MILWAUKEE — Hunger Task Force has expanded its nutrition education program for older adults. The program focuses on eating healthy while staying on a budget. 

Hunger Task Force is hosting cooking demonstrations at senior centers in Milwaukee County.

“Demonstrations outline all the steps needed to make a healthy recipe,” Carmen Baldwin said. “I think that’s the benefit for seniors — they see how quick and simple it can be to eat healthy and learn what makes an ingredient healthy for them.”

Baldwin, Hunger Task Force’s community nutrition manager, leads the curriculum and its interactive cooking demos.

The program is broken down into monthly topics for seniors to learn about MyPlate. Topics include identifying whole grains, sodium and heart health, healthy eating on a budget and mindful eating, among others.

Every month features a new recipe that people can follow along with and learn to cook. Ingredients include items that can be found at a Hunger Task Force network pantry, in a Stockbox or on the Mobile Market.

Clinton Rose Senior Center has been participating in the program since it was launched.

“By having Hunger Task Force come and teach these classes, our seniors learn that they can still enjoy delicious food and there are healthy alternatives that taste good,” Sheila Carter, manager of Clinton Rose Senior Center, said. “It’s also a blessing to learn how to cook with ingredients that aren’t a part of their daily diet — like dates or squash — so they know how to prepare those foods in a way that tastes good to them when they receive them from Hunger Task Force.”

Learn more about Hunger Task Force’s nutritional education, here.