Cooking and Food Safety
Garden Kitchen
The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension "Garden Kitchen" offers seed-to-table gardening and cooking education, nutrition education, and physical activity opportunities. We work with community members as well as organizations and governments to deliver this programming throughout Pima County.
How to Safely Clean Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Are you worried about the germs that might be hiding in your fresh produce? These quick and easy tips will teach you how to properly sanitize your produce, no harmful chemicals necessary!
- Watch Video - English
- Watch Video - Spanish
Knife Skills
- Anatomy of a Knife Watch Video
- The Claw Watch Video
- Cutting Boards Watch Video
- Squaring Off Watch Video
- Julienne Watch Video
- Dicing Watch Video
- Chiffonade Watch Video
Kitchen Tips and Cooking Demonstration Classes
The focus of this video series is on kitchen safety, specific cooking concepts, techniques and tips to help viewers develop culinary basics through virtual learning.
- Handwashing - Watch Video
- Sanitizer - Watch Video
- Food Prep - Watch Video
Food Four Ways
This series re-imagines basic foods in a fun and tasty way, using simple ingredients you won’t need to make an extra trip to the store for. Healthy eating doesn’t have to cost a fortune or require a lot of time in the kitchen. Watch now for meal ideas that are kid-friendly and parent- approved!
- Bananas - Watch Video - English
- Bananas - Watch Video - Espanol
- Zucchini - Watch Video - English
- Zucchini - Watch Video - Espanol
- Chickpeas - Watch Video - English
- Chickpeas - Watch Video - Espanol
- Quinoa - Watch Video - English
- Quinoa - Watch Video - Espanol
- Avacado - Watch Video - English
- Avacado - Watch Video - Espanol
- Oatmeal - Watch Video - English
- Oatmeal- Watch Video - Espanol