Teaching Healthy Eating on a Budget

The team from Wexner Heritage Village in Columbus Ohio presented at a community health fair for Columbus Youth Build. YouthBuild Columbus is a metro high school that offers career technical programs for students aged 17 to 21 who are interested in working towards a high school diploma while learning residential construction or nurse assisting skills.

Mission Statement
The mission of YouthBuild Columbus Community School is to advance under-served youth through education, job training, personal and leadership development and community service.

Our team passed out flyers with ideas on how to add vegetables and fruits into daily meals as well as recipes to make a few meals out of 4 common ingredients. Our display cooking taught the students and families:

• To make a stiry fry without fats or oils
• To incorporate three or more vegetables into a meal
• To utilize the stir fry meal as a left over, cold on a salad
• About meatless options: we used edamame in the stir fry that would be the protein option on day two on the salad
• How ecomonical a stir fry can be when you use pre cut vegetables on sale, in season vegetables and make your own sauce