EAU CLAIRE, Wis. (WEAU) – Nursing students at UW-Eau Claire are helping fight against food insecurity in a special way by putting together dozens of healthy recipes to jumpstart any shelter’s cooking.
In partnership with Stepping Stones of Dunn County, the ‘Nursing Cookbook’ can help shelter volunteers make healthy food quickly and easily, even with no culinary experience.
The book was part of a clinical class aimed at showing Blugolds the impact they can make outside of work at a hospital.
“This clinical specifically shows them what other options are out there. So, if the bedside isn’t for you when you get there and you’re like ‘oh, I don’t find passion and joy in this,’ well then maybe you’ll find and joy in giving back to communities instead,” said Rachel Zimmer, Assistant professor of Nursing at UW-Eau Claire.
The books aren’t just healthy in general. Students put together recipes aimed for people with very specific dietary struggles, including kidney disease, diabetes and even hypertension.
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