Recipes and Handouts

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

	February 15, 2023 - Cocktails, Mocktails and Beverages Shrubs, concentrates, citrus salts, margarita mix and more. Margarita Mix Strawberry Lemonade Dehydrate/Freeze Citrus Kombucha
	January 18, 2023 - Citrus and Avocados Lemon, grapefruit, avocado preserving using boiling water canning. Sunshine Citrus Dessert Sauce (PDF)
	November 16, 2022 - Gifts From the Kitchen Special Event If you weren't able to attend this event, you can still have some fun. Buy the printed recipe booklet for $10 Free Recipe for Hot Chocolate Gift Cones (PDF)
	September 21, 2022 - Sausages and Mustards (PDF) Eric Veldman Miller of V.Miller Meats join us for an evening of sausage and mustard making. Ginger Garlic Mustard (PDF)
	August 17, 2022 - Tomato Mania (PDF) BBQ sauce, roasted pepper spread. dehydrated tomatoes different ways. boiling water bath canning. atmospheric steam canning. Tomato leather and herb seasoning (PDF) BBQ Sauce (PDF)
	August 9, 2022 - Our hands-on herbed tomato canning special event was a huge success. If you want to try canning tomatoes on your own at home, here is the recipe we used in class. For lots more recipes and ideas for preserving tomatoes, visit The National Center for Home Food Preservation.
	July 20, 2022 - Red, White and Blue Summer Treats (PDF) Pickled eggs, relish, freezer jams, pie filling and so many more yummy ideas.
	June 15, 2022 - Barbeque (PDF) Food safety and more delicious BBQ recipes (coming soon) are included in this demo.
	May 18, 2022 - Jam and Jelly (PDF) We’ll demonstrate and discuss pectin jams & jellies, long boil method jam, freezer jams and so many more yummy ideas.
	April 20, 2022 - Fermenting (PDF) We will talk about sauerkraut, kombucha, yogurt and the alive sourdough starter. Kombucha (PDF) Sauerkraut (PDF)
	March 16, 2022 - Soups and Roots (PDF) Topics include pressure canned soup for the pantry, dehydrated veggies, pickled onions, carrot cake jam. All about beans (PDF) Pickled red onion (PDF) Dehydrating prepared soups and rice (PDF) Pressure canning chicken soup (PDF)
	February 16, 2022 - Meat Preservation (PDF) Topics include pressure canned chicken, homemade jerky, chicken stock, and sausage made simple.
	January 19, 2022 - Citrus, Avocado & the Super Bowl (PDF) Get recipes for preserved lemons, candied citrus peels, salts, freezing avocados and so much more. Dehydrated citrus peel (PDF) Citrus Salts (PDF) Orange marmalade (PDF)
	November 17, 2021 - Gifts from the Kitchen Special Event This hands-on class was a big success. Sorry, we are not offering free recipe downloads this month.
	October 20, 2021 - Fall Fruits (PDF) Ways to use apples & pears, corn cob jelly, freezing pumpkin and squash. juice extraction for jelly and more. Dehydrated apples (PDF) Applesauce (PDF) Apple scrap jelly (PDF)
	September 15, 2021 - Zucchini and Cucumbers (PDF) Deyhrated Zucchini chips, quick pickles, best practice for freezing, problem solving for a firmer pickle and more. Bread and Butter Pickles (PDF)
	August 18, 2021 - Tomatoes & Peppers, Oh My! (PDF) Pickled jalapenos, marinated peppers, freezing tomatoes, dehydrated peppers, yummy salsa and more. Drying Fruits and Vegetables (PDF) Home-Style Pickled Jalapeños (PDF) Dehydrating Chili Peppers (PDF)
	July 21, 2021 - Stone Fruits, So Much Fun! (PDF) Canning methods, dehydrated apricots, blanching and more. Let's Preserve Peaches, Apricots, Nectarines (PDF) Dehydrated Apricots (PDF) Canning Overview (13.36 min..Video/MP4)
	June 29, 2021 - Get Cooking with Dry Beans (PDF) Storage, cooking, preserving and a whole lot more about beans. California Beans - your go-to place for all things BEANS (Website) Cooking Dried Beans on the Stove (YouTube) Preserving Cooked Dry Beans with a Pressure Canner (YouTube) All About Beans (2 MB PDF) Drying Refried Beans (106 MB PDF)
	June 16, 2021 - Jams and Spreads Recipes (PDF) Spreads vs. Jams, Freezer Jams and many more yummy ideas. Fruit Spreads: More than Jam (PDF) Booklet: What can I do with all of this jelly and Jam?!? (JPG) Cherry Cobbler Jam made with Pomona Pectin (PDF) Spreadable Fieldberries (PDF)
	May 19, 2021 - Preserving Berries, Pectin and More (PDF) Jelly, pie filling, shrubs, dressing. Blueberry Pie Filling Presentation (32MB PDF) Dehydrated Berries Presentation (1MB PDF) All About Pectin Presentation (20MB PDF)
	April 21, 2021 - Pickles, Relish and Chutney Recipes (PDF) Pickled asparagus. corn relish. fruit chutney and more. Follow-along recipe for Sweet Pickled Radishes (PDF) Making Corn Relish (PDF) Pickles, Relish and Chutney Video (28.1MB MP4) Cheese Board Recipes (PDF) Olives: Safe Methods for Home Pickling (PDF)
	March 17, 2021 - Preserving Meats (PDF) Pork Breakfast Sausages, Pressure Canned Chicken, Homemade Jerky, Frozen Meat. Pressure Canning Processing Steps (PDF)
	February 17, 2021 - Preserving Citrus Recipes (PDF) Preserved Lemons, Cinnamon Kumquats, Candied Lemon Peel, Grapefruit Marmalade, Lemon Curd and lots of recipes using these! Follow-along Preserved Lemons recipe. (PDF) How to Use Preserved Citrus Presentation (PDF)
	January 20, 2021 - Fermentation 101 Recipes (PDF) Sauerkraut, yogurt, whey caramel, basic sourdough bread, whole wheat sourdough bread, sourdough starter, approachable loaf, unsifted sourdough crackers Follow-along Sauerkraut instructions to download in advance. (PDF)
	September 16, 2020 - A is for Apples Recipes (PDF) Low-sugar apple jelly, applesauce, apple pie filling, using Clear-Jel, Dehydrated apple rings