A new weekly program on Riley TV has been created to teach Soldiers and Families how to cook a healthy meal in a short amount of time.
Victory Kitchen will feature a chef from Fort Riley's food service team cooking a meal that can be prepared in 20 to 30 minutes.
"The best part about our show is that not only is it made for the Soldiers and Families of Fort Riley, but everything that will be made on the show is stuff that can be found in the commissary," said Riley TV producer Gary Nap. "Of course, you get a discount when you shop at the commissary, so not only are you saving money as you shop at Fort Riley, but you're learning meals you can make on Fort Riley."
A registered dietitian from Irwin Army Community Hospital will talk about the benefits of the food being prepared each week.
"It's just a way to get people together," Nap said. "As you can see on the show, we have a chef and an assistant. That can be like any Family.
"You can have a chef and an assistant - somebody who's there to help out. It can be fun. We want people to use Riley Television. It's such a great source for information, and not enough people use it. By getting a little more entertainment value out there, hopefully we can draw people in, teach them some stuff, entertain them and make it a good program."
The first episode will air Aug. 7. Spc. Paul Smith, Headquarters Support Company, Division Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, will cook boneless, skinless chicken breasts, brown rice and salad.
"The importance of the show is to display that eating nutritionally does not require a lot of time," said Sgt. Maj. Juan Abreu, DHHB, G-4 food service. "It just takes a conscious thought and process when you're going shopping at our local commissary to produce a well-balanced meal."
Smith will be the chef for the first few months of the show, but once the show begins settling in, different chefs will be featured.
"Once we've established a good working relationship and a standard, we'll go ahead and have a different chef from each brigade come out and display their food service skills," Abreu said.
Victory Kitchen will air on Riley TV each Friday during the Riley TV local hour. It also will be posted online at www.riley.army.mil and www.facebook.com/FortRiley.
"People can watch them on their computer while they're cooking, and they can pause at the spots that they need to pause," Nap said.
Victory Kitchen is another product of working to create programming that can be useful to Soldiers and their Families on Riley TV, Nap said.
"This is just another, along with 'How To TV,' that Riley TV has put out there to try to help Fort Riley - try to help the Soldiers and their Families improve the quality of life and make things a little easier and a little more fun," he said.
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