girl scouts of the colonial coastGirl Scout Ambassador Jada has a passion for cooking and nutrition and decided to share her knowledge with the community. By doing so, Jada earned the Girl Scout Gold Award through her project titled “Growing Nutrition!” Jada wanted to help people in the community make healthful food choices without sacrificing flavor so she created a community nutrition program to share her ideas using cookie funds she earned last season.
Jada created an educational cookbook, “Food is Medicine,” about nutrition with recipes suitable for a low carb diet. Jada’s cookbooks were used at NetCaster Ministry’s food pantry and in the Diabetic Prevention Program at Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital.
Jada went on to host monthly cooking classes at NetCasters’ Ministry offering guests healthful spins on her some of her favorites, as featured in her cookbook, like pumpkin applesauce muffins and turkey meatballs marinara. At her classes she shared ideas on how to make easy, healthier substitutes and how to source low cost fruits and vegetables.
Jada is now working towards publishing her cookbook and hopes to continue writing and sharing health knowledge with others.
Congratulations, Jada!
