Healthy Plate

Healthy Plate is complimentary to the Diabetes Prevention Program where individuals and families with limited food budgets can learn to shop for and cook healthy meals through hands-on, in-person courses; interactive grocery store tours, as well an online programming, and mobile (pop-ups). This program guides participants to success by teaching essential skills such as food/knife safety, label reading, meal planning and cost-saving strategies. Participants will also have the opportunity to sample healthy foods made utilizing concepts taught through flexible program formats.

Health Plate for Adults/Parents/Families is a hands-on, engaging nutrition education series where participants learn to stretch their food budgets and create healthy, affordable meals. Over the course of six sessions, attendees gain practical cooking skills, meal-planning tips, and food safety knowledge. Sessions involve participatory cooking, interactive nutrition activities, grocery store visits, communal meals, and a celebratory graduation for those who complete at least four classes.

Healthy Plate for Families focuses on empowering parents and children (ages 5 and up) to prepare nutritious meals together. This family-friendly program helps end childhood hunger by inspiring healthy, affordable meal choices on limited budgets, encouraging healthy eating among children, and helping children try new foods.

Healthy Plate at Home (HPAH) offers eight flexible sessions, each 30 or 60 minutes long, that can be delivered in person or online. Designed as a condensed version of the six-week series, HPAH is a convenient option for those looking to build practical cooking and nutrition skills. Sessions can stand alone or be combined into a series, making it easy to fit healthy cooking lessons into any schedule.