4-H Holiday Cooking
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Nat Sound
““Wow, that’s a full blender. Oh my gosh.”
Chuck Denney
You can get your Vitamin C in many forms. Here these kids take orange juice, low-fat ice cream or yogurt, add a few other ingredients, and then....
Nat Sound
“Blend on high speed until creamy and smooth.” (Nat sound of blender)
Chuck Denney
Now you’ve got a smoothie or orange push-up. It’s one of the recipes these 4-H’ers learn in this cooking workshop, put together by UT and TSU Extension in Cheatham County. Agent Kathy Nicholson wants kids to learn that holiday cooking can be healthy..
Kathy Nicholson
“We’re teaching them how to eat right, but they need to learn how to prepare it too. They’re having fun doing this, but they don’t realize that they’re learning reading and math and science and communication.”
Chuck Denney
These kids learn about foods, but they get other lessons here too. Following a recipe teaches how to pay attention to directions. The kitchen is also a great place to learn to multi-task. And they cook in groups, so teamwork is valued.” But beyond those life lessons, there’s the notion of holiday goodwill. These kids will donate some of this tasty food and other items to a local women’s shelter, and to the less fortunate in the community. Mary Patience is a Cheatham Co. 4-H’er.
Mary Patience
"Well, I think we should help other people who have losses and other people even if they don’t. I just hope we can have a great time while we’re doing it.”
Sierra Ham
“Cheatham County does have some affluent areas, but it also has some relatively poor areas. So we like to help out our own kids and our own families in our community.”
Chuck Denney
That’s Sierra Ham, TSU Agent for Cheatham County. She says it’s not all broccoli and Brussel sprouts here. There’s your traditional holiday fare like cookies There are no bad foods, just bad amounts of certain foods.
Nat Sound
"I don’t want to karate chop it. It’ll go whoosh. She said dice it, not slice it.”
Chuck Denney
Mainly though kids learn that they can help out around the kitchen, especially during the hectic holidays, according to Ham.
Sierra Ham
“I know in my own family is my son takes part in cooking, he will in turn enjoy it just a little bit more. So we hope that by teaching kids the skills in the kitchen, they will also learn to eat healthy.”
Chuck Denney
Food has no idea how old the person cooking it might be, and what’s it matter anyway? Use your Yuletide common sense, and you can eat tasty holiday foods, and still not have a Santa-sized belly.
Nat Sound
"Got any jelly?”
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NOTE: You can get great holiday recipes at the UT Extension office in your county.
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