Nutrition & Health

Join UC Master Gardeners and Master Food Preservers of El Dorado County for Gifts from the Garden and Kitchen. We'll share ideas for gifts you can give from your garden or kitchen as well as gift ideas for the gardener and the cook in your life.

Register Here Have you ever dreamed of baking sourdough bread but thought it seemed too tricky?

The Yorba Linda Public Library, partnering with the Master Food Preservers will teach and discuss the basics, process and some of the sciences of fermentation. Presentation will include discussions on equipment, food safety and fermented foods in general.

Have you ever wondered how to cure and preserve your own olives? There are multiple ways to remove the bitterness from olives to make them edible: lye cure, dry salt cure, water cure, brine cure and fermented.

Second Friday of every month. Click HERE to sign up. Pressure canners with only a dial gauge need to be tested annually to ensure the dial gauge is accurate. If your dial gauge is not accurate, it is not correctly reading pressure which may result in under or over processing and unsafe food.

Herbs Fresh and Dried: Herbs add so much flavor to our meals! Expand your use of fresh and dried herbs and learn how to safely preserve your fresh herbs to enjoy all year. Making herb salts, rubs and pestos will be demonstrated.

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Welcome the change of seasons by attending an in-person class on Fabulous Fall Fruits. Learn new ideas for preserving apples, pears, grapes, cranberries, and others.

UCCE Master Gardeners of El Dorado County will be available to answer your gardening questions or just chat about gardening! For more information about the Farmers Market, visit eldoradofarmersmarket.

Wouldnt it be nice to have onion soup mix available in your cupboard whenever you needed it? Or a mix to make tomato soup on a cold rainy day? Join the Master Food Preservers of El Dorado County and learn to make your own dehydrated soup and spice mixes.