Food Literacy and Safety Resources
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- Food Literacy, School Food
Guide to Starting a School Cooking Club
The Cooking Club Toolkit was developed in partnership with UpLift. This Toolkit will prepare you to start a Cooking Club with students in your school.
- Food Literacy
Positive Food Environment Toolkit
Positive food environments are supportive and inclusive spaces where young people can build positive relationships with food and their bodies. This toolkit is filled with learnings, information, and activities to support you to navigate this topic, increasing your confidence and ultimately impacting the children and youth you care about.
- Food Literacy, Food Programs, Recipes
Literally Nutritious 3.0: Sheet Pan Recipes
The Literally Nutritious series, made in partnership with Tri Country Regional Centre for Education (TCRCE), introduces students to a variety of simple and nutritious recipes that can be used in the classroom or at home. This document shares sheet pan recipes.
- Food Literacy, Food Programs, Recipes
Literally Nutritious 2.0: Sheet Pan Recipes
The Literally Nutritious series, made in partnership with Tri Country Regional Centre for Education (TCRCE), introduces students to a variety of simple and nutritious recipes that can be used in the classroom or at home. This document shares sheet pan recipes.
Next, check out Literally Nutritious 3.0: Sheet Pan Recipes
- Food Literacy, Food Programs, Recipes
Literally Nutritious 1.0: Slow Cooker
The Literally Nutritious series, made in partnership with Tri Country Regional Centre for Education (TCRCE), introduces students to a variety of simple and nutritious recipes that can be used in the classroom or at home. This document shares slow cooker recipes.
Next, check out Literally Nutritious 2.0: Sheet Pan Recipes
- Food Literacy, Food Skills
Dips and Spreads Facilitation Guide
The Dips and Spreads Facilitation Guide will lead facilitators through the process of planning and implementing a Food Skills workshop that teaches participants to prepare delicious dips and spreads from scratch paired with some tasty sides.
- Food Literacy, Food Skills
Smoothie Lab Facilitation Guide
The Smoothie Lab Facilitation Guide will lead facilitators through the process of planning and implementing a Food Skills workshop that teaches participants to prepare delicious smoothies, exploring new ingredients and flavour combinations.
- Food Safety
Vegetarian Guide
What does it mean to follow a vegetarian diet? Check out this quick one-pager that explains what a vegetarian diet is, and considerations to keep in mind to keep your program spaces safe for those following a vegetarian diet.
- Food Safety
Gluten Allergy Guide
Who follows a gluten-free diet? What is a wheat allergy? Check out this quick one-pager that explains what gluten is, and considerations to keep in mind to keep your program spaces safe for those with allergies or intolerances.
- Food Safety
Soy Allergy Guide
Check out this quick one-pager that explains what soy allergy is, and considerations to keep in mind to keep your program spaces safe for those with allergies or intolerances.
- Food Safety
Egg Allergy Guide
Check out this quick one-pager that explains what an egg allergy is, and considerations to keep in mind to keep your program spaces safe for those with allergies or intolerances.
- Food Safety
Nut Allergy Guide
Check out this quick one-pager that explains what an nut allergy is, and considerations to keep in mind to keep your program spaces safe for those with allergies or intolerances.
- Food Safety
Dairy Allergy Guide
Check out this quick one-pager that explains what an dairy allergy is, and considerations to keep in mind to keep your program spaces safe for those with allergies or intolerances.
- Food Safety
Vegan Guide
What does it mean to follow a vegan diet? Check out this quick one-pager that explains what a vegan diet is, and considerations to keep in mind to keep your program spaces safe for those following a vegan diet.
- Food Safety
Handwashing
This handwashing activity uses oil and cinnamon to demonstrate the importance of handwashing while cooking through seeing by seeing how germs can spread and how we can prevent this.
- Food Literacy
Fruit and Vegetable Colouring Book
This fruit and vegetable colouring book includes 20 pages of different fruits and vegetables that students can colour, and practice their printing!
- Food Literacy
Cooking with Kids
The Cooking with Kids resource outlines age-appropriate kitchen skills for children and youth up to age 16 and beyond to help guide your programs. Keep in mind that this is meant to be a guide only, and you may need to adjust based on the skill level of your group.
- Food Literacy
Cooking in the Classroom: Starter Kit
The Cooking in the Classroom: Starter Kit resource outlines basic equipment with an accompanying shopping list to equip your classroom or program space for cooking programs.
- Food Literacy
Cooking Tips and Terms
The Cooking Tips and Terms resource provides common cooking terms with accompanying photos to demonstrate.