By Jodi Balis
A goodbye message from our AmeriCorps Patrick O’Leary. Patrick helped to bring Operation Frontine, a six-week cooking and nutrition class that teaches skills and knowledge about eating healthy on a budget.
It is hard to believe that almost an entire year has gone by since I first arrived at the Capital Area Food Bank. Since [...]
By Jodi Balis
Three weeks ago, partner organizations came together to attend Every Day ServSafe. The original 8-16 hour food safety course was developed by the National Restaurant Association and gears lessons towards food service operations in restaurants. Information within the original ServSafe course is really dense and really specific. . . there is an entire chapter dedicated [...]
By Jodi Balis
Nutrition Education served up My Pyramid Salsa at the Whole Foods 5% Day on May 26th.
My Pyramid Salsa is a basic mixture 2, 24 ounce jars of salsa, 1 can of corn (drained and rinsed), 1 can of diced peaches (drained and rinsed), 1 can of black beans (drained and rinsed), and 1 ½ cups [...]
