Varsity Mentors is interested in showing boys, girls, and young adults how to prepare healthy meals in a way that meets a slim budget. Hence, BUDGET COOKING.

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Budget Cooking has two aims. First, it is a collection of short cooking tutorials hosted on YouTube to provide quick instruction on knife handling, healthy and inexpensive vegetable and meat choices, and single-stove cooking techniques. Here Budget Cooking also provides a venue for students to learn video recording, editing and publishing.

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Budget Cooking also occasionally hosts dinners for our students at a Varsity Mentors house. The students prepare and cook the meal, tracking the meal's cost and nutritional value. 

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In the future, we hope to partner with supermarkets to use their produce to demonstrate simple vegetarian meals and snacks for the public, using a single hotplate.

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Budget Cooking is managed by Kristina Myers, who is a registered nutritionist and has had professional experience managing diets and community kitchens.

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