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Holiday food safety tips

Holiday food preparations can be stressful. Here are some helpful resources to keep your holiday meals safe.

Turkey questions? Call the USDA Meat & Poultry Hotline: 1‐888‐674‐6854

Egg nog anyone? The University of Minnesota Extension provides a recipe for making homemade egg nog that's safe

Turkey Basics

Turkey is a low-cost, low-fat, nutritious food you can serve year around. But preparing a whole turkey requires care to ensure it's safe and delicious. From thawing, stuffing and roasting, here's how to do it.

Nellie Oehler | Aug 2019 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Gray level)

Storing Food for Safety and Quality

Proper food storage ensures that the food you bring home remains safe to eat and retains its high quality. Learn about storing meat, vegetables, fruit, leftovers, home-preserved food and more.

Surine Greenway, Amy Robertson, Joe Peutz, Grace Wittman | Mar 2023 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Freezing convenience foods that you've prepared at home

Learn techniques to freeze and prepare homemade convenience foods. Understand how to use your freezer for meal prep, including techniques for packaging, storage and reheating.

Carolyn A. Raab, Nellie Oehler | Jun 2024 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Orange level)

Preserving cranberries

Cranberries have long been a part of the Thanksgiving table. But cranberries aren't just for sauce and juices — they also make nutritious fruit spreads, chutneys, relishes and even ketchup.

Nellie Oehler, Jared Hibbard-Swanson | Sep 2024 | OSU Extension Catalog Peer reviewed (Gray level)

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