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Safe Plates Food Safety Manager Certification

N.C. Cooperative Extension in Brunswick County offers Safe Plates Food Safety Manager Certification. This comprehensive course is appropriate for food service managers and supervisory staff in…

More Fall Squash Flavors

I recently wrote about eating pumpkins (I hope you gave them a try). What many people don’t realize is that pumpkins are a type of winter squash. This is a great time of year to checkout the other…

Let’s Eat Pumpkin

Welcome to November. We’ve passed Halloween and are sliding (quickly) towardThanksgiving. It’s the time of year that we continue to think about pumpkins.That pumpkin on your front porch can be more…

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One Chicken Several Meals

I recently wrote about food waste and how with a little planning you could save money, time and waste by creating several meals from the same already cooked food. The idea is to make multiple meals…

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Avoiding Wasted Food

Here’s something to think about. How much food do you and your family waste? I hope you’re thinking “not much”. But you may be surprised if you kept track.Most of us don’t realize how much food we’re…

Unique Combination: Caesar Dressing and Brussels Sprouts

I recently wrote about making homemade salad dressings. This led me down-a-rabbit-hole searching for more recipes. There are lots available and I hope you’re looking for them and experimenting with…

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Make Your Own Salad Dressings

The door of our refrigerator is full of a variety of store-bought salad dressings. But I look at them and think, we can be fresher and healthier than this. Not to mention saving some money,…

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Risky or Not: Microwaving Your Sponge

I really enjoy listening to “Risky or Not”. This is a short podcast produced by twoExtension Food Safety Specialists, our own Dr. Ben Chapman from NCSU Cooperative Extension and Dr. Don Schaffner…

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Cooking at Home Classes in Leland

Join N.C. Cooperative Extension’s Avery Ashley for a Cooking at Home Class at theBrunswick Center at Leland starting in late October.Not everyone has the knowledge or confidence in the kitchen to…

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Chickpeas or Garbanzo or Cece?

Some folks love them. Some folks…well not so much. Others just don’t know much about them. I’m talking about chickpeas. Some people call them chickpeas, other say garbanzo beans and the Italians say…