Programs
Focuses on creating healthy meals at a low cost. Recipes ask for minimal and readily available ingredients to keep costs low. Each recipe also includes tips on how to do easy modifications at home using ingredients that may already be on hand.
A sample recipe from Session One in the Food Sense program is Banana Oat Muffins. Using over-ripe bananas reduces food waste and helps sweeten the muffins naturally.
Designed for seniors, this program focuses on eating well and staying active for overall health. It is designed to meet the needs of older adults and provides an opportunity to meet new friends and reinforces healthy eating habits.
This program includes a number of versatile recipes like Roasted Root Vegetables which encourage participants to use a variety of ingredients.
Designed for those new to Canada, this program provides a safe environment for newcomers to ask questions about the Canadian food system and includes discussion around what may be unfamiliar ingredients such as canned or frozen vegetables and fruits. Sessions demonstrate how to use a variety of kitchen equipment and utensils, and tips on preparing school lunches.
Participants will practice using the oven to cook a number of recipes including a Marvelous Minestrone Soup.
Features a mixture of recipes, many of which include foods traditionally grown in BC including; salmon, berries, wild rice and venison. The program offers ideas on how to modify the ingredients if they are not readily available and tips on how to prepare food in different healthy ways.
A sample recipe from Session One in this program includes a tasty Salmon Dip using canned salmon.
*Note: the Indigenous curriculum is currently on hold. We invite you to consider attending the Food Sense, Cooking Connections or Cooking in Canada programs as alternatives within your community. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we strive to ensure that all Food Skills for Families curriculums are appropriately, and respectfully, updated to reflect the current food environment and the needs of our communities.
Focuses on healthy ways to cook traditional Punjabi recipes and introduces recipes from other cultures. The Participant Handbooks in this progam has been translated into Punjabi using a simple dual-language format. This helps participants get a jumpstart on interpreting recipes as well as nutrition labels seen on food packaging.
Participants cook a variety of Punjabi dishes that have been modified to reduce fat, salt and sugar while incorporating additional vegetables and fruits, for example the program includes a recipe for Five Vegetable Curry.
*Note: the Punjabi curriculum is currently on hold. We invite you to consider attending the Food Sense, Cooking Connections or Cooking in Canada programs as alternatives within your community. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we strive to ensure that all Food Skills for Families curriculums are appropriately, and respectfully, updated to reflect the current food environment and the needs of our communities.
