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Cooking Matters helps families to shop for and cook healthy meals on a budget, as part of Share Our Strength's No Kid Hungry campaign.
Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan partners with the national nonprofit Share Our Strength to offer Cooking Matters® in Detroit and the southeast Michigan area. Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters® empowers families with the skills to stretch their food budgets so their children get healthy meals at home, as part of the No Kid Hungry® campaign to end childhood hunger in America. Participants learn to shop smarter, use nutrition information to make healthier choices, and cook delicious, affordable meals. Cooking Matters helps families maximize the benefits they receive through federal nutrition programs like SNAP (formerly food stamps) and WIC (Women, Infants and Children).
Cooking Matters serves families across the country through:
Courses
Community partners that serve families offer six-week Cooking Matters courses
to adults, kids and families. Each course is team-taught by a volunteer chef and nutrition educator
and covers meal preparation, grocery shopping, food budgeting and nutrition. Adult participants
take home a bag of groceries at the end of each class.
One Time Events
These one time classes provide participants with education about how to prepare healthy meals on a limited budget. These topic driven sessions are intended for parents, caregivers, and seniors to address specific needs that our community face in their daily lives.
Mobile, Online and Educational Tools
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