‘Fast, Healthy & Ono’ cooking webinars resume
AARP Hawaii’s popular “Fast, Healthy and Ono” cooking webinars are back with recipes and live instruction for baking bread to making Mexican and Korean rice bowls to creating somen noodle nest pupus.
Join AARP Hawaii and Windward Community College Uala Leaf Cafe chef Daniel Swift at 5 p.m. today. The weekly online classes are conducted on Thursdays. Register at aarp.cvent.com/HIcooking to get a Zoom link or visit aarp.org/hi or the AARP Hawaii Facebook page and click on “Upcoming Events” to see all the webinars that are offered.
Those who register will be emailed the recipe of the dish being cooked ahead of time so they can cook along with the chef. People can also watch the webinar as a Facebook Live simulcast on the AARP Hawaii Facebook page.
“The dishes featured in the cooking series are fast, healthy and ono, and the recipes are written so that any home cook can prepare them,” said Jackie Boland, AARP Hawaii outreach director. “Participants are able to ask questions of chef Swift and are encouraged to modify the recipes to suit their personal taste.”
The webinar schedule is as follows. All webinars start at 5 p.m.:
• Jan. 28: Yeast Bread Demystified.
• Feb. 4: Popular Pupus.
• Feb. 11: Thai Beef Salad/Learn About Dressings.
• Feb. 18: Butchery Lesson.
• Feb. 25: Hawaiian Luau at Home.
AARP Hawaii to host telephone forum on COVID-19 vaccine
Acting State Epidemiologist Dr. Sarah Kemble and Lt. Gov. Josh Green will answer kupuna questions about the COVID-19 vaccine beginning at 9 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 30, as part of a live telephone forum sponsored by AARP Hawaii.
“Kupuna who join the Telephone Town Hall will get a chance to ask about the process to get vaccinated and what they should know about the vaccine,” said Keali‘i Lopez, state director of AARP Hawaii. “The state and federal government vaccination plans are constantly evolving, so we set up Saturday’s forum so that even kupuna who do not have internet access can get the information they need to make an informed decision about getting vaccinated.”
To participate in the free forum, kupuna can go to vekeo.com/aarpHawaii to sign up to receive a phone call Saturday morning. They can also call 866-295-7282 to register or watch a Facebook Live simulcast on the @aarphawaii Facebook page. People do not have to be an AARP member to participate.
AARP also set up a state vaccination webpage with information about the COVID-19 vaccine and how kupuna can get vaccinated in Hawaii. The website is aarp.org/HIvaccine.
