(From left to right) Urban farmer Steven Nunez provides nutrition advice to students as he observes and helps with the assembly process.
On April 2, the Food Pantry hosted a cooking class at Polytechnic United Methodist Church (PUMC) where students participated and learned how to make meals.
The event showcased ingredients that students would normally find in a food pantry.. T, tMain courses included potato tacos and cabbage salad. Urban farmer and North Texas Health community member Stephen Nunez and his wife Ursula Nunez attended the event.
“My wife and I go out to a lot of food pantries and give cooking classes and teach students about the produce and food that is being given to them., But how can you make a meal out of it?” Nunez said.
Nunez encourages students to learn more about cooking for a healthier lifestyle.
“We wanted to show people a healthier way to cook. Our main goal was to educate people about how to incorporate more vegetables into their diets and still taste good,” Nuñez said. Ta. “Also, I’ll be back again this semester to give you more tips on nutrition, Please look forward to. ”
Gabriela Urbina, a junior biology major, said she decided to participate and learn about healthier cooking.
“After I learned about dairy products, I didn’t even know that cheese was a no-no.”., I always put it on everything and now I know what to do and what not to do when preparing healthy meals,” Urbina said.
Alondra Martinez, junior biology major, She wanted to see what the cooking class was about.
“Me and my friends come to the pantry all the time, so we decided to stop by and see what was going on,” Martinez said. “I learned a new way to make mashed potatoes as tacos. They’re so delicious.”
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Urban farmer Steven Nunez will demonstrate how to make a healthy cabbage side salad with red cabbage, red onion, bell pepper, lemon, salt and pepper.
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Damian Sanchez, a senior criminal justice major, is adamant that he will return soon. He said, “I’ll definitely come back for my next cooking class. The tacos were delicious.”
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Urban farmers Ursula Nunez and Stephen Nunez demonstrate to students what ingredients to use. Junior biology major Alondra Martinez and junior exercise science major Ashley Artes help arrange the tacos on plates.
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A list of ingredients is provided to try mashed potatoes at home.
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Junior athletics major Dasjah Johnson and junior athletics major Ashlee Altes help urban farmer Steven Nunez fill tacos with mashed potatoes for students to pick up and eat.
