FOODS & NUTRITION
Foods & Nutrition
If you enjoy cooking or just like good food, the 4-H Foods & Nutrition project could be for you. You will have fun learning the basics of cooking and then advance to gourmet meals. This project focuses not only on food and cooking but also nutrition and using MyPlate to guide eating and meal preparation and planning.
What can you Learn?
- Learn how MyPlate can help guide your eating choices
- Understand how to keep your food safe
- Know basic kitchen safety
- Gain tips to help your family find time to share meals
- Learn measuring basics
- Develop basic cooking “how to” skills
- Use your skills to make simple recipes
Foods & Nutrition Guidebook
- 4-h Cooking 101 (01512Y)
- 4-H Cooking 201 (01513Y)
- 4-H Cooking 301 (01514Y)
- 4-H Cooking 401 (01515Y)
- 4-H Cooking Helper’s Guide (01516F)
- Freezing Project Manual (PNW650)
- Drying Project Manual (PNW651)
- Boiling Water Canning Project Manual (PNW652)
- Pressure Canning Project Manual (PNW653)
Contact Us
Wyoming 4-H
College of Agriculture, Life Sciences & Natural Resources
Room 112
1000 E. University Ave
Laramie, WY 82071
Dept. 3354
Email: 4h@uwyo.edu
Phone: (307) 766-5170
The University of Wyoming has earned its Research Level 1 (R1) status from the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, placing Wyoming’s only four-year university in the rarefied air of the top research universities in the United States.
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