The Giant Co. dietitians star in virtual summer camp

Dietitians from Carlisle, Pa.-based The Giant Co. are launching a virtual Summer Camp Series, where each week they’ll highlight recipes and meal ideas on topics such as space, history, movies and sports.

All classes are offered free and live via Zoom throughout June, July and August, according to a news release.

“While food brings families together year-round, there is something special about time spent together in the summer — making smores by the campfire, picking strawberries, and grilling all the barbecue favorites,” Giant Registered Dietitian Kilene Knitter said in the release.

These are some examples of classes this summer:

• Mini Chef Mornings – At 10 a.m. Mondays, gather your mini chefs, ages 6 and under for a morning of reading and snack-crafting. Classes include banana bee bites for buzzing about honeybees, Encanto cocadas for munching on at the drive-in movies and pineapple chocolate dinosaurs for diving into history. 
• Build a Board – Join the dietitians at 10 a.m. Tuesdays for summer camp series-inspired boards from monkeying around at the zoo with a Philadelphia Zoo board, The Ultimate Road Trip board for planning a cross-country road trip and a golf par-tee board for snacking before hitting the greens to name a few. 
• Family Meals at 5 – Create a delicious and affordable meal live in under 30 minutes with one of The Giant Co.’s dietitians 5 p.m. every Tuesday. Among the meal ideas the dietitians are tackling this summer include charcoal grill mountain pies for filling up while camping, easy fish tacos with corn slaw for a lazy day at the beach and rocket to the moon pasta for an out of the world adventure. 
• Better For You Baking – At 10 a.m. every Wednesday, bake summer camp-inspired better for you goodies with The Giant Co.’s team of dietitians. Some of the recipes on tap include mason jar cakes and cobblers for a picnic treat, oven-based “fried” Oreos for fun at the carnival and galaxy cake for exploring space. 
• Foodie Family - Head to the kitchen with your family 10 a.m. Saturdays to create delicious and nutritious foods. This class is recommended for all ages, and this summer will be making roasted ranch chickpeas to enjoy the great outdoors, red, white and blue frozen smoothies to celebrate July 4, and lemon lava cakes for a morning science experience to name a few. 

In addition to the Summer Camp Series of classes, the dietitians are also encouraging consumers to kick back and relax with Mocktails in a Minute in June, celebrate the season with Summer Produce Series, Salads in a Snap, and Skills on the Grill in July, and gear up for Back to School with a focus on food allergies in Feature Friday classes. 

All classes are free to attend, but advanced registration is required for each class at this EventBrite site.

A complete listing of all The Giant Co. virtual classes and ingredients needed for each class are also available on the event page. Also, customers can earn 50 CHOICE Rewards points when they register, provide their card number and attend the entire class.