PITTSBURGH,None — Eat'n Park is working with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank to get healthy foods on the menu. Earlier today, the head chef held a cooking demonstration at a farm stand in the hill district.
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The goal is to get people to add fresh fruits and vegetables to their diets, so the head chef of the popular restaurant chain Eat'n Park is doing a little demonstration to show how easy it is to whip up a healthy dish.
"Today we're making a zucchini and carrot patty," said Chef Regis Holden.
The recipe is simple. He's using fresh veggies, an egg and a little oatmeal to bind the ingredients together, then he's frying up the patties and serving them with a mustard sauce.
"There's no risk at all to sample one of these dishes," said Holden.
Eat'n Park isn't just showing how to make healthy food. The restaurant chain has donated $40,000 to the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank's farm stand program and is using its connections with local growers to get the produce for less.
For that, the food bank's new CEO is grateful.
"I would have never eaten zucchini, but with this special recipe of zucchini-carrot patties it helps make it fun and it also makes it tasteful, and that's what we're trying to encourage, that healthy food doesn't have to taste bad," said Jermaine Husser, Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank CEO.
The food bank operates 14 farm stands in low-income neighborhoods in the city of Pittsburgh. The stands are selling locally grown produce at affordable prices during the summer and fall. Anyone can shop at the farm stands, which accept cash and food assistance cards.