Cowpoke Cooking Co.

From Oregon's rolling hills: Farm-to-Barn Cooking & Baking with Children, Helping Teach our Next Generation Healthy Family Meal Choices!

Be sure to read: 'Top Ranch-hands' Bio...How Cowpoke Cooking Co. came to be : ).

Gardens, Cooking, and Red Boots go together!... ~ photography by cindi ~

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Busy wet Spring!

By summer's end this will be fence high(or higher!)with many varieties of veggies, herbs, and flowers : )!

Posted by Top Ranch hand ~ chilipepper at 3:39 PM

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Fire Pits being added for Fall!

We are trying something new for our community next Fall/Winter...three more fire pits are being added this summer! More details to come!

Bike Safety held here for neighbors, back in May!

Two men led most of the demonstations: Fire Dept-'Keith', and Cyclist 'Steve'! Wow, they did AWESOME, made it so much fun for the children!

Bike Safety Saturday was led by firefigher 'Keith' with help from other volunteers, nice job!

Thanks for Helmet Vouchers, glow bands, repairs, course, and fun!

Drink PLENTY of WATER!!

We talk about this in EVERY class! Take out colas and sweet drinks, put in water with lemons and limes! How much H2O per day? Take your weight, cut it in half, this is number of ounces per day!

Our new addition is almost complete! Now working on the inside...our farmers boutique! Exciting!

Second Barn on property! Part of proceeds have a perfect landing place here in Community! Excited!!

This is definitely our motto! We 'Believe"!

Exactly what our students are learning!

January pruning of table grapes on the property, Rain or Shine!

Looking forward to jam-making in the classes!

Cowgirl Cook: MAKING OF A BUSINESS, and a little Bio about me!...

Cindi Lou
Top Ranch hand ~ chilipepper

Early birds get the warmest hot chocolate and coffee!

This is the time of day we begin our farming chores, this was 6:30am on a chilly October morning!

Enjoying appetizers during one of our adult classes!

Inside the barn...loving all the natural light : )!

Fall 'Reds' have been stunning!

Gardens out back are ready for mulching over for the rain/winter months, still several mounds of color out there!

Main Green House 'before' picture.

New window panes have been installed, flooring, base around outside, new picture soon to follow!

Look what followed me on a country road jog!!

Sweaty, rosy-cheeked, early foggy morning, but wanted to share my new llama friend!

Special Challenges take place monthly! More details in class!

Friend and pilot took pictures of farm from the skies!

Appreciate talented friends that can fly a plane AND snap photos of our property at the same time!

January will add more classes! Pick up a pamphlet for more information!

Thank you for requesting new classes...and for enjoying the present ones!

LAWN MOWERS...

Potted Herbs~side of barn outdoor area.

Mini Green House kept close to cooking area! Great place to sit and read as well!

Farm animals are friendly, we treat them very respectfully and kind!

Our llamas love visitors! Wool is used for scarves, hats, mitten-making! December included "knit/crochet a scarf class',,,students are amazing!!

One of the part-time hired hands sent to do market shopping for fresh herbs!

Our herb garden needs more plants, in meantime, we send farm hands to get the best indgredients. Thanks for your help Dan!

Okay, this is my kind of mom!

She drove up on her Harley, it was sleek, even had a place for farm-fresh veggies!)

Sweet Sophie brought me flowers to decorate demo-cooking area!

Cutest family member, and the youngest! : )

Injured mom bird protecting her eggs out behind the barn(can you see four of the five underneath?)

She let us get close but became a little noisy, left injured wing. Some students thought it a good idea to leave a box on its side nearby for protection. One week later she was still there!!

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BADGES OF FUN

MINI SEWING CLASSES HAVE BEGUN!

Appreciate the apron fabric, thread donations, and machines being lent to our program! This goes with one of our special Outreach Projects!

During a really enjoyable speaking engagement!

Getting the word out about our Cowpoke programs for Salem community families!

We let HUNDREDS of 'Lady Beetles' loose in the greenhouses!

The 'Good' Bugs Lesson : )

Clematis vines surrouding barn area!

Amazing color and vigor from our spring plants!

Soil testing! Our area has clay soil once down 16 inches.

Showed how to 'test' the soil, learning about drainage and nutrients.

January Family Friday Meal Centerpiece!

Carefully made by our 9 and 10 yr. olds!

Students made Centerpieces for Spring!

Blooms are starting up, and so are we with brightening up the tables!

I can smell the food cooking already!

