Nov. meeting......

Our 2209~2010 officers doing the meeting introductions, motto, pledge and prayer!!!!
This month we are baking with biscuits!!!!
Monkey Bread and Barbecue Biscuits......Yummo!!!!

Getting the biscuits ready!!!!

More biscuits.....

and more biscuits!!!!

Fixing our yummy meat mixture!!!

Looking good!!!

Placing the meat mixture in the biscuits!!!!

Having fun in the kitchen!!!!

The barbecue biscuits were soooo good! You must try them!!!

The monkey bread needed to be cooked longer and we learned that you need to put a pan under the monkey bread while cooking so that the butter doesn't overflow into your oven!!!

Ha!!!!

Always great to learn what NOT to do during cooking class!!!!!

Join us for our Dec. meeting!

You never know what you might miss!!!!

Cooking can be sooooo much FUN and EASY!!!!

Here are some GREAT, FUN and EASY recipes we would like to share with you!!!!

We will be making these in our Nov. meeting!!!!

Check out Pillsbury.com for more great recipes!

You can do so much with Biscuits!!!!!

Barbecue Cups Recipe

1/2 c of barbeque sauce3/4 lb of hamburger meat (beef)3/4 c of Cheddar cheese (or Parmesan); shredded1 Tbsp of onions; minced1 can of biscuits (Pillsbury)2 Tbsps of brown sugar2 cloves of garlic1 Tbsp of Veggie oil

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Place a nonstick skillet with veggie oil over medium heat. Once the oil is hot, saute the hamburger meat in garlic ’til brown (but not burnt).
This usually takes about 5-7 minutes. Drain the oil and then add the barbecue sauce, onions, and brown sugar.
Get an ungreased muffin pan. Put one Pillsbury biscuit into each muffin compartment. Press each biscuit around the edge to take the form of a muffin cup.
Spoon enough meat mixture into the pressed biscuits. Top it with shredded (or grated) Cheddar cheese; and then bake for approximately 10 minutes (may increase to 15 minutes depending on preference).

Monkey Bread

INGREDIENTS


1/2
cup granulated sugar
1
teaspoon cinnamon
2
cans (16.3 oz each) Pillsbury® Grands!® Homestyle refrigerated buttermilk biscuits
1/2
cup chopped walnuts, if desired
1/2
cup raisins, if desired
1
cup firmly packed brown sugar
3/4
cup butter or margarine, melted
DIRECTIONS


1.
Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly grease 12-cup fluted tube pan with shortening or cooking spray. In large -storage plastic food bag, mix granulated sugar and cinnamon.
2.
Separate dough into 16 biscuits; cut each into quarters. Shake in bag to coat. Arrange in pan, adding walnuts and raisins among the biscuit pieces.
3.
In small bowl, mix brown sugar and butter; pour over biscuit pieces.
4.
Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until golden brown and no longer doughy in center. Cool in pan 10 minutes. Turn upside down onto serving plate; pull apart to serve. Serve warm.

Recipes from the October meeting

Healthy Snack Muffins
1 box devil’s food cake mix (you can use any flavor of cake mix)
1 can solid pack pumpkin (15 oz.)
½ package chocolate chips

Directions: Mix the three ingredients together. Don't add anything else that may be mentioned on the box, such as eggs, oil, or water. The mixture will be very thick. Place batter into muffin tins (or mini muffin tins) lined with paper, or sprayed with non-stick spray. Follow baking instructions on cake mix.

Toasted Pumpkin Seeds
One medium sized pumpkin
Salt
Seasoning of your choice
Olive oil

Preheat oven to 400°F. Cut open the pumpkin and use a strong metal spoon to scoop out the insides. Separate the seeds from the stringy core. Rinse the seeds.

Scatter pumpkin seeds onto a sheet pan in a single layer and drizzle with olive oil. Sprinkle with salt and seasoning on seeds, and toss to coat. Bake until the seeds begin to brown, 10-20 minutes. When browned to your satisfaction, remove from the oven and let the pan cool on a rack. Let the seeds cool all the way down before eating. Either crack to remove the inner seed or eat whole.

Enjoy!

Next meeting: November 17, 2009
On the Menu: Biscuits!

Welcome Back!!!!!

Welcome!!!

We have just begun the Madison County Food and Nutrition Club ~ 2009-2010!!

Our first meeting was on Tues. Sept. 15.

Don't worry if you missed out.....just join us next time!

We had a great turn out for our first meeting!

We had 20 students and 11 adults!

WOW!

What a great way to start a new year!!!

Our Agenda :

We said the 4H Motto, Pledge and Prayer. We nominated our 2009-2010 club officers. We made pasta and talked about some important dates!

