The Grant County Family and Consumer Sciences (FCS) Agent collaborated with the Grant County Gifted Program to offer the "Recipes for Life" program to twenty-nine fifth grade students. The FCS Agent taught many lessons including MyPlate, kitchen safety, reading recipes, time management in the kitchen, and knife skills before the hands-on cooking experience. The FCS program assistant taught lessons on handwashing and family traditions. Additionally, the FCS agent, five volunteers, the 4-H agent, and three program assistants, all collaborated with students to prepare five different recipes and learn cooking skills related to them. Before the kids ate the food they had cooked they received a lesson on setting a table and table manners. A pre-test/post-test evaluation was conducted to determine the information learned from the program, Changes in attitudes and the intent of the children to increase eating healthy eating habits. Out of the thirty-four students that were initially met in the schools for the pretest, twenty-four completed both the pre and post test. The results of the program and evaluations are such:

Increases in knowledge:

• There was an increase in knowledge in food safety information, increasing from 59.4% to 92.8%. This included information such as how to wash your hands, preventing cross contamination, internal temperature, and safe food storage.
• There was an increase in knowledge in kitchen safety information, increasing from 76.1% to 100%. This included information about preventing burns and spills in the kitchen.
• There was an increase in knowledge in knife skills information increasing from 4.5% to 95.7%. This included information about how to properly hold a knife and the food when cutting it.
• There was an increase in knowledge in meal preparation information increasing from 84.8% to 97.8%. This included information about utilizing time management when cooking.

Attitude changes:

• 82.6% of children had an increase in self-efficacy. Meaning they were more confident in their abilities and reported it was "easier" to make meals with fruit, make meals with vegetables, make a meal with family, cutting food, and using a recipe.
• 91.3% of children had an increase in cooking attitudes which measure how much they "liked" things such as cooking helping with cooking, making food with friends and family, and making food on their own.

Healthy eating intentions:

• 39.1% strongly agree and 52.2% agree that they plan to eat more fruit.
• 34.8% strongly agree and 34.8% agree that they plan to eat more vegetables.
• 39.1% strongly agree and 47.8% agree that they plan to try new foods.
• 65.2% strongly agree and 43.5% agree that they plan to help prepare more food at home.

The program received fantastic results and positive feedback from the teacher stating it was the best field trip that she had ever been on. The extension office plans to offer the program again in the fall with the local Williamstown independent school.