Author: Stephanie Caldwell
Planning Unit: McCracken County CES
Major Program: Nutrition and Food Systems General
Outcome: Long-Term Outcome
The McCracken County Cooperative Extension Service senior SNAP-Ed assistant partnered with Clark Elementary School Family Resource Center to present Cook Together Eat Together a program designed for parents with children to prepare healthy nutritious meals together at home. The FRC chose families that had expressed interest in CTET.
The six families included single mothers, couples, uncles, and grandparents. The two-hour six-week sessions included a teaching portion, prepping, cooking, cleaning, and eating family style.
Over the six weeks participants improved with:
During the six weeks one family stated “they had made the chicken stir fry recipe weekly while another participants child made dinner for the entire family with minimal help,” Many of the participants stated they were sad that the program was ending and said it had really made a difference in their meals and the ability to spend more quality time as a family together weekly.
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