Girl Scouts Produce Cookbooks for Eating Healthy on a Budget
July 7, 2014
In addition to common challenges of time and money, it is important for
kids to be involved when their families decide to eat more healthily.
Realizing that some of the people being helped at area food pantries
are kids their own age, Girl Scouts in Story County are tackling these
challenges with a new cookbook of healthy meals that are low-cost,
simple enough for kids to help with preparation, and tasty so that kids
want to eat them.
The Girl Scouts toured three food pantries in their community to get an
idea of what foods were available. They wanted to create a cookbook
that would utilize primarily those ingredients or other items that could
be purchased inexpensively at local grocery stores.
The Scouts also toured 2 grocery stores, and talked to dietitians and Iowa State Extension for
additional information. They wanted simple, nutritious and easy recipes that anyone could make and
would appeal to kids of all ages.
Originally the girls sold cookbooks directly to offset the printing costs. More recently the United Way
of Story County partnered with the Girl Scout Troops to apply for a grant to print 500 copies of the
cookbook. For more information, or to purchase copies of the cookbook, contact the girl scouts at
[email protected].
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