Health Cooking Classes at Tepeyac

Tepeyac Community Health Center is happy to bring back our free 6-week course teaching adults how to prepare and shop for healthy, low-cost meals. The course is called ‘Cooking Matters.’ 

Each week, we will offer a morning session and an evening session at Tepeyac. The morning and evening sessions reflect the same class material. You are welcome to attend whichever session works best for you. To graduate from Cooking Matters, you must attend at least 4 of the class sessions. 

Tepeyac Community Health Center will be hosting cooking matters classes on the following dates:  

• February 7, 2024 from 9am-11am, 5:30pm-7:30pm  

• February 21, 2024 from 9am-11am, 5:30pm-7:30pm  

• February 28, 2024 from 9am-11am, 5:30pm-7:30pm  

• March 6, 2024 from 9am-11am, 5:30pm-7:30pm  

• March 13, 2024 from 9am-11am, 5:30pm-7:30pm  

• March 20, 2024 from 9am-11am, 5:30pm-7:30pm 

Each Wednesday, we will host two separate class sessions. Please select either the morning or the evening class.  If you are interested in attending please reach out to Cecilia Rivera at 303-458-5302, ext. 2919.

Our diets are integral to our mental and physical health. Educating oneself on how to eat well could help manage health conditions such as diabetes and hypertension. To learn more about navigating nutrition if you are living with diabetes, feel free to peruse any of the following resources: 

• Nutrition and Diabetes | ADA 

• Get Help with New Nutrition Resources | ADA (diabetes.org) 

• Diabetes and Your Diet | American Heart Association 

To learn more about navigating nutrition if you’ve been diagnosed with hypertension, feel free to peruse any of the following resources: 

• Managing Blood Pressure with a Heart-Healthy Diet | American Heart Association 

• High Blood Pressure | Nutrition.gov