Cooking and Nutritional classes

Cooking and Nutrition classes

The Empowerment center provides the fundamentals of cooking. The basic fundamentals includes learning the  basic cooking methods, such as searing, braising, menu development and meal prep.

The cooking classes Provide an alternative way of socializing with other individuals and simply enjoying a new experience together. The empowerment center’s goal is to provide hands-on experience in how to cook as well as how to maintain a kitchen in educating individuals on proper kitchen  safety.

The Empowerment Center provides learning experiences that are designed to facilitate the voluntary adoption of eating and other nutrition-related behaviors conducive to health and well-being. This is an integral part of providing nutrition services to older persons.

Cooking classes incorporate Nutrition Education in the classes as they work hand over hand. The Empowerment Center’s Nutrition education includes a combination of educational strategies, accompanied by environmental supports, designed to facilitate voluntary adoption of food choices and other food- and nutrition-related behaviors conducive to health and well-being. Nutrition education is delivered through multiple venues and involves activities at the individual, community, and policy levels. 

The Empowerment Center’s nursing staff work closely with Outpatient Group Facilitators to facilitate informative and engaging Health groups regarding healthy food choices for participants with diabetes, hypertension, high cholesterol and other diagnoses that require diet modifications. The Empowerment Center staff encourages participants to refrain from sharing food with peers due to food allergies and to minimize the spread of germs during cold/flu season and furthermore COVID-19.