Resources
Many websites are great resources for a wealth of material that you can add to the topics covered in the FCH Lessons. It is always helpful to expand on the lessons, try additional recipes or sewing activities, and provide additional practice until a skill is truly mastered.
For
FREE Sewing and Craft Patterns, scroll down to the Sewing Resources & check out the Home Sewing Association website, and Free Patterns . com.
Cooking
All Recipes - An extensive site with meal ideas and many recipes including healthy cooking, slow cooker, kid-friendly, holiday recipes, etc. Check out the how-to videos; they have one on Banana Bread that would go well with FCH Chapter 3 on Quick Breads.
www.allrecipes.com
American Egg Board - Lots of free information on eggs and egg recipes. These are the "go-to" people for authoritative egg information. Check out the Educator's section for lessons for all ages.
www.aeb.org
Beef - The National Cattlemen's Beef Association sponsors this site (
www.beef.org) with helpful information on shopping for beef. Click on "What's for Dinner" for recipes, or go to
www.beefitswhatsfordinner.comBetty Crocker - A wealth of information about baking, cooking, entertaining and more. In the Entertaining section, you'll find birthday party menus and cakes, and even invitations to print. Go to the tabs across the top of the site for how-to videos, basic baking and cooking helps, and very helpful charts and guides (e.g. frig and freezer storage times). You can sign up for coupons and for their free online cooking school.
www.bettycrocker.com Butterball Turkey - Turkey recipes, how-to's, preparation tips and answers to all your turkey questions. There is a Kids section and a New Cooks section. You'll find napkin folding ideas in the Entertainment tips.
www.butterball.comCrisco - A cooking basics section, lots of articles, tips and recipes. Very helpful.
www.crisco.com
Duncan Hines - You'll find Cake and Cookie tips and decorating ideas in their Kitchen Connection section. Lots of recipes for baked goods.
www.duncanhines.com
Family Food Zone is sponsored by the
National Dairy Council. Lots of nutrition information with sections for parents and educators. You'll find recipes, classroom activities and much more.
www.familyfoodzone.comFleischmann's Yeast - Everything you want to know about baking, especially with yeast. The Baking with Kids section, and Video Recipes are especially helpful.
www.breadworld.com
Food Network - A variety of cooking shows on TV. Their website is loaded with recipes and videos where you can learn all types of cooking techniques.
www.foodtv.com
Four Ingredient Cookbooks - Simple recipes, all with only four ingredients. Free sample recipes on their website and downloads of their books as e-books from $4.95. Also ordering information for hard copies of their cookbooks.
www.fouringredientcookbook.comHershey's Chocolate - If you love chocolate, you'll love this site. Chocolate recipes galore, baking hints (including ways to melt chocolate), baking terms, and Fun 4 Kids Recipes.
www.hersheys.com or
www.hersheykitchens.com Jessica's Biscuit Cookbooks - My favorite place to buy cookbooks! They say they have the "world's largest selection of cookbooks" and they are all discounted.
www.ecookbooks.com
Kansas Wheat Commission - An excellent site to learn all about wheat. Click on "Consumers" for recipes, nutritional information and educational materials. The Grains of Truth Fact Sheets are espeically helpful with information on bread machines, wheat nutrition, vegetarian diets, muffins, bagels and all types of baked goods and ingredients.
www.kswheat.comKing Arthur Flour - King Arthur is the oldest flour miller in the nation; with over 200 years of experience, they are the authority on flour and baking! Under "Recipes" you will find a good section on Whole Grains. Check out their Online Baking Resources for helpful baking tips. A treasure trove of recipes and information.
www.kingarthurflour.com
Kraft Foods - Lots of helpful kitchen and cooking information, and recipes including a Kid's Section listing cooking skills by age. Very helpful Cooking School videos. They have a Budget Wise section, and Healthy Living section that includes a food analyzer. Type in any food and it gives you the nutritional profile (calories, fat content, etc).
www.kraftfoods.comLand O'Lakes Products - You'll find a very helpful Tips & Techniques section with lots of baking helps and information. Recipes and meals ideas plus a Simple Rewards Club; you can sign up for coupons, etc.
www.landolakes.comReynolds Wrap - Click on "Cooking School" for a Cooking Dictionary, cooking charts, and substitutions list. Tips & Timesavers has a wealth of information, too, and you'll find a Recipes & Meal Ideas section. Be sure to check out their
cute cupcake ideas at this site or go to
www.cupcakecentral.com .
