March is National Nutrition Month

In honor of National Nutrition Month, Explore the Connection Between Food and Culture:

Experiment with recipes using different healthy ingredients and cooking techniques.
Include your favorite cultural foods and traditions or try new global flavors.
Enjoy your meals with family or friends, when possible.

Tune in to a Spring Vegetables hybrid cooking class by Cook Well Berkeley on Tuesday, March 18th at noon!

Another way to connect with food includes learning about the traditions or history behind what you’re eating. Whether a food is traditional or new to you, learning more about how and why it’s prepared can be a valuable experience. It may help build a connection to the person that prepared it, teach about sustainability, or provide information about how it affects your health.

Here are some tips for connecting with food:

When purchasing food from a store, use a grocery list.
Choose less processed food. When food is less processed, it’s not only more healthy, it’s often more affordable.
Visit a farmers’ market to ask about how your food was grown or raised, or consider starting a home or community garden to get hands-on experience with the growing process.
Whether you have a health condition that requires you to eat a certain way, or you just want to make changes to how you eat, preparing your own meals makes it easier to control the ingredients and their amounts. It’s also a chance for children and teenagers to interact with the food they eat and build healthy eating habits for life.