This is a sample of a ten meal plan- sent to me from a friend in Idaho.
10x10 (ten meals of each, buy 10x each ingredient)
(This makes 100 dinners for a 3 month supply for 6 people. If you want to start small just divide ingredients by 10 and you have a 10 day meal plan.)
Here is my 10x10 menu. I have not added side dishes. I store plenty of frozen and canned fruits and veggies and have a small garden so I can add fresh salads or fresh vegetables or fruits. I have more than a 3 month supply frozen and canned. I have a family of 6 still at home, so the amounts I have at the bottom of the menu will feed 6. I also use convenience foods where possible. I have health issues, so I want to make sure my meals will be easy for me or my kids to prepare. However, I do take into account making my own chili and pressure canning it. I have it down below both with ingredients (starting with ground beef) or to buy the cans of chili. You don’t need to do both.
Spaghetti – noodles, sauce
Chicken fajitas – tortilla’s, chicken, peppers, onions, (peppers and onions are lightly sautéed, then frozen in meal size packets, salsa
Chili – ground beef, beans, tomatoes, onions, spices
Sweet & sour meatballs – meatballs, pineapple, peppers, onions (prepared as for fajitas), tomato soup, vinegar, brown sugar
Garbage (a family favorite Mexican casserole) – Frito’s, chili, ground beef, enchilada sauce, cheddar cheese
Chicken cordon bleu – chicken, ham, Swiss cheese
Burritos/soft taco’s – tortilla’s, refried beans, ground beef, cheese, salsa, lettuce and tomatoes if available
Hamburgers/hotdogs – hamburgers, hot dogs, buns, cheese, pickles, relish, ketchup, mustard
Pizza – pizza dough, pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, toppings (pepperoni, olives, mushrooms)
Ravioli – frozen ravioli, spaghetti sauce or olive oil based sauce makings
Shopping list
10 lbs. spaghetti noodles
25 jars spaghetti sauce (10 for spaghetti, 10 for pizza sauce, 5 for ravioli)
20 doz. Tortilla’s or make from stored flour
110 pieces boneless skinless chicken thighs
40 peppers (this is a guestimate!)
30 onions (this is a guestimate!)
10 jars salsa
30 lbs ground beef
3 #10 cans diced tomatoes
Pinto or kidney beans, or
30 cans chili
360 meatballs
10 cans pineapple chunks
10 cans tomato soup
1 gallon vinegar
1 lb. brown sugar (I actually don’t have this on my list since I have my years supply. But if you don’t store brown sugar you will need to buy some)
10 bags Frito’s
10 pkg. enchilada sauce mix
10 cans tomato sauce (or buy your enchilada sauce already made or use your own spices)
10 lbs. shredded cheddar cheese
80 thin slices ham
80 slices Swiss cheese
80 hamburgers
80 hotdogs
Make buns from stored flour
10 lbs. mozzarella cheese (I may need more)
5 lbs. pepperoni
Cans of olives, mushrooms or other toppings
400 frozen ravioli
10 cups olive oil (2 ½ quarts)
Garlic
Spices and seasonings as needed
Here is another terrific menu plan.
Food Storage Trial Month
Our family set the goal to live off of our food storage for an entire month including all meals, snacks, and desserts. We did not purchase any food items from the store, except for outside food assignments i.e.: relief society, scout treats, etc… We also put our freezer off limits. The only meats, fruits and vegetables we had were our canned goods. We used only powdered milk and dried eggs in our baking. We did however end up using margarine and butter. There were 5 days that we did not follow our rules (birthday, dinner appointments, etc.) Other than those days we were able to successfully stay alive and still enjoy life – believe it or not! I encourage you all to give it a try. You will gain a lot of confidence and peace knowing you really can live on food storage.
Included in this packet are the menus that we used, as well as a detailed list of food items and the quantities used during the month. I have also included the recipes for each of the menu items.
Kristy Broadbent
MenusBreakfast (15)
Blender Pancakes (1)
Pancakes (2)
Oatmeal/Toast (4)
Cocoa-Toast (4)
Waffles (3)
Blueberry Muffin Mix/Canned Fruit (1)
Fruit Cocktail Cake/Hot Chocolate (1)
Sweet Rolls/Hot Chocolate (2)
Scones (1)
Coffee Cake/Canned Fruit (1)
Crepes (1)
Breakfast Burrito (1)
Oatmeal Muffins (1)
Homemade Blueberry Muffins/Canned Fruit (1)
Jiffy Muffins/Canned Fruit (2)
*All items were made from scratch except Jiffy muffins and the Blueberry muffin mix. Powdered milk and powdered egg were used in all items.
*We often served Tang and Bottled Apple Juice with our Breakfasts
*Jam and Honey were served with toast and scones.
*Syrup was served with pancakes and waffles.
*We also used butter/margarine.Lunch (5)
Tuna Sandwich on whole wheat bread
Peanut Butter and Jelly on whole wheat bread
Chicken Sandwich on whole wheat bread
2 Different varieties of Campbell’s soup (Veg Beef, Chicken Noodle)
Ramen Noodles
*Tuna and chicken sandwiches were mixed with mayonnaise and were made with the canned chicken and canned tuna.
*All lunches included a serving of one of the following: canned peaches, pears, applesauce, Jell-O, pudding or dried apples.
*All lunches included one of the following desserts: chocolate chip cookie, brownie, pumpkin cookie, cake mix cookie.
*Lunches containing soup also had a whole wheat roll with them.
Dinners (26)
Spaghetti/Sauce/Roll/Green Beans
Chicken Noodle Soup/Roll
Homemade Chili/Raspberry cornbread muffins
Bean Quesadillas
BBQ Hawaiian Chicken/White Rice/Canned Corn/Roll
Fried Rice/Fruit Cocktail
Macaroni & Cheese with Spam/Green beans/Roll
Bean Burrito Enchiladas/Canned corn/Jell-O
Tuna Melts/Pork & Beans
Crock pot Tacos/Tortillas/Canned Fruit
Chicken Teriyaki/Rice/Canned Pineapple Chunks/Roll
Homemade Chicken and Noodles/Potato Pearls/Roll/Green Beans
Tuna Noodle Casserole/Canned corn/Roll
BBQ Chicken Sandwich/Canned Pineapple chunks
Chicken Minestrone Soup/Rolls/Fruit Cocktail Jell-O
Black Bean Soup with Chicken/Tortillas
Sloppy Joes on Bun
Navajo Taco/hominy
Chicken Stroganoff/Rice/Green beans/Roll
Shepherds Pie/Rolls/Corn
Chicken and Dumplings/Banking Powder Biscuits
Tortilla Soup/Homemade tortilla chips/Jell-O
Canned Chili from Cannery/Jiffy Muffins
Chicken Tacos
Cracker Soup/Baking Powder Biscuits
Chicken Alfredo/noodles, canned corn and beansDesserts (8)
Apple Crisp
Apple Pie
Chocolate Cupcakes/frosting
Date Cake
Ugly Duckling Pudding Cake
S’mores
No Bake cookies
Lemon Bunt Cake
Snacks (7)
Toast/Honey, Jam
Popcorn
Graham Crackers/Applesauce
Granola Bars
Pumpkin Apple Muffins
Kool-aid popsicles
Tang/Gatorade mix
Food
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QuantitiesCanned Goods
1 can garbanzo beans
1 can kidney beans
1 can chicken gumbo soup
2 cans black beans
1 can hominy
2 cans pork and beans
2 cans canned chili
2 cans Hunts spaghetti sauce
9 cans green beans
6 cans corn
9 cans Family Size Campbell’s Soup
10 cans Tuna fish
10 cans cream of chicken soup
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
4 cans refried beans
15 cans canned chicken
3 cans spam
2 cans mushrooms
4 cans tomato sauce
3 cans diced tomatoes
6 large cans pears
2 cans pineapple chunks
5 cans fruit cocktail
6 cans mandarin oranges
6 large cans peaches
1 can blueberries
8 cans applesauce
2 cans pumpkin
1 quart canned pintos
3 quarts canned tomatoes
1 bottle Alfredo saucePackaged Items
10 cups hot chocolate powder
6 Jiffy muffin mixes
2 Jiffy cornbread mixes
2 blocks Velveeta
2 packages egg noodles
1 box graham crackers
1 package marshmallows
3 packages chocolate chips
10 packages kool-aid
8 boxes Jell-O
10 packages microwave popcorn
2 boxes instant oatmeal packets
2 cans frosting (1 white, 1 chocolate)
10 packages ramen noodles
1 package Italian dressing seasoning
5 boxes chocolate pudding
1 box lemon pudding
2 boxes granola bars
4 cake mixes (2 lemon, 1 yellow, 1 chocolate)
1 box dates
Baking Items
24 cups sugar
40 cups white flour
11 cans wheat
1 ½ cup cornmeal
3 cups brown sugar
4 cups shortening
6 cups margarine
75 Tbsp. powdered eggs
20 cups powdered milk
2 cups powdered sugar
13 cups oil
20 Tbsp Baking Powder
8 tsp baking soda
6 tsp vanilla
1 cup baking cocoa
3 cups walnuts
1 can evaporated milk
2 cups coconut
22 Tbsp Yeast
17 Tbsp salt
30 Tbsp Gluten
20 Tbsp Dough Enhancer
Misc.
