The Nutrition Club is an on campus organization formed in 2017 whose main goal is to spread awareness of good nutrition as well as sharing the love of tasty foods.
Grace Gonzalez, a former officer of The Nutrition Club who now works for the Nutrition program as an Instructional Assistant, is still staying involved in an advisory role.
“As a smaller club we typically try to get involved in any and all on-campus opportunities that are made available to us,” Gonzalez said.
On November 1st the club had attended the annual Halloween Carnival at the TCC campus.
Instead of handing out sweet treats and candies like other booths, The Nutrition Club chose a healthy alternative of what they called Spooky Smoothies.
Taking inspiration from the website Food Hero, these smoothies consisted of Vampire Punch, Green Goblin and Pumpkin potion all displayed next to their respective recipes.
Gonzalez created graphics to display next to the smoothies considering the fact passersby may have allergies.
“We wanted to share the recipe ideas with community members attending the event and in case of food allergies or restrictions,” Gonzalez said.
In the attempt to make a vegan based smoothie member Shameka Anderson described how the recipe being served was adjusted.
They adjusted the smoothies by substituting yogurt with avocado in the Green Goblin smoothie to become more vegan friendly.
Shameka Anderson (left) and Tiana Davis assist in Spooky Smoothies. Helping to serve healthy Halloween themed alternatives. The spooky smoothies event took place at TCC on Nov.01,2024.(Regina G Melchor)
Shamkea Anderson, a representative of the Nutrition Club, served passerbys excitedly and encouraged them to try “Green Goblin”.
“This one is actually vegan. You can make these all at home.” Anderson said.
Vampire Punch is a beet and berry smoothie that contains frozen berries, pineapple juice and beets.
Green Goblin is a spinach and avocado dessert filled with orange juice, pineapple juice and fresh spinach leaves.
Pumpkin Potion is a pumpkin, cinnamon and nutmeg smoothie perfect for a spooky sweet treat.
Club President Ericka Crisp encouraged attendees to take photos of the recipes for further use.
“We encouraged people to take photos of the recipe if they enjoyed it to make it themselves again at home,” Crisp said.
The Club’s next goal is to recruit more officers into the organization as many members have graduated as well as growing a bigger presence on campus to further expand their healthy nutrition awareness.
Holding their first general meeting on November 20th as well as planning to give a helping hand in the upcoming Viking Village market for the first time.