About Dinner Tonight:

The Dinner Tonight program aims to provide healthy recipes for Texans and increase self-efficacy in meal planning, healthy cooking techniques, and food safety.

In Texas, poor nutrition in adults and children and high obesity rates leading to chronic disease are public health concerns for Texas A&M AgriLife. The Dinner Tonight program aims to provide healthy recipes for Texans and increase self-efficacy in meal planning, healthy cooking techniques, and food safety.

The program consists of in-person and virtual cooking school demonstrations and a web-based continuing education resource in the form of a website, social media, and direct to audience newsletters. The goal is to provide Texans with a reliable “go-to” resource for healthy recipes, nutrition information, healthy cooking techniques, food safety information, and more. In-person and virtual Healthy Cooking Schools contribute to establishing the Dinner Tonight program and Texas A&M AgriLife Agents as a reliable resource for Texans.

In Hidalgo County, Dr. Valdez has implemented the Dinner Tonight Healthy Cooking School events with a wide variety of themes and with a wide variety of partners. In 2021, Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez partnered with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and Dr. Valdez to create and implement the Cooking School for Emergencies program which later became the Dinner Tonight-Emergency Preparedness program now available statewide!

Visit the Dinner Tonight website for healthy recipes!