Cooking Class - ASPIRE

The class participants have the opportunity to explore local grocery stores to purchase cooking class items for the week. Using a visual and written grocery list, the participants explore and navigate places such as Carrs Safeway, Fred Meyers, Sam’s Club, Costco, and Wal-Mart just to name a few. The group works as a team, identifying needed ingredients, comparing and checking prices of items of both generic and name brand, as well as ensuring the quality and quantity of ingredients.  The group has the opportunity to complete the transaction at the end of the shopping, as well as loading the cars, and then dating the groceries before placing in the refrigerator and learning about kitchen sanitation and safety.  After purchasing the needed ingredients, the class will go to the Hope Café to create the recipe for the day.  The class participants learn about different cultures associated with the recipe while also working on chopping, measuring, kitchen safety, and nutrition.   The goals of this class include understanding food preparation and kitchen safety, following a recipe, working together as a group to create a recipe.