Family and Consumer Sciences

2024

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The Dining with Diabetes program helps people with Type 2 diabetes identify and understand important information about managing and preventing this disease. Classes are offered weekly for four weeks, with a three-month follow-up class. Participants will learn about diabetes and how to self-manage through menu planning, portion control, label reading and physical activity. Each class offers the opportunities to taste test diabetes-friendly recipes and gain support through group interaction.

Please contact Siew Guan Lee (siewguanl@uidaho.edu or 208-734-9590) for more information.

This free cooking program is held each month via Zoom. The club is open to youth of all ages and their families. Each session features recipes that are easily to make at home.

Check the Upcoming Class Flyers section above for dates and registration information.

For more information, please contact Siew Guan Lee (siewguanl@uidaho.edu or 208-734-9590).

Learn how to produce high quality preserved foods and the science behind food preservation and food safety.

For more information, please contact Siew Guan Lee (siewguanl@uidaho.edu or 208-734-9590).

The six-week online course Preserve@Home teaches individuals how to safely preserve a variety of foods. Each lesson includes downloadable educational materials, online discussion board to facilitate participant interaction, a real-time chat with classmates and instructors and open book lesson quizzes. Individuals with little or no previous food preservation experience are welcome to enroll.

For registration, please contact Laura Sant (lsant@uidaho.edu or 208-852-1097).