PHOTO GALLERY: Cooks in the Kitchen

Participants and volunteers gather at the Columbia Health Department for Cooks in the Kitchen on Nov. 26. Cooks in the Kitchen is a class geared towards teaching participants how to prepare simple and healthy meals through hands-on experience.   |  Benjamin Hoste

Mark Ohrenberg, a community services and youth advocate with Services for Independent Living, talks with participants during Cooks in the Kitchen. "My goal is to have people with disabilities develop skills, so they can go out in the community and use these skills," he said.   |  Benjamin Hoste

Michael Evans, who was born with optic nerve hypoplasia and has poor vision, uses the VoiceOver feature on his iPhone to check the desired internal temperature for cooked meatloaf. Evans found out that the desired temperature is 170 degrees Farenheit.   |  Benjamin Hoste

Participants check the internal temperature of a meatloaf to see if it's done during Cooks in the Kitchen.   |  Benjamin Hoste

MU senior Alexandra Schoen pours pudding into a pan during a Cooks in the Kitchen session. Schoen volunteered with the program as part of a business administration class.   |  Benjamin Hoste

Tatia Leyden scoops Cool Whip into a pan of pudding during a cooking class. After mixing the pudding and the Cool Whip together, class participants added crushed Oreos and gummy worms to finish off a sweet treat they called "dirt pudding."   |  Benjamin Hoste