1 large tub peanut butter
3 pints jam
½ gallon honey
1 gallon maple syrup
3 bottles apple juice
Tang
Gatorade
3 cups mayo
4 cups BBQ sauce
1 cup soy sauce
4 cups macaroni noodles
12 cups white rice
5 cups oatmeal
3 cups Blueberry Muffin mix
4 cups salsa
1 cup Ketchup
2 cups dried carrots
2 ½ cups dry black beans
1 ½ cans dried apples
6 cups potato pearls
½ can spaghetti noodles
1 Tbsp mustard
Spices
2 tsp celery salt
1 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice
15 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp ginger
½ cup molasses
6 tsp garlic powder
4 tsp parsley
4 Tbsp chili powder
4 tsp cumin
3 Tbsp vinegar
3 cups dried onion
40 chicken bouillon cubes
1 beef bouillon cube
Lemon juice
RecipesBreakfast Menus
Note: All recipes that called for milk and eggs were substituted with powdered milk and powdered eggs.
Blender Pancakes
Liquefy in Blender
1 ½ cups mild
¾ cup whole wheat kernels
Add:
3 heaping Tbsp cornmeal
1 heaping Tbsp brown sugar
2 eggs
½ stick margarine cut in small pieces
Liquefy 30 seconds
Add: 1 heaping Tbsp Rumford Baking Powder
Switch blender on and off just enough to blend in baking powder. Let rise to the top of blender before pouring onto griddle.
Pancakes
Mix in bowl:
1 cup milk
1 beaten egg
2 Tbsp salad oil
Stir into liquid ingredients:
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 Tbsp sugar
½ tsp salt
Cook on hot griddle. I usually double or triple this recipe for my family.
Oatmeal/Toast
Quaker Instant Oatmeal PacketsWhole Wheat Bread
10 kernels wheat
6 cups warm water
3 Tbsp Saf yeast
2 Tbsp salt
3 Tbsp gluten
2 Tbsp dough enhancer
½ cup oil
½ cup honey
Freshly grind wheat into flour. Add water and several cups of freshly ground whole wheat flour to Bosch mixing bowl with dough hook in place. Mix using a few short bursts of the spring loaded jogging switch (M). Add the salt, honey, oil, dough enhancer, gluten and instant yeast and jog briefly. While the Bosch is kneading at speed one, slowly add whole wheat flour until dough pulls away from the side of the mixing bowl. This normally will take most of the flour you have ground. It is better to add too little flour than too much flour. Allow the Bosch to knead the dough for 8 minutes on speed 2. Turn oven on to preheat to 170. Shape into loaves and place in pans already greased. Turn the oven off. Put the loaves in the warm oven to rise until double in size (approx. 20 minutes). When the loaves are double in size set oven to 350 and turn it on (leave the loaves in the oven). Bake for 25-30 minutes. When loaves are done, immediately remove from pans and let cool on rack. Wipe the top of the loaves with water.
Waffles
Mix in bowl:
2 cups milk
2 eggs beaten
½ cup oil
Add to liquid ingredients and stir until moistened:
2 cups whole wheat flour
4 tsp baking powder
¾ tsp salt
2 Tbsp sugar
These are to die for!!!
Blueberry Muffin Mix
Purchased at Allison’s Pantry (Rainy Day Foods)
All you need to add is water
Fruit Cocktail Cake
Cream:
1 cup sugar
2 Tbsp shortening
Add and mix well:
1 can fruit cocktail
½ tsp salt
1 tsp soda
1 ½ cup flour
Combine and sprinkle on top of batter:
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup walnuts
Sweet Rolls
1 used ¼ of the whole wheat bread recipe. Roll dough into a rectangle shape. Pour ½ cup melted butter on dough. Sprinkle heavily with cinnamon and sugar (1 cup sugar, 1 Tbsp cinnamon). Fold dough over in half, cup in strips and twist in a knot. Place in greased cookie sheet and let rise just slightly. Bake at 400 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until light brown. Frost with thin powdered sugar frosting or store bought cream cheese frosting. Top with finely chopped nuts.
Scones
¼ of the whole wheat bread recipe. Let the dough rise slightly. Shape dough into small balls and stretch out into scone shape. Fry in hot oil and serve with butter/honey or butter/jam.
Coffee Cake
In bowl stir together:
1 ½ cup flour
¾ cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
In another bowl stir together:
1 beaten egg
½ cup milk
¼ cup oil
Add the above to the flour mixture. Mix well. Stir in ¾ cup raisins or semisweet chocolate pieces. Pour into a greased 9x9x2 baking pan. Combine 2 Tbsp brown sugar, 1 Tbsp flour, and 1 tsp cinnamon; cut in 1 Tbsp margarine till crumbly. Stir in ½ cup chopped nuts. Sprinkle over batter. Bake in a 375 oven for 30 minutes or till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Crepes
(Use with crepe maker)
2 eggs
1 cup flour
¼ tsp salt
2/3 cup milk
2/3 cup water
1 Tbsp cooking oil
Mix in blender. Pour batter onto large plate and cook with crepe maker.
Breakfast burritos
Flour tortillas
Cooked rice
Scrambled eggs
Diced, fried, spam
Velveeta Cheese (melted)
Mix rice, eggs, spam and cheese together. Roll in flour tortilla. Dip in ketchup or salsa.
Flour Tortillas
Mix:
1/3 cup canola oil
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup warm water
1 cup white flour
1 tsp salt
Put in Bosch mixer and mix for 5-8 minutes. Cover tightly and let rest for 30 minutes to 2 hours. Roll balls the size of silver dollars. Then roll that dough into tortilla shape. Cook on flat skillet.
Oatmeal Muffins
Mix and make a well in the middle:
1 cup flour
1 cup oatmeal
½ cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp salt
Add and stir until barely moistened:
2/3 cup milk
1/3 cup oil
1 egg
Add if desired:
Craisins or raisins
Spoon into greased muffin tin. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
Homemade Blueberry Muffins
Stir together and make a well in the center:
1 ½ cup flour
¼ cup sugar
2 ½ tsp baking powder
¾ tsp salt
Combine and add to dry ingredients. Stir together just until moist:
1 egg beaten
¾ cup milk
1/3 cup oil
Fold in one can drained blueberries.
Bake in greased muffin tins at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. Makes 12
Dinner Menus
Spaghetti
Hunts Spaghetti sauce from the can
Chicken Noodle Soup
Bring to a boil
10 cups water
10 chicken bouillon cubes
2 cans cream of chicken soup
½ tsp garlic powder
2 Tbsp parsley
Pepper
¼ cup dried onion
½ cup dried carrots
Add:
1 can chicken
3 cups egg noodles
Cook until noodles are tender. You can add more or less water or more or less noodles depending on how thick you like it. Adjust the spices to your taste also.
*Note: I never measure the water, etc on this recipe – I just throw it in!
Rolls
Whole wheat bread recipe (found under breakfast menus).
Homemade Chili
Stir together in pan:
¼ Tbsp flour
1 Tbsp chili powder
1 tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
¼ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp cumin
Add:
1 quart canned pinto beans, do not drain
1 pint tomato juice
1 pint water
Bring to a boil and then turn down to simmer.
