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Fresh Fish and Seafood Safety Tips

In The Kitchen

Cooking and enjoying fresh, local foods is one of the great pleasures of living in a farm-friendly state like North Carolina. Join us in the kitchen as we share nutritious recipes, expert cooking and food preservation tips to help you make the most of all our state offers.

Countertop with bowls of fresh fruits and vegetables, like bananas, blueberries and broccoli, with hands holding a tomato in the background.

Jul 27, 2022

Demystifying Fruit and Vegetable Nutrition Myths

Are vegetables less healthy when cooked? Are fresh fruits healthier than frozen fruits? What happens to plants' nutritional value as they're prepared for meals or storage? Let's find out! 
An air fryer on a kitchen counter with someone in the background preparing food to cook.

Feb 19, 2022

Air Fryers 101: Fried Foods Without All the Grease

Whether you're just now unboxing that air fryer from last Christmas or you're looking to take your air frying game to a new level, we'll help you make the most of your air fryer! 

Dec 30, 2021

Food Safety Tips for Home Meal Delivery Kits

As home meal delivery options become available for more food products in more places, all with a quick click, how do you know if your food is safe to eat? 
Discover the facts behind common food and nutritional myths related to gluten, detoxing and high-fructose corn syrup.

Dec 11, 2021

Exploring Nutritional Half-Truths

Nowadays everyone seems to be a nutrition expert, which makes finding factual information that much harder to track down. Get started by learning more about a trio of common nutrition half-truths. 
A fully-baked mountain high apple pie still in the skillet with a slice cut out showing the apples and ooey gooey goodness inside.

Oct 29, 2021

Making a Mountain High Apple Pie

This mountain of a pie was named grand champion in the North Carolina Apple Festival's renowned recipe contest. Make a pie and enjoy N.C. apples today! 
A baking tray full of freshly baked banana nut med muffins sitting on a stove top.

Sep 30, 2021

Baking Banana Nut Med Muffins

Next time you have overripe bananas laying around, don’t throw them out – make these delicious, healthy muffins instead! 
Plastic storage bins are displayed side by side on a kitchen countertop, each of which is filled with various snack items like cheesesticks, yogurt, fruit cups, nuts and other items.

Aug 21, 2021

Back-to-School Snacks and Lunch-Packing Hacks

As if mornings with young children weren't stressful enough at times, nothing cranks up the chaos like realizing you forgot to pack their lunch as you're heading out the door. 
Close shot of raw pork chops on a red tabletop with a dry rub mix sprinkled over them for cooking.

Jun 18, 2021

How to Make Your Own Dry Rub

Dry rubs can be as complicated or as simple as you want them. We're of the mindset that simpler is better. Learn how to make a simple salt-and-pepper rub that works well with many meats. 
Hollandaise sauce in a glass serving jar, with ingredients like eggs and lemons around the jar on a black stone table.

May 28, 2021

Egg-cellent Hollandaise Sauce in a Blender

We humbly submit to the pantheon of condiments: hollandaise sauce. Indulge in a little haute cuisine at home with this rich and creamy sauce that can be made in a blender. 
Fresh caught shrimp on ice at Capt'n Pete's Seafood Market in Holden Beach, North Carolina.

Dec 18, 2020

Fresh Fish and Seafood Safety Tips

How do you know if fish is fresh? What's the best way to minimize risk when handling raw seafood at home? Before splurging on that seafood platter, consider food safety first!