Sunday, January 11, 2026

Home Economics

Summer can create challenges for food budget

    It is important to provide balanced, nutritious meals for your children throughout the summer. Unfortunately, summertime can pose challenges to the family food budget...

Kathy Walsten’s Banana Cupcakes

Kathy Walsten, Kansas Wheat Commission home economist. Ingredients ¾ cup granulated sugar ¼ cup vegetable shortening ¼ cup unsweetened applesauce 2 beaten eggs 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking powder ½ teaspoon baking soda 1 tablespoon...

Keeping fun in our relationships

Kim Allen, former state specialist, & Christina Crawford, former Extension associate, Human Development & Family Studies, College of Human Environmental Sciences, University of Missouri...

Chiggers are coming

Linda Geist Writer: University of Missouri Extension Phone: 573-882-9185 Email: [email protected] COLUMBIA, Mo. – The second week of June is when chiggers begin digging into Missourians, says University of...

Kansas Sunflower Chippers

Ingredients 2 cups all-purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 cup shortening 1/2 cup sugar 1/2 cup brown sugar 1/3 cup sunflower oil 1 egg 1/2 cup dry...

Oatmeal and Molasses Bread

Wanting to try a new bread recipe on Saturday, I pulled out a 1963 bread cookbook that I bought at an antique store, and...

Choose a pressure canner to safely preserve

Janet Hackert, Nutrition and Health Education Specialist, Harrison County, University of Missouri Extension With each year’s growing season, there seems to be another round of...

How Great Deeds And Good Dishes Can Pay Off

(NAPSI)—Here is food for thought: The first annual Neighborhood to Nation Recipe Contest from General Mills Food service not only awarded neighborhood restaurants for...