The women who have been trained as cooks at the kitchen are keen. They have learned how to make well-balanced meals and, at the same time, how to better invest their food money. Their children are also enjoying tasty, balanced snacks and lunches. Last Tuesday Alice Fleming and her fellow chefs cooked up fish chowder and macaroni with beef for some 40 children and adults. Fleming, whose two-year old daughter attends the daycare, said that she's learned how to cook in a new way.
Pregnant women can also buy meals at a minimal cost.
As well, they receive two Arctic char a week as a supplement during pregnancy. When Kuujjuaraapik's new daycare opens in the fall, the kitchen will move, too. Meanwhile, the positive results of the kitchen project are under evalulation. McDonald hopes that other daycares in Nunavik will consider adopting the iron-rich cuisine developed by cooks in Kuujjuaraapik. These materials may not be reprinted for commercial publication in print, or any other media, without the permission of the publisher.