Raspberry Cornbread Muffins
3 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 cup cornmeal
2 Tbsp baking powder
1 ½ tsp salt
1 ½ cup milk
½ lb. melted butter (cooled)
2 large eggs
¾ cup raspberry jam
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 12 large muffin cups with paper liner. Mix flour, sugar, cornmeal, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl combine the milk, butter and eggs. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and stir until just blended. Spoon the batter into the paper liners, filling each one to the top. Bake for 30 minutes until the tops are crisp and a toothpick comes out clean. Cool slightly and remove from pan. After the muffins cool, spoon the raspberry jam into a pastry bag fitted with a large round tip. Push the tip of the bag through the top of the muffin and squeeze 1-2 Tbsp of jam into the middle.
Bean Quesadillas
Flour Tortillas (recipe under Breakfast Menus)
Refried Beans
Salsa
Velveeta Cheese
Mix refried beans and Velveeta until hot and bubbly. Spread onto flour tortilla. Top with another Tortilla. Cook in skillet, turning once. Cut into quarters and dip in salsa.
BBQ Hawaiian Chicken
2 cans chicken
1 can crushed pineapple-do not drain
Bulls Eye BBQ Sauce
Mix in sauce pan till hot and bubble. Serve over rice or on a toasted bun.
Fried Rice
6 cups cooked white or brown rice
1 large can mushrooms, drained and chopped
¼ cup dried onion
9 scrambled eggs
1 can diced cooked spam
Soy Sauce
Sauté onions and mushrooms in a little bit of oil. Add cooked spam and scrambled eggs. Mix with cooked rice. Add desired amount of soy sauce. Yes, the dried eggs worked great in this recipe.
Macaroni and Cheese with Spam
Boil desired amount of macaroni, drain. Add desired amount of Velveeta cheese with a little bit of milk. Add cooked, diced spam and stir together. We like ours with lots of cheese and lot of milk.
Bean Burrito Enchiladas
Make bean burritos (tortillas, refried beans, Velveeta cheese) – enough to fill a 9x9 inch pan.
Mix together in sauce pan, mixing margarine and flour first:
2 Tbsp margarine
3 Tbsp flour
1 ¾ cup water
1 8oz can tomato sauce
1 ½ tsp chili powder
1 beef bouillon cube
½ tsp salt
Pour sauce over burritos and top with Velveeta cheese. Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes. Top with canned diced tomatoes (drained) and chopped olives.
Tuna Melts
Tuna fish mixed with mayonnaise
Velveeta cheese
Whole Wheat bread (spread margarine on each top and bottom piece)
Mix tuna fish and spread on bread. Slice Velveeta and put on top of tuna fish. Top with another slice of bread and grill on a skillet.
Crock Pot Tacos
1 can chicken
2 cans corn, drained
2 cans black beans, drained
1-2 cups salsa
Cook in crock pot for 3-4 hours. Spoon mixture into flour tortillas (recipe under breakfast menus) and top with olives and canned diced tomatoes. We also like to add a little bit of cooked rice to the bottom of our tortillas. You can also top with melted Velveeta cheese.
Chicken Teriyaki
2 can chicken
1 can crushed pineapple
Teriyaki sauce
Combine in sauce pan and simmer for awhile. Spoon over hot steamed rice or a toasted whole wheat bun.
Homemade Chicken and Noodles
2 eggs
1 tsp salt
4 Tbsp milk
2 cups flour
Mix dough (will be very stiff) and then roll into a thin rectangle. Roll up rectangle dough and cut into long noodles. Unwind noodles and coat with plenty of flour. Meanwhile mix 8-10 cups water with 10 chicken bouillon cubes, ¼ cup dried onion, ½ tsp garlic salt, and 1 can cream of chicken soup (cans if you like it thicker.) Bring to a boil. Drop in noodles and cook for about 10 minutes at a slow boil. We serve this over potato pearls. These homemade noodles work great for chicken noodle soup also.
*Note: I don’t measure in this recipe – I just dump it all in 0 I think this is fairly close to what I do – if not just adjust it to your liking.
Tuna Noodle Casserole
Cook 3 cups medium noodles
Add the following:
2 can tuna fish drained
1 can cream of mushroom soup
½ cup mayo
½ - 1 cup Velveeta cheese
¼ cup cooked dried carrots (boil them when you boil your noodles)
½ cup milk
Stir everything together and bake in oven till hot and bubbly.
Chicken Minestrone Soup
1 quart water
1 can chicken
¼ cup dried onion
½ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp basil
Salt and pepper to taste
1 quart whole tomatoes
2 cans (8 oz) tomato sauce
3 chicken bouillon cubes
Simmer above for 1-2 hours
½ hour before serving add:
1 can undrained garbanzo beans
1 cup broken spaghetti
¼ cup dried carrots
1 can drained green beans
1 can drained kidney beans
Continue cooking until pasta is doneBlack Bean Soup
Add and soak overnight:
2 ½ cup dry black beans
6 cups water
After beans have soaked overnight, drain off the water and rinse them.
Sauté in stock pot:
3 Tbsp olive oil
2 chopped onions or (1/3 cup minced onion)
3 cloves garlic or (3/4 tsp minced garlic)
6 stalks celery, chopped or (2 tsp celery seed – salt)
Add and simmer for 2-3 hours:
Beans
2 cups water
8 cups chicken broth
2 tsp cumin
½ tsp cayenne pepper
Blend soup in blender till it is pureed. Pour puree soup back into stock pot and add:
3 Tbsp vinegar
2 Tbsp soy sauce
½ tsp black pepper
When I made this for our food storage month, I used dried onion instead of fresh and I did not use celery, instead I used a couple teaspoons of celery salt. It was just fine. We topped the soup with canned chicken, slice olives, and canned, drained diced tomatoes. Serve with warm tortillas.
Sloppy Joes
1 cup cooked cracked wheat
¼ cup dried onion
1 can chicken gumbo soup
8 oz can tomato sauce
1 Tbsp mustard
2 Tbsp ketchup
2 Tbsp chili powder
Add all ingredients to a sauce pan and simmer for 1 hour. Serve on a whole wheat toasted bun. Use hamburger instead of wheat if you are not living strictly on food storage. I’ve heard the canned ground beef is excellent also.
Navajo Tacos
6 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 Tbsp salt
2 Tbsp baking powder
½ cup powdered milk
2 ¾ cup warm water
Cooking oil
Mix dry ingredients together. Add about 2 cup of water, mix and add more water as needed. Put on a floured board and knead a few minutes. Pull off small balls of dough and stretch flat. Fry in hot oil until golden brown. Top with homemade chili, diced tomatoes, olives, etc. If you’re not living strictly off food storage, these are great with lettuce, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, and green onions.
Chicken Stroganoff
1 can chicken
2 cans cream of chicken soup
½ packet Italian dressing seasoning mix
Heat until hot and bubbly and serve over hot steamed rice or hot noodles.
Shepherds Pie
1 can chicken
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can green beans, drained
Potato pearls
Velveeta cheese
Heat until bubbly. Put in casserole Pan. Spread with prepared potato pearls and top with sliced Velveeta cheese. Bake in 350 oven for 45 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
Chicken and Dumplings
Beat with a fork:
3 eggs
½ tsp salt
Add and stir:
3 Tbsp to ¼ cup milk
1 ½ cup flour
Stir in flour until mixture becomes a glossy finish. Will be stiff but still sticky and wet looking. Dip a clean spoon into the boiling broth and then scoop up a spoonful of dumplings and drip off into the boiling broth. Boil about 10 minutes.
Broth
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can chicken
Chicken broth (approx. 8-10 cups)
Garlic powder to taste
2 tbsp dried onion
*Note – I never measure in this recipe – I just dump it all in. I think these are kind of close approximations to what I usually do – I hope!
Baking Powder Biscuits
Stir together:
2 cups flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
Cut into dry ingredients:
¼ cup shortening
Stir into dry ingredients:
1 cup milk
Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 450 for 10-12 minutes. If you want to have smooth biscuits, decrease milk to ¾ cup. Knead 10-12 strokes. Roll ½ inch thick and cut.
