Table 2.

Participant statements reflecting attitudes, social norms and perceived behavioral control constructs about cooking skills intervention

ATTITUDES
Themes	Examples of Participant Statements
New experiences	“There’s not a lot offered around here, so the cooking class is wonderful.”
	“It was something fun and enjoyable.”
Social interaction	“I wanted to do something with my mother”
	“I brought my little girl with me to the classes so she could help me”
	“We made it our date night.”
Provided new resources	“I am always looking for new recipes and strategies for meal preparation.”
	“I grew up as a ‘fast food child’ and never learned how to cook healthy.”
	“I like to try new things and I love to collect recipes”
	“It was an opportunity to try new recipes.
	“I wanted to learn new recipes that my family would like.”
Health improvements	“…to help control my blood pressure and cholesterol.”
	“…to slim down over time.”

SOCIAL NORMS
Themes	Examples of Participant Statements
Family attachment	Positive
	“my daughter was such a help in making [the past] and she really enjoyed it. I don’t know if it’s because she really liked it or if it was because she helped make it.”
	“I’m giving more fruit to my 4-year-old grandson.”
	“My children liked the food I brought home.”
	“My husband would get excited and ask about what I was going to bring home from class that night.”
	Negative
	“When I fix something new, my husband will say ‘don’t fix it again.’
	“My family did not like them…my husband and my son will eat just about anything…”
	“…they would eat it, but they wouldn’t go back for seconds and I’d end up having to throw the rest away…if I was to purchase… and make this food, I would be wasting money.”
	“If it’s healthy, children won’t look at it. And if you can’t get it at McDonald’s and Wendy’s, they don’t want it.”
Traditional and cultural values	“You have to want to be healthy, but we’re so used to cooking traditional food – what our mothers and grandmothers fixed.”
	“I do a lot of ‘country cooking’ and this was not country cooking.”
	“The fish bites were more of what we are used to… enjoyed learning to make homemade low-fat tartar sauce.”

PERCEIVED BEHAVIORAL CONTROL
Theme	Examples of participant statements
Cost-free opportunity to try new foods	“Money dictates what’s available in stores locally and dictates what most people locally will buy.”
	“If part of the purpose of the class is to get people to try new things, and new ways of cooking, it accomplished that task.”
	“If healthy food was cheaper than bad food, it would be healthier for your pocket book.”
	“…looking for cheap food that will fill up my family, something like a casserole.”
Gradual introduction of healthy recipes into meals	“I’m starting to eat a little bit more broccoli. I used to pick it out of every dish.”
	“Never knew that you could bake a cabbage before this class”
Food preparation skills	“We eat more vegetables now because they’re quicker and easier to fix”
	“I love my vegetable peeler”