www.reynoldskitchens.com Semi-Homemade - If you've watched Sandra Lee on the Food Network, you know she makes great meals quickly by using some store-bought shortcuts. In addition to the Cooking section with recipes, you'll find sections on Organizing, Entertaining, Holidays, and Tablescape ideas.
http://semihomemade.com Taste of Home Magazine - This is just one of Reiman publications' cooking magazines. You'll find Simple & Delicious and Healthy Cooking, too. Click on "Healthy" from the homepage to find recipe makeovers, healthy meal recipes and cooking for special diets. Lots of recipes on the website, including holiday recipes.
www.tasteofhome.com Tyson Chicken - Their Cooking School has lots of information on safe food handling. You'll find Recipe Central & after you select recipes, this site will create a shopping list for you.
www.tyson.com U.S. Department of Agriculture - The USDA maintains a huge website dealing with many topics from food safety to nutritional information and
home canning instruction, and more. Under "Browse by Subject" click on Food & Nutrition. You'll find "Food Preservation & Home Canning there. Or, you can "Browse by Audience" where you can click on "Educators and Students."
www.usda.gov Sewing
Bunkhouse Sewing - Terrific sewing books for all ages and skill levels - for boys and girls, very young and old. I highly recommend JoAnn Gagnon's books if you want a sewing curriculum, or just want some gifts to sew, doll clothes patterns, or want to learn heirloom sewing. Be sure to watch her Instructional Slide Shows, and go to her "Where to Begin" section for answers to many of your questions about sewing machines, supplies, fabric, etc.
www.bunkhousesewing.comFree Patterns - Over 3,700,000 members with nearly 3,000 free downloadable patterns for sewing, crochet, knitting, crafts, beading, quilting and more! You must sign up online but there is a huge array of free patterns available. Click on "Tips and Hints" at the very top of the homepage for lots of helpful information.
www.freepatterns.comHome Sewing Association - Loads of information in their "Guidelines to Sewing" section, including illustrations of stitches, how to hem, sew on a button, make a seam, and much, much more. Print these pages and
make a very helpful sewing notebook! Also many
free projects with step-by-step directions, including holiday projects.
www.sewing.orgJoann Fabrics - Fabric, sewing supplies, craft and quilting supplies and much more online and in their stores nationwide. Click on "Projects" for a wide variety of free projects online. They often offer a coupon online, too, and sign up at the store to receive their sales flyer which also has coupons, usually 40% off one item of your choice.
www.joann.com/joannLove To Sew - A family oriented site that encourages children & adults to sew, quilt and craft. A
Free Patterns section has many simple projects including some for various holidays throughout the year. You'll find a very helpful Sewing Tips section plus a Quilting section and much more!
www.lovetosew.com Nancy's Notions - "Sewing with Nancy" on PBS is TV's longest running sewing show. Click on "TV Show" at the bottom of the homepage for more information, and for short videos. Looking through the notions and patterns she sells is an education in itself!
www.nancysnotions.comNeedle 'n Thread - Mary Corbet has just about everything you want to know about hand embroidery on her extensive site! Mary is a teacher, and it shows; I always learn so much when I visit her site. Be sure to check out her Video Library of Stitches to see her do a wide array of embroidery stitches as she carefully explains the steps. She has a great blog on the site, too.
www.needlenthread.comHomemaking
Don Aslett - "America's #1 Cleaning Expert" and certainly the funniest with books like "Clutter's Last Stand" and "Painting without Fainting!" Watch Demo Videos such as "Clean your Bathroom in 3 1/2 Minutes!" Click on "Information" to find out how to request free books and handouts for your classes or group.
www.cleanreport.comMessies Anonymous - If you feel overwhelmed and don't know where to begin to bring order to your home, go to the "Encouragement Place." A former "messie" herself, Sandra Felton shares how to get your house under control. Click on "How to Begin." You can also sign up for daily coaching from Sandra, free.
www.messies.comMiserly Moms - Living Well on Less in a Tough Economy is the goal at Jonni McCoy's website. You'll find her articles as well as many others plus frugal recipes and lots of money-saving tips from Moms. There's a Successful Coming Home section where many Moms share how they decided to stay at home and learn to live on one income.
http://miserlymoms.com Organized Home - A comprehensive site devoted to help people organize, decluttter, simplify, and clean. Loads of free and helpful information plus forms you can print to create your own Household Notebook - or make one for a friend as a gift!
www.organizedhome.comCopyright, 2009, Laurie Latour.
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