John Kirk
Gorham, Maine 04038
kirkjohnb5@gmail.com
www.aokbasicskills.gratis
January 2, 2024
Syllabus/Study Plan
Healthy Foods for Busy People:
How to Save Time and Money with “One-Dish Meals,” Easy Recipes, and Cook-Ahead Prep
An AOK Basic Skills Project
Welcome to the AOK Basic Skills Project at www.aokbasicskills.gratis. This workshop is part of John Kirk’s individual retirement project. AOK is not a company, organization or registered entity. “AOK Basic Skills Project” is its domain name. It is a personal, non-commercial effort. It offers short, basic skills workshops that provide an overview of the topic at hand and connect to free, professionally written websites that can be used for self-study on the topic.
Introduction to Healthy Foods for Busy People
- This workshop was written by John B. Kirk as a personal retirement project in support of UN Sustainable Development Goal 2 – Zero Hunger & SDG 4 – Quality Education.
- Its purpose is to help the participants learn how to save money on food expenses and improve their nutrition.
- W: www.aokbasicskills.com This is the URL for John’s retirement project.
- AOK workshops are educational and non-commercial.
- John was registered with the SRI (IRS) in Ecuador to provide “professional services” for his English school and AOK projects.
- Works cited references for this PowerPoint presentation and included links can be found in the specific “works cited” file on the front page of this workshop.
- This is a free, general adult education enrichment workshop.
Keep it simple!
- This workshop will provide an overview on food budgeting, planning and purchasing; avoiding food waste; making quick, economical and nutritious meals in different ways by cooking; and cooking ahead. Free, professional materials from major institutions will be linked into.
- Possibly a follow-up presentation can be scheduled to answer specific questions about the materials if necessary.
- The immediate goal of the workshop is to help participants prepare a simple but healthy two-week rotating menu for their home that can help them save time and money.
- Spanish URLs for workshop websites that are in English have been provided in the works cited when available.
- A separate works cited has been provided for the websites presented in the PowerPoint presentation.
Optional: Participants can take part in an informal study comparing the amount spent on groceries and food services before the workshop and one month after it.
Power Point Table of Contents:
The Workshop Plan
Workshop Introduction: Slides 7-15
Unit I: General Budget/Food Savings: Slides 16-21
Unit II: Budgeting & Planning Meals: Slides 22-26
Unit III: One-Dish & Make-Ahead Meals: Slides 27-42
Unit IV. Healthy, Simple, Inexpensive Recipes: Slides 43-54
Unit V: A 2 Week Revolving Home Menu: Slides 55-68
Unit VI: Interesting Things to Know About Food: Slides 69-74
Unit VII: Some Different Ways to Cook & Store Food: Slides 75-80
Workshop Conclusion: Slides 81-82
Important articles and ideas
The free article upon which this course is based is:
Healthy Meal Planning on a Budget, Jones, G. & Behrends, D. from K-State Research and Extension Service – Slide 16 Healthy Meal Planning on a Budget. (n.d.). K-State Research and Extension. Retrieved December 19, 2023, from https://extensionpublications.unl.edu/assets/pdf/hef597.pdf
The above free article is part of the downloadable food budgeting and grocery shopping lesson plans and other online resources for children, youth, teens and adults that were compiled by Mary Meck Higgins, Ph.D., R.D., L.D.; Associate Professor and K-State Research & Extension Human Nutrition Specialist; 202 Justin Hall — HN, Kansas State University, Manhattan KS 66506; Ph: 785-532-1671; e-mail: mhiggins@ksu.edu. List originally compiled 3/25/2011; updated 9/30/2015.
An important support article that is linked into:
101+ Ways to Save Money for Groceries – Slide 25
The quickest and easiest way to prepare a nutritious meal:
Healthy Foods for Busy People: Homemade One-Dish Meals – Slides: 38-47
Free to download
https://www.nutrition.gov/topics/basic-nutrition/printable-materials-and-handouts These materials are free for public use through the US Department of Agriculture.
Disclaimer
This is a free workshop written primarily for adult education programs. It is non-commercial, non-profit and part of John Kirk’s individual retirement project. The workshop is part of the “AOK Basic Skills Project,” which is the name of John Kirk’s Internet domain. AOK is not a company or registered entity.
The purpose of this workshop is to help people obtain a healthy diet at a reasonable price and is written in English and Spanish. The websites John presents are professionally written, but he does not certify that all information provided is correct or that important information has not been omitted. Has provided the following alert for participants of this workshop:
Participant Alert Indicated in PowerPoint Presentation
John Kirk wrote this course for educational purposes only and not with the intention of making any food-related recommendations. It is not possible to certify that all the nutritional information here is correct. Also, food science is still evolving. Anyone who wants to use any of the information included here or on the cited websites for themselves, their families and/or their friends should first check with their doctors.
“Healthy Foods for Busy People” is an effort to exemplify an effective general workshop at the adult education and ABE enrichment levels. John’s workshops have been presented in this way with positive effects. For more information on this, see the introduction on John Kirk’s website at www.aokbasicskills.gratis.
This workshop is written primarily for adult education programs, NGOs, and other non-profit entities. It is free for organizations that want to use it and for participants in it. John Kirk is not responsible if the workshop is not used in this way.
Some of the websites listed by John in the ‘works cited’ for this presentation were written by the United States Department of Agriculture and its extension services in all fifty states. You have also included some well-written URLs of private companies. These sites are freely available for non-profit educational and personal use. They were generally written by professionals and specialists in the field of nutrition and are governed by Section 7 of the fair use clause of US copyright law.
John has an AAS degree as a Dietetic Technician, a M.S. Ed in Reading/Literacy Education and a MATESL degree. You can find more information about his workshops for Spanish as a first language, ESOL, and whole foods classes at www.aokbasicskills.gratis.
Participation in this AOK workshop is free and without obligation. If any of the content on the websites involved in an AOK workshop is inappropriate in nature, please contact John Kirk at kirkjohnb082549@gmail.com and, with good reason, he will be happy to remove the site from the list you have provided.