By Maggie Neer, FAPC Communications Assistant

(Stillwater, Okla. – March 31, 2016) Oklahoma State University’s Robert M. Kerr Food & Agricultural Products Center is offering its first recipe book, showcasing favorite eats and encouraging the use of Made in Oklahoma products.

The “FAPC Favorites Recipe Book” highlights a delicious slate of appetizers, desserts, entrées, soups and stews from FAPC faculty, staff and students. All proceeds benefit FAPC’s Product Innovation Fund.

Chuck Willoughby, FAPC business and marketing relations manager, said the recipe book is a great opportunity to generate funds to help support FAPC’s mission.

“Not only is it fun to try some of the great recipes that our colleagues have submitted, but also the proceeds allow us to enhance our efforts in serving Oklahoma’s food industry,” Willoughby said. “We have used our Product Innovation Fund in areas of food safety and security, industry waste and biofuels, industry training and product development. Private donations help us do more than what we can accomplish through state allocations.”

Mandy Gross, FAPC communications services manager, provided a few of her favorite recipes for the book, including jalapeño poppers, taco soup and Mexican casserole.

“Most everyone loves trying new recipes,” Gross said. “I’m always looking for new recipes to prepare for my family so I don’t make the same meals over and over. FAPC’s recipe book provides an opportunity for trying new recipes and incorporating Made in Oklahoma products, and plus, the funds benefit a great cause of supporting FAPC.”

Featuring savory recipes such as Tex-Mex Dip, Cheesy Bacon Stuffed Mushrooms, Glorious Banana Pudding, Chocolate Crunch Cake, Cajun Chicken Pasta, Chicken Stir-Fry, Buffalo Chicken Soup and Okie Dokie Chili, the FAPC Favorites Recipe Book is available for $15.

To place an order, email fapc@okstate.edu and include a mailing address for the recipe book. Checks and cash are accepted. Checks should be made payable to OSU Foundation and mailed to FAPC Favorites Recipe Book, c/o Mandy Gross, 148 FAPC-OSU, Stillwater, OK 74078.

FAPC, a part of OSU's Division of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources, helps to discover, develop, and deliver technical and business information that will stimulate and support the growth of value-added food and agricultural products and processing in Oklahoma

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Oklahoma State University is a modern land-grant university that prepares students for success. OSU has more than 36,000 students across its five-campus system and more than 25,000 on its combined Stillwater and Tulsa campuses, with students from all 50 states and around 120 nations. Established in 1890, Oklahoma State has graduated more than 260,000 students who have been serving Oklahoma and the world for 125 years.