Understanding Daily Healthy Eating Requirements

We are partnering with many great health/nutrition programs offered in schools and community!

Cowpoke Cooking Co. LOVES our Community and Outreach programs.

Our foods and gardens never go to waste, only to classes, and communities in need organizations!

My TOP little volunteer/kitchen helper/weed puller/dish washer/and eater of baked goods!!

Good Morning Grammie. Good Morning Sophie : ))!

Drive right through, up to the barn!

ENTER AND COOK!

One of our favorite volunteers! Not as a cook but just as important, the land around the barn!

Thanks Cody!

We've added a New Cowboy to greet you!

Wyatt Earp Art! He is in the barn!

Have you ever seen carrots behave so nicely?

Love creative order : )

Oh my! Clydesdales are a family favorite!

...Eye level with a Clydesdale puts most of us below their choppers!

Another one of our wonderful Volunteer Ranch Hands!

He helped us with building plans for a small pole barn and protected area for the animals during colder months. Huge thanks!

GROWING FLOWERS AND HERBS IS PART OF OUR SPRING/SUMMER CLASSES : ).

Some of our 'pets' do not like being confined in fenced area!

Retrieved our feathered friend from neighbor!

Still working on Logos!

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Our farm is partnering with Marion and Polk Counties in offering children's cooking classes, 'farming', garden how-to, and cooking from a basic supply of common bulk foods. Yay! We are excited!

PASSION: COMMUNITY OUTREACH

Not only does Cowpoke Cooking Co. donate food at the end of each day, to local non-profit organizations, cooking classes and community events are also hosted here as an outreach to our city. It is a long time passion of mine to serve our community, lift others up, encourage, teach life skills, which include healthy choice cooking for families. Currently, 'Group Mom Classes' are one morning per week, and a 'Family Class' is one afternoon per week. Goal is to grow this area of the business!

EASY TO MAKE RECIPES COMING SOON :0)!

Breakfast, Lunch, Dinners, Friendly Salsas, Dips, Breads, Pies, Jams, the list keeps on going! Much of our cooking goes with the Seasons, along with some very creative creations!

From seed/starts planting to digging up the goods, students will learn how to grow a garden, and eat from it!

Vines for table grapes will be a great experience to prune, and watch the changes throughout growing season until Fall harvest, yum! Canning Jam is on the menu!

Kitchen prep, safety, cleanliness, are all part of working as a team...we have a surround sound system in the barn...when I am not talking, or singing to them!

We have a loft that parents arriving early, before class has ended, can peer down and watch...Cowboy Coffee and Teas up there too!

Recipe books will be made by the students to take home at the end of the month, as well as a few rewards!

Barn is accommodating for medium size events as a rental, more information to follow.

Our 'polite' rules while on the property and in classes are simple: Respectful, Responsible, Safe, Kind. We will go over these : ).

Classes are according to age group, Six year olds up through high school, information to follow.

If you see the red farm truck around town, picking up supplies, wave and honk!

Our variety of salts come from Wholefoods.

Salts are natural and unprocessed and so full of flavor!

Our Cowpoke Cooking goal is to teach youth and adults about the importance of food, farming, conservation and stewardship within and beyond the Willamette Valley. We believe access to learning opportunities about our food systems and subsequent actions can make a difference in improving the quality of our lives and our environment.

Small patch of our table grapes soon going dormant for winter.

Found sweet message on the property : )

Contact Top Ranch-Hand/Owner

CowpokeCookingCo@yahoo.com

We have plenty of Business Cards to pass out to neighborhood families!

When you bring a friend that registers for classes, you each receive a special 'cooking' gift!

TEENS: Watch for cooking competitions!

If you have taken at least one session, you may sign up to 'compete'!

OUR MISSION ~

2012 Education Program

Learning is Our Primary Objective

Delivering educational offerings that meet the needs of our region's sustainable local food community is the essential service we take seriously.

We want to offer community and continuing education classes that focus on principles of sustainable agriculture including those related to not only food and food systems, but also home energy and water conservation, tools for local economic development, and quality of life improvements for our community.

Cowpoke Cooking Co. wants to situate much of the learning so it takes advantage of the sustainability features incorporated into our newly green-built Barn for Sustainable Living.

One of our Cooking Class areas (in barn)

Another smaller area is in the process over winter! (Can you tell I love red?)

Fall Sunflowers are just lovely!

Love of photography runs in the family! Cooking Classes will have a photographer present now and then to record our delicious makings, and to create a group picture you can take home at the end of the month!