Cook along with various healthcare professionals from Diabetes Education, Food Services, and Cardiology from the comfort of your own home.
Cooking Up Confidence is a series of 4 virtual cooking classes and will cover a variety of different cooking techniques to make home-prepared meals easier and fun! Recipes can be adapted to meet your family’s needs.
5:45-7:15 PM every other Thursday: October 5, 19, November 2, 16
Classes will be taught using a FoodShare Spartanburg produce box, but are not required to participate. The recipe concepts and grocery list will be sent out by the Monday before class at the latest.
If using a box, you will need to pre-order, purchase, and pick up a box before each class. It’s easy! BOX ORDERS FOR THIS CLASS ARE DUE BY 2PM THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 28TH.
Box pick up is at 147 Chapel St. Spartanburg, SC 29303 (right up from SMC, less than a mile) Wednesdays before class.
Order by calling Ruth’s Gleanings/FoodShare at 864-586-2840 or in-person at 147 Chapel St.
FoodShare boxes cost $21 credit/debit, $20 cash, or $5 for folks with SNAP. The boxes contain 9-12 varieties of produce, with a value of $20-$30, from South Carolina as much as possible. We will send out reminders for ordering before each class. You will also be responsible for purchasing some extra pantry staples and optional proteins.
There are two main goals for the classes:
1) To teach basic skills to be comfortable cooking and substituting ingredients for what you have or want to use.
2) Have fun in the kitchen cooking with others and their families!
Components of the class include food safety, cooking methods, cooking skills, food storage tips, and nutrition. We recommend these classes for people who want to expand their comfort with cooking, and we encourage children ten years and up to join in!
We will ask you to answer some survey questions for us at three different points during and after the class to tweak these classes to be effective for future community members. Participants must sign a liability waiver before participating.