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Local mom teaches kids healthy cooking classes

Published 04/16/09

Melissa Owens is a fast-talking, high-energy mom on a mission - and she's constantly cooking up new ideas.

Arianne Teeple — The Capital
Melissa Owens, right, of Deliciously Nutritious, shows Katie Ladd of West River, left, and Maggie Mohr of Odenton how to mix the fruit filling for crepes earlier this week in the kitchen of Riva Trace Baptist Church in Davidsonville. Owens teaches healthy cooking classes and camps for children.
Deliciously Nutritious, which offers classes and summer camps aimed at teaching children about healthy eating. Kids don't just sit by and watch Owens work through recipes, either. They get hands-on experience, making their own snacks and lunches during her summer camps, for example. See related story.
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The Annapolis resident runs Deliciously Nutritious, which offers classes and summer camps aimed at teaching children about healthy eating. Kids don't just sit by and watch Owens work through recipes, either. They get hands-on experience, making their own snacks and lunches during her summer camps, for example.

"The more you involve them, the more they'll try things," the mother of two explained. "Everybody wants to cut something or chop and dice and slice."

A case in point is...

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Food Camp - 2009-04-16 14:38:02

Good job, Mel! Glad to see you're doing well.

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