College students take part in creating smoothie bowls. (Jalaysia Thomas/East Tennessean)
On Tuesday, Nov 15, ETSU’s Wellness Kitchen hosted a Smoothie Bowl workshop to promote wholesome habits for college kids throughout finals season.
The workshop was vacation themed, and college students have been in a position to take pleasure in their scrumptious bowls after studying some key details about vitamin as nicely. Shaina Reins, a graduate assistant for health and wellness at ETSU, mentioned that the Wellness Kitchen plans to host further workshops sooner or later to maintain college students updated on find out how to nourish their our bodies.
“The Wellness Kitchen is a newly created program that falls inside Pupil Wellness. By pop-up tabling occasions and workshops hosted by The Wellness Kitchen, college students, school and employees are in a position to learn to create wholesome meals on a funds whereas additionally studying about fundamental dietary tips which are set by the U.S. Authorities,” Reins acknowledged.
The Smoothie Bowl workshop was free and open to all ETSU college students, though the reserved seats did refill rapidly. When you didn’t handle to get a spot, The Wellness Kitchen plans to publish the recipe in order that college students could make their very own bowls at house and will likely be internet hosting extra occasions all through the autumn semester.
“With finals week on the horizon, we hope to share this easy-to-make recipe and an opportunity for college kids to put aside their research for rest as they prepare dinner. We may also have Wellness Kitchen pop-up gas stops all through Examination Week to offer snacks for college kids,” Reins mentioned.
Though the vacation season generally is a busy time for college kids, Reins encourages those that have an interest to join one of many workshops for a fast and helpful lesson.
“Occasions like this one are essential as a result of they embody a free meal, a enjoyable cooking workshop, and details about vitamin. These seminars search to ascertain a constructive relationship with meals via having enjoyable as we create a wide range of completely different recipes,” Reins acknowledged.
For college students curious about attending an upcoming workshop, the Wellness Kitchen will likely be internet hosting a Scorching Cocoa and Cookie Adorning workshop on Friday, Dec. 2, from 10 to 2 p.m. within the Wellness Nook of the CPA. No registration is important for this occasion.
“College students are inspired to drop in, calm down, and embellish a sugar cookie whereas sipping on scorching cocoa to take a break from finding out for finals,” Reins mentioned.
For extra data, please go to the Wellness Kitchen’s web site on-line at campusrec.etsu.edu.
