Newsletter

Jan. 31 County Homemaker Council (Wednesday) 2:00pm at the Extension Office. Snow date, if needed, is February 5.

Cooperative Extension Service LaRue County P.O. Box 210, 807 Old Elizabethtown Rd. Hodgenville, KY 42748-0210 (270) 358-3401 Fax: (270) 358-9418 larue.ca.uky.edu

Sincerely,

Misty Wilmoth

County Extension Agent for 4-H Youth Development Education E-mail: mwilmoth@uky.edu Website: http://larue.ca.uky.edu/FamilyConsumerSciences

Feb. 28 March Lesson (Wednesday) Essential Oils 1:00pm at LaRue County Extension Office. Learn what it is, various ways they can be used in the home, and the best combinations for personal care products. Also, learn about safety precautions that should be considered when using them.

Best wishes to Theresa on her retirement! Thank you to everyone that came out to celebrate with us.

Jan. 24 February Lesson (Wednesday) Living Big with Less Stuff 10:30am at LaRue County Extension Office. You will gain an understanding of the process of downsizing to a smaller home and decluttering. Instructor - Dayna Parrett, Hardin Co. FCS Agent.

Feb. 26 County Extension Council (Monday) Leadership & Awards Banquet 6:30pm at the Extension Office. Open to everyone, meal cost is $8. Call the Extension Office to reserve your seat.

The College of Agriculture, Food and Environment is an Equal

Opportunity Organization with respect to education and

employment and authorization to provide research, education

information and other services only to individuals and institutions that

function without regard to economic or social status and will not

discriminate on the bases of race, color, ethnic origin, creed, religion,

political belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender

expression, pregnancy, marital status, genetic information, age,

veteran status, or physical or mental disability. Inquiries regarding

compliance with Title VI and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964,

Title IX of the Educational Amendments, Section 504 of the

Rehabilitation Act and other related matter should be directed to Equal

Opportunity Office, College of Agriculture, Food and Environment,

University of Kentucky, Room S-105, Agriculture Science Building,

North Lexington, Kentucky 40546.

In November, the Nifty Needles sewing service group made the following donations for area needs: 142 total Comfort Caps: 73 for Community Action to go to Senior Commodity Box recipients; 40 for Veterans at VA Hospital; 9 homeless through Warm Blessings program in Elizabethtown; 20 to HMH Cancer patients and 70 Port Pillows (to go on auto shoulder seat belts) for HMH Cancer patients.

This group meets once a month at the LaRue County Extension Office usually on 4th Mondays from 10am – 2pm. Anyone can join in and help, if you can’t sew you will be given other tasks. The next time the group will meet is January 22.

Pictured are l to r: Master Clothing Volunteer- Rosa Smith, Evelyn Garrison, Candy Vincent, Lucy McCandless, Kathy Goff, Sandra Strausser, Amanda Curtsinger, Phyllis Caulk, Phyllis Miles, Geneva Milby, Martha Childress and Wilma Atherton. Also helping recently but not pictured are: Judy Bridges, Connie Gardner, Shirley Eastridge and Rose Cottrell.

1 large head of cauliflower 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 1 cup minced onion 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

3/4 cup whole wheat seasoned bread crumbs 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 cup shredded Parmesan cheese Salt and pepper, to taste

Yield: 12, 1/2 cup servings

Wash cauliflower head, remove leaves and core. Place head in a large pot and cover with water. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium low; cover and simmer until fork tender, 5-7 minutes. Drain and allow to cool for 1-2 minutes. Chop into bite size pieces. Put 1 tablespoon of olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Sauté the onion in oil until browned, about 5 minutes. Add 2 tablespoons of olive oil to onion. Stir in the bread crumbs and garlic powder; cook until mixture bubbles. Add the cauliflower and Parmesan cheese to the onion mixture. Cook 3-5 minutes, until cauliflower is warm. Season with salt and pepper, serve hot.

Take a systematic approach to improving your diet and lifestyle with a year-long resolution calendar. Instead of resolving to “eat better and lose weight,” set one resolution for each month throughout the year. This can improve the chance that your resolutions are kept and that they actually turn into new and healthy habits.

As you look back over this year, you will have now developed at least 12 new habits to improve your health for many years to come.

LaRue County PO Box 210, 807 Old Elizabehtown Road Hodgenville, KY 42748-0210