Tortilla Soup
1 can chicken
2 cans chix broth
1 cup cooked rice
1 tsp ground cumin
1 can corn
1 cup salsa
1 Tbsp dried cilantro
2 Tbsp lime juice
Homemade tortilla chips (cut homemade tortillas into strips or triangles and bake in oven till crispy. Add all ingredients together and simmer. Serve over homemade chips.
Chicken Tacos
Heat in saucepan:
2 cans refried beans
1 can chicken
2 Tbsp taco seasoning
1 cup salsa
Chunk of Velveeta cheese
Spoon mixture into tortillas and roll up.
Cracker Soup
1 can chicken or canned ground beef
¼ cup dried onion
1 can corn, drained
1-2 cups macaroni, cooked
V-8 juice (add to desired consistency)
Heat and simmer
Chicken Alfredo
1 can Alfredo sauce
1 can chicken
Cooked hot noodles
Heat Alfredo sauce and chicken till hot. Spoon over hot noodles.
Dessert Menus
Apple Crisp
1 cup oats
½ cup flour
½ cup brown sugar
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
½ cup margarine
4 cups sliced apples (dried from the cannery and reconstituted)
Mix the first 6 ingredients, cutting in the margarine. Sprinkle on top of apples in an 8x8 pan. Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
Apple Pie
Crust
Mix:
6 cups flour
½ cup margarine
2 cups shortening
Add:
1 cup milk & 1 Tbsp lemon juice (mixed)
2 Tbsp oil
1 tsp salt
½ tsp baking powder
Mix and slightly knead. Roll into pie crusts. This recipe can be frozen. Place a ball of dough the size of one crust in a plastic bag and freeze. Thaw at room temperature. Roll out and bake. Yields: 6 crusts or 3 double crusted pies.
Filling
6 cups apples (dried from the cannery and reconstituted)
¾ cup sugar
2 Tbsp flour
1 tsp cinnamon
Mix all ingredients together. Spoon into pie crust. Place second crust over apples, seal edges and poke holes in top crust. Bake 50 minutes at 400 degrees.
Chocolate Cupcakes/Frosting
Made from a chocolate cake mix with store bought frosting
Date Cake
Combine and set aside to cool
1 cup chopped dates
1 tsp soda
1 ½ cup boiling water
Cream:
1 ¼ cup sugar
½ cup shortening
Add and blend well:
2 eggs
Date mixture from above
Add and beat well:
2 cups flour
¾ tsp soda
¾ tsp salt
Pour above ingredients into a 9x13 greased cake pan. Combine 2 cup chocolate chips, ½ cup brown sugar, and ½ cup chopped nuts and sprinkle on top of cake batter. Bake at 325 for 40-45 minutes.
S’mores
Graham crackers
Marshmallows
Chocolate Chips
Heat 1 large marshmallow on top of a ½ of graham cracker in the microwave.
Place chocolate chips in warm marshmallow. Top with another ½ of a graham cracker.
Ugly Duckling Pudding Cake
1 pkg. yellow cake mix
1 pkg. Jell-O lemon instant pudding (4 servings)
1 can fruit cocktail, including syrup
1 cup coconut
4 eggs
¼ cup oil
½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
½ cup chopped nuts
Blend all ingredients except brown sugar and nuts in a large bowl. Beat 4 minutes at medium speed. Pour into greased and floured 9x13 pan. Sprinkle with brown sugar and nuts. Bake 325 for 45 minutes until cake springs back when lightly pressed and pulls away from sides of pan (do not under bake).
Cool in pan 15 minutes. Spoon hot butter glaze over warm cake.
Butter Glaze:
½ cup butter
½ cup sugar
½ cup evaporated milk
Combine in sauce pan. Boil 2 minutes. Stir in 1 ½ cup coconut.
No Bake Cookies
Combine in saucepan and bring to a full boil for 1 minute. Take off heat
2 cups sugar
½ cup milk
½ cup butter or margarine
Add and stir until smooth:
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup peanut butter
Add and mix well:
3 cups quick oats
Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper. Let cool. For chocolate cookies add ¼ cup cocoa.
Lemon Bunt Cake
1 lemon cake mix baked in a bunt pan. While cake is still warm drizzle cake with lemon icing.
Lemon icing
Powdered sugar
Lemon juice
Tiny bit of oil
With all that is happening in the world and with the economy I feel strongly that if you have not done anything thus far, this lesson on meal planning is very important. If you don’t have the basics yet at least try to get a few months supply of the things your family will eat. If you do have the basics use these ideas to make your storage more exciting for your family. Make this a matter of prayer. Please.>> We have finished up the second level needs of food storage. I have tried to walk through these slowly enough, so that hopefully you have been able to start accumulating needed items without being too overwhelmed by the "whole" of it.>> Next week we will start discussing the third level which includes canned goods, dried foods and other items that will make the food you store more of your normal diet.>> It is good and advised to have 3 months of “regular” food to get through an immediate crisis. The kids will tolerate this better at first while you work in more slowly to the long term storage.>> Again, the reason we are advised to store wheat, beans, etc. is because life and health can be maintained with the basic foods and it is much cheaper. Once you start adding other things to the basics, you will have a solid years worth of food that your family will be more comfortable eating.>> Before next week, I would like to ask you to figure out 10 meals that you can eat and decide what you need to acquire for that meal. Multiply by three and you have a month (30 days). Multiply by 3 again and you have 3 months.>> I know it is hard to come up with meal ideas. If you have some ideas for even a few meals, would you mind sharing so I can send it out to the group? Many times others ideas can be a springboard for our own.>> Heavenly Father will help you with this!>> If in fact you had to live on these meals eating them every 10 days –it wouldn’t take very long to figure out how to change them around for variety–but if you have acquired what you need for those meals, you would have what you need to do that!>> For example, to keep it simple we will work with figures for one meal.>> Let’s say you have chosen taco’s for one of your meals.>> This is what we would need for a basic taco:>> Tortilla Shells>> Taco Meat>> Cheese>> Lettuce>> Other extra’s that your family uses>> Let’s go with this taco recipe for the sake of figuring this out.>> (This is very filling for a family of 6)>> I need to mention before we begin this, the dry beans that you soak and prepare yourself are much cheaper than buying canned beans. The canned ones are very convenient and would be wonderful to have in addition to your dried beans. I am using the canned variety to help aid in this week’s discussion.>> Taco Meat>> 1 can kidney beans>> 1 can refried beans>> 1 taco seasoning mix (Or 1 ½ tablespoon, I buy my seasonings bulk at Sam’s because it is tons cheaper.)>> 1 lb hamburger (opt) (I also have put whole wheat kernels that have been soaked in this as a replacement or expander.)>> *****Important to note, if you mix wheat and beans together you have a complete protein and don’t need meat.>> Tortilla Shells>> We should have everything we need in the basic things we have already talked about to make these. (Or you could buy enough for 3 months, just watch the pull dates).>> Cheese>> You have powdered milk in your storage and can make cheese. You can store powdered cheese or you might also grate and freeze it.>> Lettuce>> Unless it is summer and you have this in your garden you will need to use sprouts for this. Remember the herb garden?>> If I want to have tacos once a week for 3 months this is what you will need in addition to the basic things we have already discussed:>> 12 cans of Kidney Beans (½ case)>> 12 Cans Refried Beans (½ case)>> 12 packages Taco Seasoning (1 lb is about $5.00 and is enough for a years’ worth)>> 12 jars salsa (opt.) (cannery item!!)>> I am including a couple of other examples of meal planning I have received. These will be by attachment and are very comprehensive.>> Challenge for the week:>> Decide on 10 meals that your family likes>> Put a paper on your fridge and write down everything you use for this week. Make particular notice what you are using that you are getting from a grocery store from week to week.>> Sources used for this information: Ezra Taft Benson Publication- BYU, Provo Utah
10x10 (ten meals of each, buy 10x each ingredient)
(This makes 100 dinners for a 3 month supply for 6 people. If you want to start small just divide ingredients by 10 and you have a 10 day meal plan.)
