Lets Get Cooking LowLiteracy Recipe and Nutrition Resource
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“Let’s Get Cooking” Low-Literacy Recipe and Nutrition Resource Guide Onadoga County, NY Cornell Cooperative Extension of Onadoga county
“Let’s Get Cooking” Collaborators • Onadoga County Department of Social Services • United Way Success by 6 Hunger Team Coalition • 15 Community Volunteers • Inter-religious Food Consortium • WIC Program Educators • West Side Learning Center • La Liga- (Spanish Action League)
The Problem as Defined by the Partners • Low income families with young children face many challenges to making healthy food choices • Families facing food insecurity depend upon the food pantry system and low cost convenience/ fast foods that provide few nutrients other than calories, fats, sugar and sodium.
Common/Complementary Goals • Develop a low-literacy cookbook and teaching guide to help families with young children improve eating habits
Clarify Roles and Responsibilities • CCE of Onadoga County led volunteer-based team from 2001 -2003 in the development and distribution of the “Let’s Get Cooking” cookbook written in a low-literacy format
Assess progress towards goals: • Second edition printed with revisions based on survey feedback from over 400 residents who used the first edition for six months • Translated 2 nd edition to Spanish (Vamos a Cocinar) and distributed this version through 5 targeted agencies including WIC
Accomplishments/Impacts • United Way of Southern Nevada reprinted the second edition of the cookbook for distribution to 3, 000 families across 4 distribution areas across the state. • The cookbook has been integrated as a key component in the County’s Eat Smart NY program. • The cookbook is available for free on the internet at <http: //counties. cce. cornell. edu/onondaga/nutriti on/Let%27 s%20 Get%20 Cooking. htm>
Sharing Experiences… • Anyone have insights to share with group? • Please…share your Strategies and Lessons Learned on the feedback forms Thank you for your participation and great ideas!
