Nutrition & Health

Join the UCCE Master Food Preservers for a general Q&A session on-line via Zoom. A panel of volunteers will be available to answer your questions, share their tips and encourage you to safely preserve food at home.

The Last Wednesday Meeting Presentation by Ahmed El-Moghazy UCCE Food Safety Specialist, UC Riverside October 30, 2024 Farm Bureau Conference Room 420 S Broadway, Escondido 92025 7:30-8:30 AM FREE BREAKFAST! Starts at 7:00 AM Please sign up HERE so we know how much food to order.

Register Here 7/ 6 - Crafting, Nurturing, and Maintaining Your Healthy Sourdough Starter 8/ 3 - Crafting Sourdough Sandwich Loaves and Artisan Breads 9/7 - Troubleshooting Sourdough Culture and Baking Triumphs How to Join the Food Safety and Home Food Preservation Fun: Follow us on Facebook for upda...

Second Friday of every month. Click HERE to sign up. Pressure canners with only a dial gauge need to be tested annually to ensure the dial gauge is accurate. If your dial gauge is not accurate, it is not correctly reading pressure which may result in under or over processing and unsafe food.

Second Friday of every month. Click HERE to sign up. Pressure canners with only a dial gauge need to be tested annually to ensure the dial gauge is accurate. If your dial gauge is not accurate, it is not correctly reading pressure which may result in under or over processing and unsafe food.

In this hands-on class, youll be instructed on safe methods to preserve jam (full sugar, low sugar, sugar substitute, and no sugar varieties will all be discussed). While the jam is in the canner, youll learn about dehydrating herbs and develop your own herbal tea blend.

No fat, low fat, no salt, watch the sugar; were constantly bombarded about how to eat healthier. One of the best ways to introduce healthy, delicious flavor into meals is to use herbs in our cooking. Many are easy to grow and preserve.

Have you ever wondered how to cure and preserve your own olives? There are multiple ways to remove the bitterness from olives to make them edible: lye cure, dry salt cure, water cure, brine cure and fermented.

Join the UCCE Master Food Preservers for their monthly general Q&A session. A panel of volunteers specializing in freezing, dehydrating, canning and food safety will be available to answer your questions, share their tips and encourage you to safely preserve food at home.

Curious about canning your own food at home? Join the UCCE Master Food Preservers at this free introductory online class and learn how to use boiling water and atmospheric steam canners to can quick pickles out of a variety of fruits and vegetables.