Here is my 10x10 menu. I have not added side dishes. I store plenty of frozen and canned fruits and veggies and have a small garden so I can add fresh salads or fresh vegetables or fruits. I have more than a 3 month supply frozen and canned. I have a family of 6 still at home, so the amounts I have at the bottom of the menu will feed 6. I also use convenience foods where possible. I have health issues, so I want to make sure my meals will be easy for me or my kids to prepare. However, I do take into account making my own chili and pressure canning it. I have it down below both with ingredients (starting with ground beef) or to buy the cans of chili. You don’t need to do both.
Spaghetti – noodles, sauce
Chicken fajitas – tortilla’s, chicken, peppers, onions, (peppers and onions are lightly sautéed, then frozen in meal size packets, salsa
Chili – ground beef, beans, tomatoes, onions, spices
Sweet & sour meatballs – meatballs, pineapple, peppers, onions (prepared as for fajitas), tomato soup, vinegar, brown sugar
Garbage (a family favorite Mexican casserole) – Frito’s, chili, ground beef, enchilada sauce, cheddar cheese
Chicken cordon bleu – chicken, ham, Swiss cheese
Burritos/soft taco’s – tortilla’s, refried beans, ground beef, cheese, salsa, lettuce and tomatoes if available
Hamburgers/hotdogs – hamburgers, hot dogs, buns, cheese, pickles, relish, ketchup, mustard
Pizza – pizza dough, pizza sauce, mozzarella cheese, toppings (pepperoni, olives, mushrooms)
Ravioli – frozen ravioli, spaghetti sauce or olive oil based sauce makings
Shopping list
10 lbs. spaghetti noodles
25 jars spaghetti sauce (10 for spaghetti, 10 for pizza sauce, 5 for ravioli)
20 doz. Tortilla’s or make from stored flour
110 pieces boneless skinless chicken thighs
40 peppers (this is a guestimate!)
30 onions (this is a guestimate!)
10 jars salsa
30 lbs ground beef
3 #10 cans diced tomatoes
Pinto or kidney beans, or
30 cans chili
360 meatballs
10 cans pineapple chunks
10 cans tomato soup
1 gallon vinegar
1 lb. brown sugar (I actually don’t have this on my list since I have my years supply. But if you don’t store brown sugar you will need to buy some)
10 bags Frito’s
10 pkg. enchilada sauce mix
10 cans tomato sauce (or buy your enchilada sauce already made or use your own spices)
10 lbs. shredded cheddar cheese
80 thin slices ham
80 slices Swiss cheese
80 hamburgers
80 hotdogs
Make buns from stored flour
10 lbs. mozzarella cheese (I may need more)
5 lbs. pepperoni
Cans of olives, mushrooms or other toppings
400 frozen ravioli
10 cups olive oil (2 ½ quarts)
Garlic
Spices and seasonings as needed
Here is another terrific menu plan.
Food Storage Trial Month
Our family set the goal to live off of our food storage for an entire month including all meals, snacks, and desserts. We did not purchase any food items from the store, except for outside food assignments i.e.: relief society, scout treats, etc… We also put our freezer off limits. The only meats, fruits and vegetables we had were our canned goods. We used only powdered milk and dried eggs in our baking. We did however end up using margarine and butter. There were 5 days that we did not follow our rules (birthday, dinner appointments, etc.) Other than those days we were able to successfully stay alive and still enjoy life – believe it or not! I encourage you all to give it a try. You will gain a lot of confidence and peace knowing you really can live on food storage.
Included in this packet are the menus that we used, as well as a detailed list of food items and the quantities used during the month. I have also included the recipes for each of the menu items.
Kristy Broadbent
MenusBreakfast (15)
Blender Pancakes (1)
Pancakes (2)
Oatmeal/Toast (4)
Cocoa-Toast (4)
Waffles (3)
Blueberry Muffin Mix/Canned Fruit (1)
Fruit Cocktail Cake/Hot Chocolate (1)
Sweet Rolls/Hot Chocolate (2)
Scones (1)
Coffee Cake/Canned Fruit (1)
Crepes (1)
Breakfast Burrito (1)
Oatmeal Muffins (1)
Homemade Blueberry Muffins/Canned Fruit (1)
Jiffy Muffins/Canned Fruit (2)
*All items were made from scratch except Jiffy muffins and the Blueberry muffin mix. Powdered milk and powdered egg were used in all items.
*We often served Tang and Bottled Apple Juice with our Breakfasts
*Jam and Honey were served with toast and scones.
*Syrup was served with pancakes and waffles.
*We also used butter/margarine.Lunch (5)
Tuna Sandwich on whole wheat bread
Peanut Butter and Jelly on whole wheat bread
Chicken Sandwich on whole wheat bread
2 Different varieties of Campbell’s soup (Veg Beef, Chicken Noodle)
Ramen Noodles
*Tuna and chicken sandwiches were mixed with mayonnaise and were made with the canned chicken and canned tuna.
*All lunches included a serving of one of the following: canned peaches, pears, applesauce, Jell-O, pudding or dried apples.
*All lunches included one of the following desserts: chocolate chip cookie, brownie, pumpkin cookie, cake mix cookie.
*Lunches containing soup also had a whole wheat roll with them.
Dinners (26)
Spaghetti/Sauce/Roll/Green Beans
Chicken Noodle Soup/Roll
Homemade Chili/Raspberry cornbread muffins
Bean Quesadillas
BBQ Hawaiian Chicken/White Rice/Canned Corn/Roll
Fried Rice/Fruit Cocktail
Macaroni & Cheese with Spam/Green beans/Roll
Bean Burrito Enchiladas/Canned corn/Jell-O
Tuna Melts/Pork & Beans
Crock pot Tacos/Tortillas/Canned Fruit
Chicken Teriyaki/Rice/Canned Pineapple Chunks/Roll
Homemade Chicken and Noodles/Potato Pearls/Roll/Green Beans
Tuna Noodle Casserole/Canned corn/Roll
BBQ Chicken Sandwich/Canned Pineapple chunks
Chicken Minestrone Soup/Rolls/Fruit Cocktail Jell-O
Black Bean Soup with Chicken/Tortillas
Sloppy Joes on Bun
Navajo Taco/hominy
Chicken Stroganoff/Rice/Green beans/Roll
Shepherds Pie/Rolls/Corn
Chicken and Dumplings/Banking Powder Biscuits
Tortilla Soup/Homemade tortilla chips/Jell-O
Canned Chili from Cannery/Jiffy Muffins
Chicken Tacos
Cracker Soup/Baking Powder Biscuits
Chicken Alfredo/noodles, canned corn and beansDesserts (8)
Apple Crisp
Apple Pie
Chocolate Cupcakes/frosting
Date Cake
Ugly Duckling Pudding Cake
S’mores
No Bake cookies
Lemon Bunt Cake
Snacks (7)
Toast/Honey, Jam
Popcorn
Graham Crackers/Applesauce
Granola Bars
Pumpkin Apple Muffins
Kool-aid popsicles
Tang/Gatorade mix
Food
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QuantitiesCanned Goods
1 can garbanzo beans
1 can kidney beans
1 can chicken gumbo soup
2 cans black beans
1 can hominy
2 cans pork and beans
2 cans canned chili
2 cans Hunts spaghetti sauce
9 cans green beans
6 cans corn
9 cans Family Size Campbell’s Soup
10 cans Tuna fish
10 cans cream of chicken soup
2 cans cream of mushroom soup
4 cans refried beans
15 cans canned chicken
3 cans spam
2 cans mushrooms
4 cans tomato sauce
3 cans diced tomatoes
6 large cans pears
2 cans pineapple chunks
5 cans fruit cocktail
6 cans mandarin oranges
6 large cans peaches
1 can blueberries
8 cans applesauce
2 cans pumpkin
1 quart canned pintos
3 quarts canned tomatoes
1 bottle Alfredo saucePackaged Items
10 cups hot chocolate powder
6 Jiffy muffin mixes
2 Jiffy cornbread mixes
2 blocks Velveeta
2 packages egg noodles
1 box graham crackers
1 package marshmallows
3 packages chocolate chips
10 packages kool-aid
8 boxes Jell-O
10 packages microwave popcorn
2 boxes instant oatmeal packets
2 cans frosting (1 white, 1 chocolate)
10 packages ramen noodles
1 package Italian dressing seasoning
5 boxes chocolate pudding
1 box lemon pudding
2 boxes granola bars
4 cake mixes (2 lemon, 1 yellow, 1 chocolate)
1 box dates
Baking Items
24 cups sugar
40 cups white flour
11 cans wheat
1 ½ cup cornmeal
3 cups brown sugar
4 cups shortening
6 cups margarine
75 Tbsp. powdered eggs
20 cups powdered milk
2 cups powdered sugar
13 cups oil
20 Tbsp Baking Powder
8 tsp baking soda
6 tsp vanilla
1 cup baking cocoa
3 cups walnuts
1 can evaporated milk
2 cups coconut
22 Tbsp Yeast
17 Tbsp salt
30 Tbsp Gluten
20 Tbsp Dough Enhancer
Misc.
