the community, if possible. DO: Make advance orders from food

retailers if necessary.

2. Recipe Selection and Menu Planning

◦ DON’T: Do your shopping at the last minute◦ DON’T: Exceed your purchase limit ◦ DON’T: Buy unauthorized foods◦ DON’T: Leave the facility messy when finished◦

3: Shopping and Cooking

DO: Shop for with nutrition in mind (brown bread vs white)

DO: Clean up kitchen afterwards DO: Ensure cooking participants are

organized and working in a cooperative manner.

DO: Keep your monetary limit in mind. DO: Keep previous foods from other

sessions for future sessions.

3: Shopping and Cooking

Planner template

Tomorrow

4. Food Safety

Some examples of community engagement and advertising:

  Posters at the grocery store

Phone calls  Radio announcements  Through other community health workers or

other services

5. Community Engagement