Type of Activity
Culture Awareness and Environment Education
Objectives
- Everyone has access to food
- To promote sustainable nutritional model.
- To learn traditional healthy and sustainable recipes with local and seasonally available products.
- Exchange experiences between participants based on the culture heritage.
- Promote solidarity and helping the others
Focus
Preparation and cooking fresh & nutritious food which will be offered to people who are affected by food insecurity.
Description
- Choose the recipe;
- Check the complexity of cooking the recipe and adjust;
- Prepare the food with the organizing venue;
- Do the cooking;
- Share the food to people who are affected by food insecurity
- Final assessment
Duration
2 hours but, the duration can change according to the participants, the weather and site availability, the complexity of the recipe and cooking techniques.
Materials
- Cooking material
- Tables and chairs
- Fully functional kitchen equipment.
- Access to water.
- Cooking books.
Tips and Tricks
- Educators have to engage with the participants verifying always if they are comfortable.
- Health and safety rules.
- Food allergies.
- You have to choose a recipe that is common/interesting for most of the people considering the food allergies.
- Knowledge about local and seasonal products.
- A chef of someone that can supervise the cooking.
- Look for something to do while the foods wait to be ready.
- At the end you will have the cooking
Debriefing Reflection
The involvement and engagement of participants can be verified from the following aspects:
- He/she actively participated in the cooking;
- He/she intervenes and share his/her memories
- He/she share the food prepared.
The successful of the activity can be verified by the time spent in making the cooking/sharing (more people intervening and longer it will take to finish).
