Category Archives: Food Safety

Gear Up For Canning Season

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March is a wonderful time of year for most of us. It is a time that usually starts me thinking about food preservation. I take some time, in between finding the paperwork for taxes and squeezing in transportation, to check out my area of food preservation items. A quick check of my storage area helps me to see some of the things that I need to do to make sure that when I start canning I don’t need to take a
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Don’t Leave Healthy Eating to Chance: Start with a Plan.

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Making small changes in the way we eat and live can make a big difference in our health. Eating a well-balanced diet, rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and low-fat dairy foods is important to our overall health, but it doesn't just happen by chance. If we leave it up to chance, hunger often gets the best of us. We find ourselves pulling into the drive thru, again.  Last month I started making a greater effort to plan out my family’s meals ahead of time, mostly

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Still enjoying Christmas leftovers?

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If they've been in the refrigerator since Christmas, it may be time to toss them. Holidays typically bring an over abundance of food.  This year, I hosted my first Christmas dinner.  It was a small crowd – just six of us.  But we all like different things and I wanted everyone to enjoy their holiday meal.  We had a roasted turkey, half a ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, sweet potato casserole, green beans, whole berry cranberry sauce, and two types of rolls.  For dessert,
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