JONESBORO — Clayton County’s personal Chef Rebecca Hardeman has been acknowledged each regionally and nationally for recipes she’s created to encourage wholesome consuming.
Often known as Chef Becca, Hardeman is a licensed chef in addition to coordinator and director of the Clayton County Extension Workplace. She introduced dwelling two first place Instructional Publications Communications awards from the Nationwide Extension Affiliation for Household and Client Sciences. The award acknowledges excellence in communications in a reality sheet, brochure, bulletin, poster, or different media developed for academic programming.
Via her on-line program “Only for the Well being of It: House Version,” she and her colleagues Keishon Thomas and Deandria Barber, educate the group on the significance of wholesome consuming adopted by an illustration of a recipe developed by Chef Becca that cuts down on the fats, sodium and sugar by roughly 10%.
“After I obtained the decision (that I gained), I believed ‘that is insane,’” Hardeman mentioned laughing. “It was very thrilling.”
This system was developed in response to the pandemic. It kicked off in Might 2020 to permit for the continuation of providers and training to the group.
Studying from her mom, father and grandmother to prepare dinner, Chef Becca mentioned she typically begins with a recipe she’s identified and beloved. From there, she’s searching for methods to substitute much less wholesome meals and create new seasoning profiles to regulate to the modifications. For instance, she mentioned as an alternative of utilizing floor beef for a burger, she’ll combine floor rooster and turkey and tweak the spices to make a more healthy however tasty model.
Hardeman mentioned she and her workforce choose a theme for his or her present and construct from there.
Up to now, she’s designed 36 new recipes and is engaged on a number of extra. Her aim is to create a database with all her recipes. She expects it to go stay early subsequent 12 months.
“We’re very pleased with every part we’ve achieved to this point with our present and are already planning for 2023,” she mentioned.
The following scheduled program of “Only for the Well being of It: House Version” is Nov. 16 and can function particular visitor Household and Client Sciences Agent MaryBeth Hornbeck from the Rockdale County Extension Workplace. She’ll talk about yeast and the right way to make fast breads. Hornbeck hosts her personal present, “Rockdale Eats a Rainbow,” which inspires kids to eat their greens.
Hardeman mentioned she hopes the group will go to not solely the Clayton County Extension Workplace web site, however others across the state.
“There’s one in each county in our state and the group has entry to all of them,” she mentioned. “All are completely different and develop applications particular to their group, and there’s so much to be taught.”
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