The Happy Kitchen
La Cocina Alegre
Cooking classes and nutrition education that bring people together around healthy, affordable, locally sourced food.
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Healthy food. Practical skills. Stronger communities.
The Happy Kitchen / La Cocina Alegre® teaches participants the importance and benefits of eating healthy foods while showing them how to prepare nutritious, low-cost meals using fresh, locally sourced ingredients.
Healthy & Affordable
Learn how to prepare nutritious meals that are affordable, practical, and made with fresh, seasonal ingredients.
Learn to Cook
Build practical cooking skills while discovering new ways to prepare familiar foods and incorporate more local produce into everyday meals.
Grow Together
Create welcoming spaces where people can gather, learn, eat, share knowledge, and build healthier lives together.
We Are The Happy Kitchen
La Cocina Alegre
We share food knowledge and cooking skills with our communities.
We foster community spaces where people can gather, learn, eat, and grow together. We transform libraries, churches, community centers, and school classrooms into kitchens. Kitchens filled with colorful, seasonal fruits and vegetables, the smells of onion and garlic sizzling in a pan, and the laughter of people learning together.
We work to transform our communities one classroom and one family at a time.