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No Kid Hungry
Join the national movement of people committed to ending childhood hunger in America.
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Cooking Matters
Empowers families with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to prepare healthy and affordable meals.
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Great American Dine Out
Join us September 16-22, 2012 for the fifth annual Dine Out For No Kid Hungry!
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Great American Bake Sale
A national campaign that mobilizes Americans to end childhood hunger by holding bake sales in their communities.
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Culinary Events
Fine dining and tasting events that help make sure no kid in America grows up hungry.
Building a strong foundation
Cooking Matters® empowers families with the skills, knowledge, and confidence to prepare healthy, tasty and affordable meals.
The No Kid Hungry campaign is ending childhood hunger in America by connecting kids in need with nutritious food and teaching families how to cook healthy, affordable meals, through Cooking Matters. With the help of volunteer culinary and nutrition experts, participants learn to shop smarter, make healthier food choices, and cook delicious meals.
Recent Highlights
Report Finds 8 in 10 Low-Income Families Cook Dinner 5+ Times a Week
It’s Dinnertime, a report from Share Our Strength’s Cooking Matters and the ConAgra Foods® Foundation, looks at the meal planning, shopping and healthy cooking efforts of low-income American families. Click here for more.
Buying Healthy Food on a Budget
Learn to buy delicious, healthy groceries on a budget on a video Cooking Matters at the Store tour. Click here to watch the video. Want to bring this program to your community? Click here.
Latest News
Chippewa County shoppers learn to buy healthy groceries on a budget
[Soo Evening News] — Sault Ste. Marie — More than 70 shoppers in Chippewa County have learned new skills for buying healthy food on a limited budget in the last 18 months, during a series of educational grocery shopping tours held in grocery stores.
April 12th, 2013
Novi Woman Teaches Cooking to Low-Income Families
[Novi Patch] — Gleaners chef instructor Ina Cheatem often teaches single mothers and people on food stamps how to cook healthy meals on a budget.
April 12th, 2013
Seasonal Spring Favorites
As the weather starts to warm up, try one of our spring favorites, full of seasonal ingredients and bursting with flavor!
- Asian Chicken Salad
- Asian Noodles with Peanut Butter Sauce
- Banana Crumble
- Chocolate Strawberry French Toast
- Cranberry Walnut Coleslaw
- Spinach Salad with Eggs
- Tex-Mex Skillet
- Tuna Melt
- Turkey Tacos
- Yogurt Parfait
April 4th, 2013
Davidson: Chefs Up Front benefits nutrition on a budget classes in Colorado
[Denver Post] — What happens when you put 32 chefs, 10 bartenders and 320 guests in a nice event space? If you’re talking Chefs Up Front — and we are — there’s lots to eat, lots to drink and lots of money raised for Cooking Matters, a program that teaches low-income Coloradans how to prepare nutritious meals on a budget.
April 1st, 2013
Want to Learn More About Cooking Matters?
2011 Annual Review
“In 2011, Cooking Matters expanded in new ways to bring food skills education to more American families than ever.”
A detailed technical report is available upon request by emailing jbrodbeck@strength.org.
Food Tips
The average American family throws out $1,600 worth of food a year. Click here for 10 quick tips to save money and waste less food.
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