Meal Kits at the Cowell Coffee Shop

Written by Hunter Esquivel

In the midst of COVID-19, access to food has become increasingly

difficult. With everything else going on in the world, basic needs should

be the least of your worries, Slugs. This quarter at the Cowell Coffee

Shop, we are proud to be able to provide the UCSC community with our

very own meal kit program!

Meal kits have become a popular offering during this pandemic, with

well-known restaurants such as Shake Shack now selling their meal

components for patrons to cook and assemble at home. At the Cowell

Coffee Shop, our meal kits are filled with organic, locally sourced

ingredients as well as a couple of Foodsmith meals. Although we include

a recipe revolving around the meal kit’s theme, folx are encouraged to

get creative with the ingredients and utilize them in any way that they

desire! Our meal kit themes thus far have featured classic nourishing

dishes such as ramen, burritos, and chicken ‘n dumplings. There are

vegetarian and omnivore options available for each kit, so it is

important to take note of this when signing up for a kit.

For those who are interested in signing up for a meal kit, you can make

an appointment at this link https://www.wejoinin.com/sheets/yprnj.

Meal kit distributions take place every Friday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at

the Cowell Coffee Shop! We have had a great turnout each week thus

far, and we are excited to see what the future holds for our meal kit

program!

Update

Thank you to everyone who participated in our meal kit program during Spring Quarter! If you are interested in making any of these meals, we have compiled all of Spring Quarter's meal kit recipes into a google folder. We can't wait to see you all again for Fall Quarter's distribution!