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Recipes and Handouts

Below are the recipes and other handouts offered at our Wednesday night demonstrations, most recent on top.  

Find recipes starting the morning of the demo and day after.

Gifts from the Kitchen

November 13, 2024 - Gifts from the Kitchen

Homemade Bone Broth

Get the recipe booklet from this special event mailed to your home for $10.

Pears Apples Persimmons

October 16, 2024 - Apples, Pears and Persimmons

Fall fruits rejoice by becoming apple butter, spiced pears, dried persimmons and so much more.

Safety in flood and fire

September 26, 2024 - Emergency Preparedness

Emergency food safety and planning in preparation for natural disasters, power outages, fires and other emergency events.

Stone Fruit

August 21, 2024 - Stone Fruit

Pickles, chutney, jam, leathers and more.

Cherries and Berries

June 19, 2024 - Cherries and Berries

Jams, beverages, pie filling and more.

canning jars

April 17, 2024 - Waste Not--Want Not

Don't toss it, preserve it!  We will cover citrus uses in preserving many ways, vacuum sealing, ways to use old canning jars, composting at home 101 

Herbs

February 21, 2024 - Herbs

Herb salt, herb jelly, dehydrating herbs, fresh herb sauces using basil (pesto) and parsley (chimichurri) with variations.

Citrus

January 17, 2024 - Citrus

Note: we merged recipes from 2021 with 2024.  You'll need both packets to get all the recipes we talked about at the Zoom demo:

January 2024 and February 2021

Marmalades, salts and citrus peel.

Four P's of Fall

October 18, 2023 - 4 P's of Fall

Plenty of recipes for pears, persimmons, pumpkin, pomegranates--and pesto!

Tomatoes and Peppers

August 16, 2023 - Tomatoes and Peppers

Salsa, tomato jam, tomato chips and more.

Safety in flood and fire
June 15, 2023 - Emergency Preparedness
Berries

May 17, 2023 - Berries

Juice, jelly, vinegar, pie filling and more.

Beverages

February 15, 2023 - Cocktails, Mocktails and Beverages 

Shrubs, concentrates, citrus salts, margarita mix and more.

Citrus and Avocados

January 18, 2023 - Citrus and Avocados 

Lemon, grapefruit, avocado preserving using boiling water canning.