Do your children enjoy vegetable soup? Vegetable soup can be exciting to make and delicious to eat. This is true, especially for children, if you pair it with a story about growing vegetables or making soup! Making soup together can become a fun family event. Children are more likely to taste what they have helped […]
Let’s Talk Canning Equipment
It is that time of the year that we are seeing lots of produce ready for harvest in our gardens, community gardens or farmers markets. Knowing the proper canning method and equipment needed to preserve the produce for your family is important. Canning Equipment When putting food up using a canning method there are some […]
Rethinking Food Scraps
Preparing food generates scraps that are thrown away. Food scraps are the kitchen and restaurant waste from meal preparation, including vegetable peels, meat trimmings, and fruit cores as examples. Food scraps can also result from excess food or unwanted leftovers. Unfortunately, food waste can be a common occurrence in our daily lives and a systemic […]
