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Steps to Success in Home Canning

Steps to Success in Home Canning | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it

Your home-canned products will be only as good as the fresh foods you start with. For high-quality, safe, home-canned foods, select the freshest foods possible. Discard diseased and moldy foods. Don't can foods that you wouldn't serve at your table fresh.

 

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Contaminated Cucumbers Sicken 73 in 18 States

Contaminated Cucumbers Sicken 73 in 18 States | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it
At least 73 people in 18 states have been sickened with salmonella poisoning after eating cucumbers imported from Mexico, government health officials said Thursday.
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Photos: 8 ways to Eat Healthier, from PresidentsChallenge.org

Photos: 8 ways to Eat Healthier, from PresidentsChallenge.org | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it
It's so easy to find junk food that eating healthy can be a challenge. Here are eight recommendations for eating healthier straight from the President's Challenge website. Find more information and health tips here .
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Supreme Grilled Cheese Sandwiches | Spend Smart. Eat Smart.

Supreme Grilled Cheese Sandwiches | Spend Smart. Eat Smart. | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it

University of Illinois Extension Healthy Recipe of the Day

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How to Store Bananas

A yellow banana without any spots will last less than a week on the counter. So how can you best store bananas? Learn some options so your bananas don't go to waste.

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Get the Most Nutrition for your Money

Get the Most Nutrition for your Money | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it
UW-Extension offers tips for eating healthy on a budget Contact: Gayle Coleman, 608-265-8928, gayle.coleman@ces.uwex.edu or Shelley King-Curry, 608-265-5069,
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Quick & Healthy Recipes from Families, Food & Fitness

Quick & Healthy Recipes from Families, Food & Fitness | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it
quick and healthy recipes from Families, Food, and Fitness
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SNAP-Ed Connection: Healthy Recipe Finder

SNAP-Ed Connection: Healthy Recipe Finder | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it
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Meat Safety for the Consumer from the University of Illinois Extension

Meat Safety for the Consumer from the University of Illinois Extension | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it
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Fiesta of Flavors: Hispanic Recipes for People with Diabetes

Fiesta of Flavors: Hispanic Recipes for People with Diabetes | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it
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National Center for Home Food Preservation

National Center for Home Food Preservation | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it

The National Center for Home Food Preservation is your source for methods of home food preservation.

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Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP)

Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it

The Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program (EFNEP) is designed to assist limited resource audiences in acquiring the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and changed behavior necessary for nutritionally sounds diets, and to contribute to their personal development and the improvement of the total family diet and nutritional well-being.

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Veggie Burritos: Penn State Extension

Veggie Burritos: Penn State Extension | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it
A recipe the kids can help prepare.
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Easy Chicken Pot Pie

Easy Chicken Pot Pie | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it
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March is National Nutrition Month

March is National Nutrition Month | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it
National Nutrition Month® is a nutrition education and information campaign created annually in March by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
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12-year-old Chef 'living her dream' Helping Kids Eat Healthy

12-year-old Chef 'living her dream' Helping Kids Eat Healthy | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it
Most kids can’t even spell “quinoa,” let alone cook it; but most kids aren’t 12-year-old Haile Thomas.
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Years ago children knew about real food, where it came from, and how to cook it. This young lady is starting to bring that awareness back. Kudus. Very inspiring article.

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How to Choose Great Bananas

Bananas are a popular fruit. But depending on how you want to use them, you may want to choose bananas at various stages of ripeness. For more information an...
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Words on Wellness: Whole Grains: Give Them the 3-step Test

Words on Wellness: Whole Grains: Give Them the 3-step Test | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it

Less than 5 percent of Americans consume the minimum recommended amount of whole grains. 

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Build my cookbook | SNAP-Ed Connection: Recipe Finder

Build my cookbook | SNAP-Ed Connection: Recipe Finder | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it

Build your own healthy recipes cookbook.

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University of Illinois Extension Healthy Recipe of the Day: Chicken and White Bean Chili

University of Illinois Extension Healthy Recipe of the Day: Chicken and White Bean Chili | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it

Fiesta of Flavors - Hispanic Recipes for People with Diabetes - University of Illinois Extension

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Recipes for Diabetes from the University of Illinois Extension

Recipes for Diabetes from the University of Illinois Extension | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it
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USDA: Food Safety and Inspection Service Recalls (Meat, Poultry & Egg Products)

USDA: Food Safety and Inspection Service Recalls (Meat, Poultry & Egg Products) | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it
This page is the starting point for information about all FSIS recalls (meat, poultry, or egg products). The page links to information about other kinds of food recalls.
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To Your Health! Food Safety for Seniors

To Your Health! Food Safety for Seniors | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it
Food Safety Guide for Seniors
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Watch Your Garden Grow

Watch Your Garden Grow | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it

Learn how to plan, plant and grow healthy, nutritious vegetables.

 

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Identifying Whole Grain Products | The Whole Grains Council

Identifying Whole Grain Products | The Whole Grains Council | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it
The Whole Grains Council is a nonprofit consumer advocacy group that helps consumers find whole grain foods and understand their health benefits; helps manufacturers create delicious whole grain products; and helps the media write accurate,...
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Pepsi and Coke to Post Calories of Drinks Sold in Vending Machines

Pepsi and Coke to Post Calories of Drinks Sold in Vending Machines | Nutrition, Food Safety and Food Preservation | Scoop.it
The two big soda companies, often criticized for producing drinks that are too sugary, will post the figures first in San Antonio and Chicago and later nationwide.
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