24 January 2010

Calling for recipes

Hey everyone-
I am trying to put together a 3 month food storage cookbook. My vision behind the cookbook is to have planned meals (7 breakfast, 7 lunches, and 21 dinners) that just use pantry items and from these recipes figure out how much I will need to buy to plan a 3 month food storage with the intent to rotate these meals through our regular eating and restock as needed so I will always have a 3 month storage of foods we like and enjoy. Another intent of this approach is to know that if we seriously just had to eat from our food storage- I would have meals for 3 months that I wouldn't need to go to the grocery store to make. I have breakfasts and lunches planned but I am looking for dinner recipes. If you have any food storage friendly (meaning pantry items or easily substituted pantry items)- could you post them so I can try them out and add them to my cookbook.

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!

14 January 2010

Bran Muffins

2 C. boiling water
1 qt. buttermilk
2 C. bran flakes
4 C. All-Bran
5 C. flour
5 tsp. soda
1 tsp. salt
1 C. oil
1 1/4 C. honey
4 eggs

Mix all together. Makes 3 quarts plus one pint of mixture. We would always store it in the fridge and use over time. If I recall, one quart makes about 12 muffins. Delete this if it doesn't. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 15-20 minutes. Eat with butter and honey.

01 January 2010

Soft Sugar Cookies

Cream together:
4 eggs
1 C. shortening
2 C. sugar

Add:
1 C. sour cream
1 tsp. vanilla
1 tsp. soda
4 tsp. baking powder
6-8 C. flour

Roll out and cut into shapes

Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes

Cool and frost.