Success StoryAdulting 101: Cooking
Adulting 101: Cooking
Author: Julia Wilson
Planning Unit: Hart County CES
Major Program: Food Preparation
Plan of Work: Accessing Nutritious Foods & SNAP-Education
Outcome: Initial Outcome
According to the American Heart Association, teaching youth how to prepare their own food will give them a skill they can use for a lifetime. (Cooking With Your Children; Web MD; May 30, 2008.) In Marxh of 2020 the Edmonson County Family and Consumer Sciences Agent was approach by the Family Resource Center to assist with Adulting 101. A day where high school seniors are taught basic life skills.
The FCS Agent selected fried rice as a hands on recipe the students could make. Students worked in groups of 3-4 and followed the guidance of the FCS agent to make their own healthier version of fried rice. Follow up surveys conducted by the Family Resource Center showed that 100% of students learned how to make the dish, and 100% gained a new cooking skill or knowledge. In addition 40% made the dish for their families.
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