1 large tub peanut butter
3 pints jam
½ gallon honey
1 gallon maple syrup
3 bottles apple juice
Tang
Gatorade
3 cups mayo
4 cups BBQ sauce
1 cup soy sauce
4 cups macaroni noodles
12 cups white rice
5 cups oatmeal
3 cups Blueberry Muffin mix
4 cups salsa
1 cup Ketchup
2 cups dried carrots
2 ½ cups dry black beans
1 ½ cans dried apples
6 cups potato pearls
½ can spaghetti noodles
1 Tbsp mustard
Spices
2 tsp celery salt
1 Tbsp pumpkin pie spice
15 tsp cinnamon
2 tsp nutmeg
1 tsp ginger
½ cup molasses
6 tsp garlic powder
4 tsp parsley
4 Tbsp chili powder
4 tsp cumin
3 Tbsp vinegar
3 cups dried onion
40 chicken bouillon cubes
1 beef bouillon cube
Lemon juice
RecipesBreakfast Menus
Note: All recipes that called for milk and eggs were substituted with powdered milk and powdered eggs.
Blender Pancakes
Liquefy in Blender
1 ½ cups mild
¾ cup whole wheat kernels
Add:
3 heaping Tbsp cornmeal
1 heaping Tbsp brown sugar
2 eggs
½ stick margarine cut in small pieces
Liquefy 30 seconds
Add: 1 heaping Tbsp Rumford Baking Powder
Switch blender on and off just enough to blend in baking powder. Let rise to the top of blender before pouring onto griddle.
Pancakes
Mix in bowl:
1 cup milk
1 beaten egg
2 Tbsp salad oil
Stir into liquid ingredients:
1 cup whole wheat flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
1 Tbsp sugar
½ tsp salt
Cook on hot griddle. I usually double or triple this recipe for my family.
Oatmeal/Toast
Quaker Instant Oatmeal PacketsWhole Wheat Bread
10 kernels wheat
6 cups warm water
3 Tbsp Saf yeast
2 Tbsp salt
3 Tbsp gluten
2 Tbsp dough enhancer
½ cup oil
½ cup honey
Freshly grind wheat into flour. Add water and several cups of freshly ground whole wheat flour to Bosch mixing bowl with dough hook in place. Mix using a few short bursts of the spring loaded jogging switch (M). Add the salt, honey, oil, dough enhancer, gluten and instant yeast and jog briefly. While the Bosch is kneading at speed one, slowly add whole wheat flour until dough pulls away from the side of the mixing bowl. This normally will take most of the flour you have ground. It is better to add too little flour than too much flour. Allow the Bosch to knead the dough for 8 minutes on speed 2. Turn oven on to preheat to 170. Shape into loaves and place in pans already greased. Turn the oven off. Put the loaves in the warm oven to rise until double in size (approx. 20 minutes). When the loaves are double in size set oven to 350 and turn it on (leave the loaves in the oven). Bake for 25-30 minutes. When loaves are done, immediately remove from pans and let cool on rack. Wipe the top of the loaves with water.
Waffles
Mix in bowl:
2 cups milk
2 eggs beaten
½ cup oil
Add to liquid ingredients and stir until moistened:
2 cups whole wheat flour
4 tsp baking powder
¾ tsp salt
2 Tbsp sugar
These are to die for!!!
Blueberry Muffin Mix
Purchased at Allison’s Pantry (Rainy Day Foods)
All you need to add is water
Fruit Cocktail Cake
Cream:
1 cup sugar
2 Tbsp shortening
Add and mix well:
1 can fruit cocktail
½ tsp salt
1 tsp soda
1 ½ cup flour
Combine and sprinkle on top of batter:
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup walnuts
Sweet Rolls
1 used ¼ of the whole wheat bread recipe. Roll dough into a rectangle shape. Pour ½ cup melted butter on dough. Sprinkle heavily with cinnamon and sugar (1 cup sugar, 1 Tbsp cinnamon). Fold dough over in half, cup in strips and twist in a knot. Place in greased cookie sheet and let rise just slightly. Bake at 400 degrees for 12-15 minutes or until light brown. Frost with thin powdered sugar frosting or store bought cream cheese frosting. Top with finely chopped nuts.
Scones
¼ of the whole wheat bread recipe. Let the dough rise slightly. Shape dough into small balls and stretch out into scone shape. Fry in hot oil and serve with butter/honey or butter/jam.
Coffee Cake
In bowl stir together:
1 ½ cup flour
¾ cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
¼ tsp salt
In another bowl stir together:
1 beaten egg
½ cup milk
¼ cup oil
Add the above to the flour mixture. Mix well. Stir in ¾ cup raisins or semisweet chocolate pieces. Pour into a greased 9x9x2 baking pan. Combine 2 Tbsp brown sugar, 1 Tbsp flour, and 1 tsp cinnamon; cut in 1 Tbsp margarine till crumbly. Stir in ½ cup chopped nuts. Sprinkle over batter. Bake in a 375 oven for 30 minutes or till a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
Crepes
(Use with crepe maker)
2 eggs
1 cup flour
¼ tsp salt
2/3 cup milk
2/3 cup water
1 Tbsp cooking oil
Mix in blender. Pour batter onto large plate and cook with crepe maker.
Breakfast burritos
Flour tortillas
Cooked rice
Scrambled eggs
Diced, fried, spam
Velveeta Cheese (melted)
Mix rice, eggs, spam and cheese together. Roll in flour tortilla. Dip in ketchup or salsa.
Flour Tortillas
Mix:
1/3 cup canola oil
2 cups whole wheat flour
1 cup warm water
1 cup white flour
1 tsp salt
Put in Bosch mixer and mix for 5-8 minutes. Cover tightly and let rest for 30 minutes to 2 hours. Roll balls the size of silver dollars. Then roll that dough into tortilla shape. Cook on flat skillet.
Oatmeal Muffins
Mix and make a well in the middle:
1 cup flour
1 cup oatmeal
½ cup sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp cinnamon
½ tsp salt
Add and stir until barely moistened:
2/3 cup milk
1/3 cup oil
1 egg
Add if desired:
Craisins or raisins
Spoon into greased muffin tin. Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
Homemade Blueberry Muffins
Stir together and make a well in the center:
1 ½ cup flour
¼ cup sugar
2 ½ tsp baking powder
¾ tsp salt
Combine and add to dry ingredients. Stir together just until moist:
1 egg beaten
¾ cup milk
1/3 cup oil
Fold in one can drained blueberries.
Bake in greased muffin tins at 400 degrees for 25 minutes. Makes 12
Dinner Menus
Spaghetti
Hunts Spaghetti sauce from the can
Chicken Noodle Soup
Bring to a boil
10 cups water
10 chicken bouillon cubes
2 cans cream of chicken soup
½ tsp garlic powder
2 Tbsp parsley
Pepper
¼ cup dried onion
½ cup dried carrots
Add:
1 can chicken
3 cups egg noodles
Cook until noodles are tender. You can add more or less water or more or less noodles depending on how thick you like it. Adjust the spices to your taste also.
*Note: I never measure the water, etc on this recipe – I just throw it in!
Rolls
Whole wheat bread recipe (found under breakfast menus).
Homemade Chili
Stir together in pan:
¼ Tbsp flour
1 Tbsp chili powder
1 tsp salt
¼ tsp pepper
¼ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp cumin
Add:
1 quart canned pinto beans, do not drain
1 pint tomato juice
1 pint water
Bring to a boil and then turn down to simmer.
