Joint Base Andrews, Md., –
The Health Promotion office teamed up with Air Force District of Washington enlisted aides to host a Healthy Cooking Made Easy demonstration in the Liberty Park Welcome Center here June 25, 2015.
Health and wellness are among the installations top priorities and a memorandum promoting healthy workplace eating, signed by Col. Bradley Hoagland, 11th Wing/Joint Base Andrews commander encourages personnel to make healthy meal choices.
"This healthy cooking demo is a perfect opportunity to show folks how to prepare easy, nutritious meals and to encourage Airmen and their families to eat healthy both on and off base," said Sylvia Goff, 779th Aerospace Medicine Squadron health promotion coordinator.
More than 30 service members and their families learned how to prepare broiled salmon dressed with mango-kiwi salsa, rosemary-asiago quinoa, summer zucchini baton sauté, grilled chicken with zesty Italian marinade, grilled mangos and peaches topped with vanilla frozen yogurt, and a whole-wheat pizza. Then everyone was afforded the opportunity to sample the food.
"What you put in your body impacts what you get out of your body; better foods, better bodies" said Goff. "Good nutrition enhances your ability to train and perform, it improves concentration, and it increases endurance and energy levels."
In line with the Comprehensive Airmen Fitness Framework and Five Pillars of Wellness, the event aimed to help build a culture of health across the installation while enhancing resilience and performance.
"If there's one thing I want people to take away from this demonstration, it's that there are ways to make delicious, healthy meals at an affordable price," said Chief Master Sgt. Laura Kelly, Enlisted Aide and Healthy Cooking Made Easy culinary specialist.