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Free Nutrition Classes INEP Kitchen Winter 2024

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Join other parents and Extension staff for a series of 7 classes on a variety of food and nutrition topics. Each class will include a variety of healthy cooking demonstrations as well as some fun activities. These sessions are FREE, but registration is required. The following are a sampling of some of classes that may be offered.
 
Let’s Keep Our Food Safe - Feb 14
Participants will learn about simple, food safety practices at home or away that will keep themselves and their families safe.
Getting to know MyPlate - Feb 21
Ever wonder how healthy food choices and physical activity work together to help maintain a healthy weight? Learn how to make smart food choices to build a healthy plate bite by bite. Start with small simple changes.
Children - Feb 28
Strategies to try to help you children eat more healthier
What's for Dinner? - March 6
Help with planning weekly menus and devloping a grocery list.
Plan, Shop, $ave - March 13
Want to get the most benefit from your food dollars? Do you run out of money for food before the end of the month? Learn some simple tips and tricks that will help to save you some dollars and to stretch them a little farther.
Shop for Value, Know the Facts - March 20
Does reading the food label have your head spinning? What does it all mean? Let’s get the scoop on what is really important and let’s take the mystery out of those labels.
What’s the Scoop on Fast Food - March 27
Fast food is a reality in our world today. Making healthy choices even when we aren’t the ones doing the cooking is possible! Join us to take a look at how we can make fast food decisions a bit healthier.

Each participant that attends at least 6 classes in the series will receive a certificate, a recipe booklet, and some fun kitchen tools.