Food and Nutrition eBooks

Organic chile production poses novel challenges for growers, and must be dealt with in ways other than those used by conventional producers. Chile is subject to a wide variety of pests and diseases that require management for optimal growth and yield.

You can enjoy the taste of summer fruit during the fall and winter if you pick and freeze the fruit when it’s young and tender. Freezing is an economical, simple way to preserve large quantities of fruit. This publication gives guidelines for safely freezing fruit.

Pinto beans are popular because of their flavor, cost, nutritional value, and ease of preparation. Few foods are as versatile as pinto beans. This publication gives guidelines for proper preparation of pinto beans, as well as recipes.

A process review of a commercial food product is a complete evaluation of how a food product is made, including all the steps of preparation, ingredients, and packaging. These procedures must be followed for each batch processed.

This publication gives tips for feeding young children, offering foods to children, serving sizes, what to expect from children, and nutrition information.

This publication gives guidelines and recipes for making jams, jellies, and sweet spreads at home, including guidelines for canning at high altitude.

This publication provides several recipes that use two of New Mexico’s favorite foods, chile and pecans

This publication gives guidelines for improving baked and cooked foods when working at high altitude and in low humidity.

This guide explains how to make a chile ristra in order to dry red chile for storage. A recipe for red chile sauce is also provided.

This guide provides a variety of salsa recipes that are safe for canning.

This publication covers the MyPlate protein group and gives tips for choosing and eating proteins.

This publication covers the MyPlate fruit group and gives tips for choosing and eating fruits.

This publication covers the MyPlate grain group and gives tips for choosing and eating grains.

This publication covers the MyPlate vegetable group and gives tips for choosing and eating vegetables.

This publication covers the MyPlate dairy group and gives tips for choosing and eating dairy products.

This publication provides instructions for drying foods safely, including vegetables, fruits, and meat jerky, using several methods.

La serie de la diabetes ofrece información sobre una vida sana con la diabetes incluyendo el ejercicio, manejo de su diabetes, y las pautas de nutrición.

The diabetes series provides information on living healthy with diabetes, including exercise, management of your diabetes, and nutrition guidelines.

The crucial ingredients of yeast bread are yeast, flour, a liquid, and sugar. Salt, fat, eggs and other flavorings can also be added. Recipes are given for white bread, whole-wheat bread, sweet dough, cinnamon bread, and one-bowl dinner rolls, and the mixer and cool-rise methods are described.

This publication provides the correct processing times and canner pressures for canning chiles safely in New Mexico.

This publication describes proper methods for prepping and freezing green chile.

Fruit fillings for pies, pastries, and desserts can be prepared and stored at home and are excellent, safe products when processed according to canning procedures, including properly testing jar seals, reprocessing unsealed jars, storing canned foods, and dealing with accidental freezing.

This publication gives general directions for home canning of jams, jellies, marmalades, and other sweet spreads, as well as several recipes for sweet spreads with green chile.