Kitchen/Food Safety at Foods Project Meeting in May
Our Foods project group met in May to learn about food and kitchen safety. And we shared yummy mini-pizzas, chocolate chip bread, brownies, and chips and salsa brought by the members!
Foods and Nutrition
Creative Cooks Contest CANCELED on May 25, 2024
Due to lack of interest, the 2024 Larimer County Creative Cooks Contest scheduled for May 25 has been CANCELED. Please be on the lookout for the 2025 contest next spring!
Larimer County Creative Cooks Contest 2024
The Creative Cooks Contest will be on May 25, 2024. Check-in starts at 9:00 a.m. in Exhibit Hall B & C at the McKee 4-H Building at The Ranch.
Register today for the Creative Cooks Contest! Showcase your cooking skills by competing with your peers across the county. Plan a full menu, create a place setting, cook an item from the menu, and wow the judges! Winners from each age division will have the opportunity to compete at the Colorado State Fair!Â
This contest is open to 4-H members of all ages including Cloverbuds!
Foods Project Meeting / May 6, 2024
Join us for a Foods project meeting on Monday, May 6 at 6:00 p.m. at the McKee 4-H Building.
Our theme is Spring Fling! If you would like, bring a dish fitting the theme to share with the group.
Please bring your project manual and record book to the meeting. We will discuss requirements and answer questions.
We will also complete a Foods experiment together.
Hope to see you there!
Foods Members Tour MouCo Cheese Company
This week, Foods project members visited MouCo Cheese Company in Fort Collins to learn more about how they make soft cheeses. Everyone learned a lot…and got to sample the delicious cheeses!
Learn more about MouCo Cheese Company on their website, Facebook, or Instagram.
Foods Field Trip to MouCo Cheese Company
Our Foods project group will visit MouCo Cheese Company in Fort Collins. MouCo makes soft-ripened cheese. We will tour their facility, and even sample some cheese!
Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.
There are a limited number of spots, so we need all members and parents to reserve their spots on the signup. Parents should plan to stay with their members or make arrangements for them to go with another parent. Cloverbuds are welcome to attend with parent’s supervision.
February Foods Meeting: Spring Rolls
At our Foods project meeting, we assembled Spring Rolls. It was a group effort to prepare the veggies and sauce, and then build each roll based on the member’s preferences. Yum!
If you’d like to try making your own Spring Rolls, here’s the recipe we used: Fresh Spring Rolls with Peanut Sauce – Recipe by Cookie and Kate.
Please note that there will be no Foods Project Meeting on Monday, March 4. The group is having a field trip on Tuesday, March 19 in place of the regularly-scheduled meeting.
Foods Project Meeting / November 6, 2023
Kicking off the new 4-H year with our first Foods group meeting on Monday, November 6 at 6:00 p.m. at the McKee Building at The Ranch 5280 Arena Circle, Loveland, CO.
Any 4-H members who might be interested in the Foods project are welcome to attend…you don’t have to be enrolled in Foods to join us!
We’re planning to go through the options for the units in the Foods project and what you can make for each unit. And please feel free to bring something with Fall flavors to share!
Club News for July 1
30 Days Left!
It is amazing how much is happening now. The Larimer County Fair is getting closer—only 30 days until Interview Judging Day, and then Livestock starts showing.
National 4-H Shooting Sports Championships
This past week, the National 4-H Shooting Sports Championships was held in Grand Island, Nebraska. Larimer County was fortunate enough to have 4 youth attend. A total of 34 Colorado members qualified in 9 disciplines.
Qualification takes place during the state shoot the previous year. Larimer County had 2 of the 4 members on Colorado’s Compound Archery team: our own club’s Walker Cameron and Jude Rudd. Walker finished 4th OVERALL…AMAZING! Jude was 38th of the 111 participants and the Colorado team was 2nd of the 32 teams! Tristan Noyer shot Recurve Archery and placed 37th out of 68. She was one of a few to shoot a traditional barebow. The Colorado Recurve team was 9th out of 22 teams. Our club’s own Tait Simpson competed in Muzzleloader and finished 57th out of 71, and the Colorado team placed 6th of 22 teams. This is quite an accomplishment for all four of these shooters. It is certainly something for all of our club members who participate in shooting sports to strive for.
Demonstration Night
Last night we held our second Demonstration Night and had 16 fantastic demonstrations given. See the club website for the titles of their presentations. It was a fantastic variety and as always, I learned something new.
4th of July Parking Fundraiser
At the last club meeting, a discussion was held about having a 4th of July fundraiser. A motion was made, seconded, and voted on. During our parliamentary procedure reports, Mr. Ryan has explained many times about the importance of voting. It is a privilege to have the opportunity to vote and each member has the ability to agree or disagree about a motion by casting their vote.
The club members voted to park cars on the 4th of July at the Stowers Orthodontics on Taft in Loveland right across from Lake Loveland. The Snyder family was kind enough to bring this fundraising opportunity to us, and the signup is on the club website hch4h.org on the home page.
Now, we need members to sign up! This is a club event and we need members who voted to approve it to volunteer. Our club just spent over $2,000 on club shirts for our members, so this fundraiser would help increase our available funds. Thank you for signing up!
Fair Entry
Fair Entry is due by July 7! Be sure to enter for your projects and interview judging.
Shooting Sports County Shoots
County shoots are kicking off! Make sure to sign up before the deadlines for your disciplines.
Those in Archery, please note that the event has been moved to the afternoon of July 8 to allow families and leaders to attend Jim Easthouse’s memorial service that morning.
Volunteers Needed
Volunteers are needed to help with setting up chairs and tables for Jim Easthouse’s memorial service. If you are able to assist, please come to the Foundation Church in Loveland on Friday, July 7 at 9:00 a.m.
Foods Meeting on July 3
The Foods meeting is this Monday, July 3 at 6:00 p.m. at the McKee Building. Our theme is Red, White, and Blue foods.
What an exciting time of year—watch for all the e-mails that will be coming over the next month!
June Foods Meeting Photos
We had fun with a flour experiment at the Foods project meeting this week. Members also played Name That Food. And it wouldn’t be called Foods unless we brought some of our favorite dishes to share!