Raspberry Cornbread Muffins
3 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 cup cornmeal
2 Tbsp baking powder
1 ½ tsp salt
1 ½ cup milk
½ lb. melted butter (cooled)
2 large eggs
¾ cup raspberry jam
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line 12 large muffin cups with paper liner. Mix flour, sugar, cornmeal, baking powder and salt. In a separate bowl combine the milk, butter and eggs. Pour wet ingredients into dry ingredients and stir until just blended. Spoon the batter into the paper liners, filling each one to the top. Bake for 30 minutes until the tops are crisp and a toothpick comes out clean. Cool slightly and remove from pan. After the muffins cool, spoon the raspberry jam into a pastry bag fitted with a large round tip. Push the tip of the bag through the top of the muffin and squeeze 1-2 Tbsp of jam into the middle.
Bean Quesadillas
Flour Tortillas (recipe under Breakfast Menus)
Refried Beans
Salsa
Velveeta Cheese
Mix refried beans and Velveeta until hot and bubbly. Spread onto flour tortilla. Top with another Tortilla. Cook in skillet, turning once. Cut into quarters and dip in salsa.
BBQ Hawaiian Chicken
2 cans chicken
1 can crushed pineapple-do not drain
Bulls Eye BBQ Sauce
Mix in sauce pan till hot and bubble. Serve over rice or on a toasted bun.
Fried Rice
6 cups cooked white or brown rice
1 large can mushrooms, drained and chopped
¼ cup dried onion
9 scrambled eggs
1 can diced cooked spam
Soy Sauce
Sauté onions and mushrooms in a little bit of oil. Add cooked spam and scrambled eggs. Mix with cooked rice. Add desired amount of soy sauce. Yes, the dried eggs worked great in this recipe.
Macaroni and Cheese with Spam
Boil desired amount of macaroni, drain. Add desired amount of Velveeta cheese with a little bit of milk. Add cooked, diced spam and stir together. We like ours with lots of cheese and lot of milk.
Bean Burrito Enchiladas
Make bean burritos (tortillas, refried beans, Velveeta cheese) – enough to fill a 9x9 inch pan.
Mix together in sauce pan, mixing margarine and flour first:
2 Tbsp margarine
3 Tbsp flour
1 ¾ cup water
1 8oz can tomato sauce
1 ½ tsp chili powder
1 beef bouillon cube
½ tsp salt
Pour sauce over burritos and top with Velveeta cheese. Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes. Top with canned diced tomatoes (drained) and chopped olives.
Tuna Melts
Tuna fish mixed with mayonnaise
Velveeta cheese
Whole Wheat bread (spread margarine on each top and bottom piece)
Mix tuna fish and spread on bread. Slice Velveeta and put on top of tuna fish. Top with another slice of bread and grill on a skillet.
Crock Pot Tacos
1 can chicken
2 cans corn, drained
2 cans black beans, drained
1-2 cups salsa
Cook in crock pot for 3-4 hours. Spoon mixture into flour tortillas (recipe under breakfast menus) and top with olives and canned diced tomatoes. We also like to add a little bit of cooked rice to the bottom of our tortillas. You can also top with melted Velveeta cheese.
Chicken Teriyaki
2 can chicken
1 can crushed pineapple
Teriyaki sauce
Combine in sauce pan and simmer for awhile. Spoon over hot steamed rice or a toasted whole wheat bun.
Homemade Chicken and Noodles
2 eggs
1 tsp salt
4 Tbsp milk
2 cups flour
Mix dough (will be very stiff) and then roll into a thin rectangle. Roll up rectangle dough and cut into long noodles. Unwind noodles and coat with plenty of flour. Meanwhile mix 8-10 cups water with 10 chicken bouillon cubes, ¼ cup dried onion, ½ tsp garlic salt, and 1 can cream of chicken soup (cans if you like it thicker.) Bring to a boil. Drop in noodles and cook for about 10 minutes at a slow boil. We serve this over potato pearls. These homemade noodles work great for chicken noodle soup also.
*Note: I don’t measure in this recipe – I just dump it all in 0 I think this is fairly close to what I do – if not just adjust it to your liking.
Tuna Noodle Casserole
Cook 3 cups medium noodles
Add the following:
2 can tuna fish drained
1 can cream of mushroom soup
½ cup mayo
½ - 1 cup Velveeta cheese
¼ cup cooked dried carrots (boil them when you boil your noodles)
½ cup milk
Stir everything together and bake in oven till hot and bubbly.
Chicken Minestrone Soup
1 quart water
1 can chicken
¼ cup dried onion
½ tsp garlic powder
½ tsp basil
Salt and pepper to taste
1 quart whole tomatoes
2 cans (8 oz) tomato sauce
3 chicken bouillon cubes
Simmer above for 1-2 hours
½ hour before serving add:
1 can undrained garbanzo beans
1 cup broken spaghetti
¼ cup dried carrots
1 can drained green beans
1 can drained kidney beans
Continue cooking until pasta is doneBlack Bean Soup
Add and soak overnight:
2 ½ cup dry black beans
6 cups water
After beans have soaked overnight, drain off the water and rinse them.
Sauté in stock pot:
3 Tbsp olive oil
2 chopped onions or (1/3 cup minced onion)
3 cloves garlic or (3/4 tsp minced garlic)
6 stalks celery, chopped or (2 tsp celery seed – salt)
Add and simmer for 2-3 hours:
Beans
2 cups water
8 cups chicken broth
2 tsp cumin
½ tsp cayenne pepper
Blend soup in blender till it is pureed. Pour puree soup back into stock pot and add:
3 Tbsp vinegar
2 Tbsp soy sauce
½ tsp black pepper
When I made this for our food storage month, I used dried onion instead of fresh and I did not use celery, instead I used a couple teaspoons of celery salt. It was just fine. We topped the soup with canned chicken, slice olives, and canned, drained diced tomatoes. Serve with warm tortillas.
Sloppy Joes
1 cup cooked cracked wheat
¼ cup dried onion
1 can chicken gumbo soup
8 oz can tomato sauce
1 Tbsp mustard
2 Tbsp ketchup
2 Tbsp chili powder
Add all ingredients to a sauce pan and simmer for 1 hour. Serve on a whole wheat toasted bun. Use hamburger instead of wheat if you are not living strictly on food storage. I’ve heard the canned ground beef is excellent also.
Navajo Tacos
6 cups flour
1/3 cup sugar
1 Tbsp salt
2 Tbsp baking powder
½ cup powdered milk
2 ¾ cup warm water
Cooking oil
Mix dry ingredients together. Add about 2 cup of water, mix and add more water as needed. Put on a floured board and knead a few minutes. Pull off small balls of dough and stretch flat. Fry in hot oil until golden brown. Top with homemade chili, diced tomatoes, olives, etc. If you’re not living strictly off food storage, these are great with lettuce, cheese, sour cream, guacamole, and green onions.
Chicken Stroganoff
1 can chicken
2 cans cream of chicken soup
½ packet Italian dressing seasoning mix
Heat until hot and bubbly and serve over hot steamed rice or hot noodles.
Shepherds Pie
1 can chicken
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can green beans, drained
Potato pearls
Velveeta cheese
Heat until bubbly. Put in casserole Pan. Spread with prepared potato pearls and top with sliced Velveeta cheese. Bake in 350 oven for 45 minutes or until hot and bubbly.
Chicken and Dumplings
Beat with a fork:
3 eggs
½ tsp salt
Add and stir:
3 Tbsp to ¼ cup milk
1 ½ cup flour
Stir in flour until mixture becomes a glossy finish. Will be stiff but still sticky and wet looking. Dip a clean spoon into the boiling broth and then scoop up a spoonful of dumplings and drip off into the boiling broth. Boil about 10 minutes.
Broth
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 can chicken
Chicken broth (approx. 8-10 cups)
Garlic powder to taste
2 tbsp dried onion
*Note – I never measure in this recipe – I just dump it all in. I think these are kind of close approximations to what I usually do – I hope!