Club Officers for 2009-2010

Sally Osth ~ President

Tori Kuhn ~ Vice President

Audra Crocker ~ Secretary

Crystal Morris ~ Treasurer

Kaleen Jeffries ~ Council Delegate

Congratulations and we are looking forward to a very eventful, fun and productive year!

Important Dates :

Oct. 20 will be our next meeting!!!!!

There has been some confusion, but our meeting will remain on the third Tues. of every month!

Oct 31 is Family Fun Day out at the MCFA Fair Grounds!

Dec. 7 ~ County Food Show at 6:00 pm

We really would like to have a team put together for competition! If you are interested...let us know!

* We will be following curriculum this year! Please bring $4.50 to purchase your book to the next meeting!*

*If you are a parent who may be interested in helping Jana and I with meetings or if you have any ideas to help make our club better....we would love to hear from you!*

Setting the table!!!

Kids 5 and up can learn this basic chore -- giving you one less thing to worry about at dinnertime.
Learning to Set the Table

For every busy parent, dinnertime is stressful. You want to serve a healthy meal and spend time together -- but at the end of a long day, even zapping leftovers can be a challenge. Make it easier by teaching your child how to set the table. Kids 5 and up are ready to learn this basic chore, so get your child on board by talking up how important her job is. For younger kids, skip the sharp knives, use dishes that aren't breakable, and set all the supplies out on the counter. Older kids can grab dishes and silverware themselves. To help your child remember where everything goes, use our guide on the next page. And when you sit down to eat, make sure you praise her for a job well done. She'll feel so proud to finish her big-kid task -- and you'll enjoy a dinner that's a little bit less rushed.
Next: Table Setting Cheat Sheet >>

Welcome to our Nov. Meeting...Come in your PJ'S!!!

Welcome to our PJ party!

We will be cooking up scrambled eggs and pancakes at this meeting!

We started with our 4H motto, pledge and prayer!

Time for pancakes! The possibilities are endless with pancakes!

You can add chocolate chips, blueberries, strawberries, pumpkin, bananas, apples, etc.!

Stir your pancake mixture until it is WET! Don't stir the lumps out! Your pancakes will be tough and not light and fluffy!

How do you know when the griddle is ready for your pancake mix?

Sprinkle water on it and the drops will DANCE!!!

How do you know when it's time to flip your pancake?

When it's nice and bubbly!

We discussed different ways to "spice" up our eggs!

You can add grated cheese, Parmesan cheese, salsa, ketchup!

Be creative when your cooking!

We introduced the food pyramid tonight! Eggs are apart of the MEAT group!

They are great protein for our body's!

Afew of our eggheads(just kidding)...I mean, cute girls!

We practiced making scrambled eggs.

Each child cracked their own egg and practiced whisking!

Cleaning up is important!

No one wants food from a dirty kitchen!

If you get things out...PUT THEM UP!!!!

The brave girls that dressed in their PJ's with me!

I get to pretend I'm Paula Dean at these meetings...SO FUN!!!

Things you need to remember for our Dec. meeting...

You need to bring a binder! A special binder for your cooking class and recipes!

You need to bring your report.

A small report is due! Get in the kitchen, cook something up and report on it!

The report needs to be about a page in length and pictures would be great!

Practice measuring, reading instructions and recipes, scrambling eggs and making pancakes!!!

Learning to cook is a process!

Practice makes perfect!

Learning To Measure!

Well, Oct. 18th was our very first Food and Nutrition meeting! Our Sept. meeting was canceled due to Hurricane Ike! We had a great first meeting! Mrs. Jana helped us take care of business! We discussed important dates. We discussed possible fund raising ideas and because we are a very new club...we have absolutely NO BUDGET! Donations are welcome and preferred! Cooking can be costly! We also talked about some of our goals for the year!

We are so excited about this new CLUB!!!
We said our 4H pledges!
We had a great turnout for our meeting! Over 20 kids present!

Look at all of those BOYS!!! Yeah!!!

We baked cupcakes and iced them! They were pumpkins...so cute!

We taught them the importance of following instructions. They also learned how to measure wet ingredients, dry ingredients and stick butter!

We talked about the proper way to crack eggs...

and use a mixer!!! (For the FIRST time!) Go Emily!

We started an assembly line! Orange icing, green icing and a pretzel for the stem!

Boys can cook too!!!! Their wives will love and appreciate them someday!

We had such a good time of fun and learning!

A little pop quiz at the end! The kids were so well behaved and really seemed to enjoy themselves! I think we are going to have a great year!

Next meeting..... Nov. 18th!!!!

PJ party!

We will be learning how to make scrambled eggs and pancakes!

We will also be introducing the Food Pyramid and discussing the importance of EXERCISE!!!

All kids need to practice reading recipes and instructions this month! Also, practice measuring!

Get to cookin!!!!