Cooking with Kids! Program
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Cooking with Kids! Program Jessie Coffey, RD, LMNT Lincoln Public Schools Nutrition Services
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Cooking with Kids! Program. Jessie Coffey, RD, LMNT Lincoln Public Schools Nutrition Services. Program Components. Hand Washing Food Safety Cooking Safety Recipe Reading Learning measurements- TBL vs tsp Increase self confidence in cooking skills Introduction to New Foods - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Cooking with Kids! Program
Jessie Coffey, RD, LMNT
Lincoln Public Schools
Nutrition Services
Program Components
Hand Washing Food Safety Cooking Safety Recipe Reading Learning measurements- TBL vs tsp Increase self confidence in cooking skills Introduction to New Foods Nutrition Education infused into cooking Learning to having FUN cooking!!
Resources Used
K-State Kids A Cooking website- http://www.kidsacookin.ksu.edu/ Healthy, kid friendly recipes How to videos of a child making a recipe Cooking techniques and tips
Lining Up for Hand Washing
Recipe Set Up
Baking and Stove Top Recipes
Easy No Bake Recipes
Apple Smiles
Kids Cooking and Having Fun!
Making Fruit Salad
Tempting Tostadas
Students and UNL volunteers
Kids Cooking
Nutrition Education during Cooking Club
Cooking Club- Brownell
Potato Skins
3-A-Day Recipe
25 Students, 4 Volunteers
Strawberry Spinach Salad
How to open a can
Egg in a Bread Basket
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program
School must be 50% low income. Provides all children and staff in
participating schools with a
variety of free fresh fruits and vegetables throughout the school day.
It is an effective and creative way of introducing fresh fruits and vegetables as healthy snack options.
Participating Schools in LPS
11 elementary schools Started 9/9/10 Overwhelming positive
feedback. Kids love it!
Nutrition Education is Required
Extension provides a tie in in the classroom with the materials that they already provide to our 50% or greater classrooms.
We also provide lunch line education and trivia on fruits and vegetables. Parent information Staff information Student fun facts with snack
Challenges
Staff buy in Produce purchasing Inconsistent produce Mess in the classroom
Where there is a will there is a way…
Health Extravaganza Day
Strawberry Relay Race
Get Those Potatoes!!
Lemon Tic-Tac-Toe
Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program Outcomes Children are exposed to more fruits and
vegetables and develop a taste for fresh fruits and vegetables at an early age.
Teachers can reinforce classroom content with the produce and promote good nutrition: Teaching fractions with an apple Talking about where the produce is originally
from Writing a report highlighting the benefits about
the fruit or vegetable snack for the day.
Questions?