Baking Powder Biscuits
Stir together:
2 cups flour
1 Tbsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
Cut into dry ingredients:
¼ cup shortening
Stir into dry ingredients:
1 cup milk
Drop by spoonfuls onto greased cookie sheet. Bake at 450 for 10-12 minutes. If you want to have smooth biscuits, decrease milk to ¾ cup. Knead 10-12 strokes. Roll ½ inch thick and cut.
Tortilla Soup
1 can chicken
2 cans chix broth
1 cup cooked rice
1 tsp ground cumin
1 can corn
1 cup salsa
1 Tbsp dried cilantro
2 Tbsp lime juice
Homemade tortilla chips (cut homemade tortillas into strips or triangles and bake in oven till crispy. Add all ingredients together and simmer. Serve over homemade chips.
Chicken Tacos
Heat in saucepan:
2 cans refried beans
1 can chicken
2 Tbsp taco seasoning
1 cup salsa
Chunk of Velveeta cheese
Spoon mixture into tortillas and roll up.
Cracker Soup
1 can chicken or canned ground beef
¼ cup dried onion
1 can corn, drained
1-2 cups macaroni, cooked
V-8 juice (add to desired consistency)
Heat and simmer
Chicken Alfredo
1 can Alfredo sauce
1 can chicken
Cooked hot noodles
Heat Alfredo sauce and chicken till hot. Spoon over hot noodles.
Dessert Menus
Apple Crisp
1 cup oats
½ cup flour
½ cup brown sugar
¼ tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
½ cup margarine
4 cups sliced apples (dried from the cannery and reconstituted)
Mix the first 6 ingredients, cutting in the margarine. Sprinkle on top of apples in an 8x8 pan. Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees.
Apple Pie
Crust
Mix:
6 cups flour
½ cup margarine
2 cups shortening
Add:
1 cup milk & 1 Tbsp lemon juice (mixed)
2 Tbsp oil
1 tsp salt
½ tsp baking powder
Mix and slightly knead. Roll into pie crusts. This recipe can be frozen. Place a ball of dough the size of one crust in a plastic bag and freeze. Thaw at room temperature. Roll out and bake. Yields: 6 crusts or 3 double crusted pies.
Filling
6 cups apples (dried from the cannery and reconstituted)
¾ cup sugar
2 Tbsp flour
1 tsp cinnamon
Mix all ingredients together. Spoon into pie crust. Place second crust over apples, seal edges and poke holes in top crust. Bake 50 minutes at 400 degrees.
Chocolate Cupcakes/Frosting
Made from a chocolate cake mix with store bought frosting
Date Cake
Combine and set aside to cool
1 cup chopped dates
1 tsp soda
1 ½ cup boiling water
Cream:
1 ¼ cup sugar
½ cup shortening
Add and blend well:
2 eggs
Date mixture from above
Add and beat well:
2 cups flour
¾ tsp soda
¾ tsp salt
Pour above ingredients into a 9x13 greased cake pan. Combine 2 cup chocolate chips, ½ cup brown sugar, and ½ cup chopped nuts and sprinkle on top of cake batter. Bake at 325 for 40-45 minutes.
S’mores
Graham crackers
Marshmallows
Chocolate Chips
Heat 1 large marshmallow on top of a ½ of graham cracker in the microwave.
Place chocolate chips in warm marshmallow. Top with another ½ of a graham cracker.
Ugly Duckling Pudding Cake
1 pkg. yellow cake mix
1 pkg. Jell-O lemon instant pudding (4 servings)
1 can fruit cocktail, including syrup
1 cup coconut
4 eggs
¼ cup oil
½ cup firmly packed brown sugar
½ cup chopped nuts
Blend all ingredients except brown sugar and nuts in a large bowl. Beat 4 minutes at medium speed. Pour into greased and floured 9x13 pan. Sprinkle with brown sugar and nuts. Bake 325 for 45 minutes until cake springs back when lightly pressed and pulls away from sides of pan (do not under bake).
Cool in pan 15 minutes. Spoon hot butter glaze over warm cake.
Butter Glaze:
½ cup butter
½ cup sugar
½ cup evaporated milk
Combine in sauce pan. Boil 2 minutes. Stir in 1 ½ cup coconut.
No Bake Cookies
Combine in saucepan and bring to a full boil for 1 minute. Take off heat
2 cups sugar
½ cup milk
½ cup butter or margarine
Add and stir until smooth:
1 tsp vanilla
1 cup peanut butter
Add and mix well:
3 cups quick oats
Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper. Let cool. For chocolate cookies add ¼ cup cocoa.
Lemon Bunt Cake
1 lemon cake mix baked in a bunt pan. While cake is still warm drizzle cake with lemon icing.
Lemon icing
Powdered sugar
Lemon juice
Tiny bit of oil
With all that is happening in the world and with the economy I feel strongly that if you have not done anything thus far, this lesson on meal planning is very important. If you don’t have the basics yet at least try to get a few months supply of the things your family will eat. If you do have the basics use these ideas to make your storage more exciting for your family. Make this a matter of prayer. Please.>> We have finished up the second level needs of food storage. I have tried to walk through these slowly enough, so that hopefully you have been able to start accumulating needed items without being too overwhelmed by the "whole" of it.>> Next week we will start discussing the third level which includes canned goods, dried foods and other items that will make the food you store more of your normal diet.>> It is good and advised to have 3 months of “regular” food to get through an immediate crisis. The kids will tolerate this better at first while you work in more slowly to the long term storage.>> Again, the reason we are advised to store wheat, beans, etc. is because life and health can be maintained with the basic foods and it is much cheaper. Once you start adding other things to the basics, you will have a solid years worth of food that your family will be more comfortable eating.>> Before next week, I would like to ask you to figure out 10 meals that you can eat and decide what you need to acquire for that meal. Multiply by three and you have a month (30 days). Multiply by 3 again and you have 3 months.>> I know it is hard to come up with meal ideas. If you have some ideas for even a few meals, would you mind sharing so I can send it out to the group? Many times others ideas can be a springboard for our own.>> Heavenly Father will help you with this!>> If in fact you had to live on these meals eating them every 10 days –it wouldn’t take very long to figure out how to change them around for variety–but if you have acquired what you need for those meals, you would have what you need to do that!>> For example, to keep it simple we will work with figures for one meal.>> Let’s say you have chosen taco’s for one of your meals.>> This is what we would need for a basic taco:>> Tortilla Shells>> Taco Meat>> Cheese>> Lettuce>> Other extra’s that your family uses>> Let’s go with this taco recipe for the sake of figuring this out.>> (This is very filling for a family of 6)>> I need to mention before we begin this, the dry beans that you soak and prepare yourself are much cheaper than buying canned beans. The canned ones are very convenient and would be wonderful to have in addition to your dried beans. I am using the canned variety to help aid in this week’s discussion.>> Taco Meat>> 1 can kidney beans>> 1 can refried beans>> 1 taco seasoning mix (Or 1 ½ tablespoon, I buy my seasonings bulk at Sam’s because it is tons cheaper.)>> 1 lb hamburger (opt) (I also have put whole wheat kernels that have been soaked in this as a replacement or expander.)>> *****Important to note, if you mix wheat and beans together you have a complete protein and don’t need meat.>> Tortilla Shells>> We should have everything we need in the basic things we have already talked about to make these. (Or you could buy enough for 3 months, just watch the pull dates).>> Cheese>> You have powdered milk in your storage and can make cheese. You can store powdered cheese or you might also grate and freeze it.>> Lettuce>> Unless it is summer and you have this in your garden you will need to use sprouts for this. Remember the herb garden?>> If I want to have tacos once a week for 3 months this is what you will need in addition to the basic things we have already discussed:>> 12 cans of Kidney Beans (½ case)>> 12 Cans Refried Beans (½ case)>> 12 packages Taco Seasoning (1 lb is about $5.00 and is enough for a years’ worth)>> 12 jars salsa (opt.) (cannery item!!)>> I am including a couple of other examples of meal planning I have received. These will be by attachment and are very comprehensive.>> Challenge for the week:>> Decide on 10 meals that your family likes>> Put a paper on your fridge and write down everything you use for this week. Make particular notice what you are using that you are getting from a grocery store from week to week.>> Sources used for this information: Ezra Taft Benson Publication- BYU, Provo Utah
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