Celebrate back-to-berry season by making this delightful Sweet and Tart Strawberry Salad. Black pepper and flavorful balsamic vinegar enhance the sweetness of fresh berries.  For an even more tart salad, use half of the recommended amount of sugar. Sweet and Tart Strawberry Salad Yield: 4 servings Ingredients 1 1/2 pounds fresh strawberries, rinsed and sliced [...]

Volunteer of the Month Kassandra Neuendorff has made a positive impact on our community’s health and wellness, and we are so glad to have her part of Feeding San Diego's Nutrition Outreach Volunteer team. Since October 2016, she has volunteered more than 20 hours in this community-based role. She provides nutrition education at two sites monthly, [...]

What’s your favorite way to enjoy a ripe and juicy pear?  Sliced and added to a sandwich, diced as a unique pizza topping, thinly sliced on your favorite salad or baked with spices as a simple dessert – there are so many ways to enjoy pears. Peanut Noodles with Chicken and Pears Yield: 4 servings [...]

Every winter, the Programs team distributes surveys to families participating in the School Pantry and BackPack programs to help measure satisfaction with our Feeding Kids programs. From our last round, we received more than 575 responses from 18 different schools. Results stated that 97 percent of the families surveyed eat more fruits and vegetables as a [...]

Elevate Foundation was born from a strong passion and desire to help others. Claude and Constance Jones faced many obstacles growing up but were fortunate to have people in their lives that provided opportunities to make a difference in themselves. In return, they use their time, effort and resources to pay it forward. The goal [...]

Volunteer of the Month Martin Rosas Jr. has volunteered over 48 hours since May 2016. As a Regular Volunteer, he helps sort and pack food during the evening food sorting shifts at our distribution center. He has worked on projects ranging from sorting Starbucks FoodShare product, gleaning fresh produce for our School Pantry program, to [...]

Feeding San Diego recently started an wonderful partnership with San Diego Unified School District (SDUSD) to rescue nutritious meals that were otherwise being wasted from school sites all across the city. SDUSD has 19 school sites that operate as central kitchens for surrounding schools. Each central kitchen provides daily school meals to approximately 6 – 10 [...]

Try this colorful Confetti Slaw recipe as a refreshing side dish or as a small meal by adding whole-wheat crackers and low-fat cheese for fiber and calcium. Confetti Slaw with Poppyseed Dressing Yield: 4 servings Ingredients 2 tbsp. apple cider vinegar 1 1/2 tsp. honey 1 1/2 tsp. Dijon mustard 1 1/2 tsp. fresh dill, chopped [...]

Let’s “turn up” this January with this warm winter salad with turnips! Turnips may be beet’s less popular cousin but like many other root vegetables, it is a nutritional powerhouse. Warm Winter Turnip Salad Ingredients 1 pound turnips, scrubbed and chopped 2 tbsp. olive oil 1/2 medium onion, chopped 2 cups mushrooms 1 package cooked beets (about [...]