Author: Judith Hetterman
Planning Unit: Owen County CES
Major Program: Food Preparation
Plan of Work: Developing Healthier Families with Diet and Physical Activity
Outcome: Initial Outcome
Today"s smart cook has four aims for meal preparation:
- To reduce fat and sodium in food.
- Retain the vitamins and minerals in foods.
- Enhance flavors so that a healthy diet is appealing.
- Saving time in meal preparation.
Consumers see these small cooking gadgets as a way to streamline the cooking process. Manufacturers promote the cooking gadgets as appliances that make cooking easier, faster, smarter, and healthier. Due to a large request regarding electric pressure cookers and air fryers, a two session workshop was held on these small appliances. Consumers were wanting to know how they can benefit from using these innovative small cooking gadgets.
Thirty-one consumers attended the two session workshops with following results:
- 71% plan to utilize their small cooking gadgets more often to make healthy meals at home.
- 78% improved their knowledge of how to safely operate their small cooking gadget.
Comments about program from participants:
- "Gave me good information about my instant pot so I will take it out of the box>"
- "Enjoyed learning about the instant pot and?or air fryer as well as all the many resources for recipes"
- "Practical tips to use with my instant pot and air fryer."
- "Sampling of recipes to see results of the electric pressure."
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