Food Preservation Series available at WSU Skagit Extension!
Four week program begins August 1st at 6pm.
Classes may be taken individually or as a series. No equipment necessary. WSU Food Safety/Preservation instructors will demonstrate techniques and explain the items needed to preserve foods in your home. This series covers all information needed to take advantage of our amazing local produce and reduce waste in your kitchen.
$15 for each workshop, or save: Take the whole series for $60 and get a free binder full of additional handouts and recipes along with a copy of “So Easy to Preserve,” a comprehensive book published by the University of Georgia ($18 value). Participants will receive a selection of recipes, guidelines, and articles at each workshop; series participants will receive these plus the items mentioned above.
For a more complete program, these workshops may also be paired with an online offering “Preserve The Taste Of Summer,” a series of eight online lessons for the in-home consumer who wants to learn about food preservation and food safety. Designed for beginning canners and also veteran canners who want to update their knowledge and skills, the lessons provide the most current USDA approved food preservation recommendations. For more information and to register, please visit:
http://skagitfoodpreservation.brownpapertickets.com
Ideas For Healthy Living (IFHL) has done it again! Last week the great ladies of Skagit County WSU Extension IFHL Department created this great tasting, easy making and healthy eating snack for everyone in the family to enjoy….. The Crunchy Rainbow Wrap.
Ingredients are simple:
- red-pepper strips
- red beans
- chopped tomatoes
- carrot shreds
- corn
- yellow-pepper strips
- peas
- spinach
- shredded lettuce
- shredded purple cabbage
- radicchio
- Whole-wheat tortilla
- reduced-fat cream cheese
Making the wrap is even easier:
- Choose any of the above ingredients you want – try to pick one from each color of the rainbow
- Lay your tortilla flat
- Spread some cream cheese on the tortilla
- Add you veggies on the tortilla – be sure to leave some room around the edges.
- Fold in sides of the tortilla. Start at one end and roll your tortilla up tight.
- Can cut it in half for easier eating. Then enjoy your colorful snack!
This wrap is incredibly easy to make at any time for any where. Add some chicken strips or tuna to it for a great lunch. Or roll it fast for a quick snack on the go. Have a picnic to go to? – Rainbow Wrap!
Get the kiddos involved in making their own. This lets them be creative with their food and take responsibility of making their own food. Also, helps with getting them to eat more of their much needed veggies!
Don’t forget to eat your rainbow everyday!
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