20 Simple Everyday Food Storage Items

20 Simple Everyday Food Storage Items

Biggest rule of food Storage-
“Buy what you eat and eat what you buy”


1. Soups *Soup and Sandwich once a week- helps rotate stock
2. Canned Meats
3. Pasta, Sauces, Tomatoes
4. Packaged Rice and Noodle Mixes
* To keep rice from becoming sticky-
Cook rice like pasta. Cook until tender. Drain and Rinse. Reheat in Microwave
5. Peanut Butter and Jelly
6. Wheat and Wheat Grinder
7. Oils
8. Sugar and Honey
9. Dry Beans
10. Dried Potatoes
11. Dry Milk *Cook with it instead of fresh milk- helps rotate stock
12. Salt
13. Bisquick and Baking Mixes
14. Bouillon
15. Corn Meal or Cornbread Mix
16. Nuts
17. Crackers * Cheese and Crackers for Snacks and/or Appetizer - helps rotate stock
18. Canned Potatoes
19. Jar Gravy
20. Boxed Cereal

My Summer Kitchen

This is what my Kitchen looks like right now......

I am canning and dehydrating.......

Cooling freshly canned jars of Salsa and Pickled Peppers

Dirty Dishes stacked up waiting for the Dishwasher to be unloaded

The tomatoes I didn't use to make the Salsa

Homemade Bread and

What is left.......will make a veggie tray for snacking tomorrow

So far this year:
Canned
Strawberry Jam
Dilly Beans
Dill Pickles
Pickled Peppers
Salsa

Dehydrated:
Grape Tomatoes
Peppers
Peaches
Mangos

Bananas

Frozen:
Onions
Carrots

Canning Classes

Upcoming Canning Classes at Carriage Hill Metro Park. They are free, but you must register.

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3980 Canning Club: Vegetables
Sat
08-15-2009 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Daniel Arnold House
Carriage Hill MetroPark

3981 Canning Club: Fruits
Sat
09-19-2009 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Daniel Arnold House
Carriage Hill MetroPark

3982 Canning Club: End of Season Harvest
Sat
10-17-2009 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Daniel Arnold House
Carriage Hill MetroPark

3983 Canning Club: Butters
Sat
11-14-2009 10:00AM - 1:00PM
Daniel Arnold House
Carriage Hill MetroPark

Home Preservation Series- Freeze your Harvest

Home Preservation Series- Freeze your Harvest

Five Rivers Metroparks
Dayton, OH
Date: Sunday, July 26, 2009
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: Possum Creek Metropark
4790 Frytown Rd. Dayton, Ohio

My Husband is a HAM

Matt recently completed the Technician Course for Amateur Radio Operation and passed his test. He is officially a HAM!

He thought it would be a good idea for us to get our license for HAM Operation. In a end of the world as we know it situation this will be a way to communicate and to get information.

I will be starting classes next week so I can be a HAM too!

My new Kitchen Toy

 EasiYo Yogurt Maker

Healthy, delicious, and easy to make at home, yogurt is a nutritious snack for every member of the family. Create your very own nutritious yogurt--high in levels of live and active cultures that help benefit your immune and digestive systems--with this non-electric yogurt maker. It takes less than one minute to mix the ingredients and start creating your very own yogurt.

I am doing my first batch now. I will let you know how it turns out!

Garden Day 79

Come see who visited the Garden this week

http://mcgathagarden.blogspot.com/

Seven Day Challenge

What is the Seven Day Challenge?

The Seven Day Challenge is going to be a mock disaster that lasts 7 Days in which the bloggers at http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net will be initiating an emergency “fire drill”. Participants will have a chance to test their level of preparedness in a simulated emergency environment. Each day during the Seven Day Challenge participants will receive an email informing them which of their utilities and/or food they will have access to. At the conclusion of the Seven Day Challenge participants will have means to share, discuss, and give feedback on how they could have been “better” prepared.

How to sign up?
You can sign-up online at the Seven Day Challenge page on FoodStorageMadeEasy.NET.

What’s in it for me?
· Opportunity to win a WonderMill Hand Mill for joining and by telling friends
· Participant prizes for completing the challenge
· Tons of learning
· Peace of mind from being prepared

How will I be prepared in time?
Follow the blog http://foodstoragemadeeasy.net and through-out the summer as they will be doing a summer crash course helping you get ready. You can also sign up for FREE CHECKLISTS that get emailed to you every 2 weeks with “to do” items, and “to purchase” lists!

P.S. When signing up, make sure you give credit to Carolyn that passed this along to you by entering her name in the referrer field J. Doing so will give you AND them an entry for the Wonder Junior Deluxe Giveaway!

Garden Day 72

This week at the Garden

http://mcgathagarden.blogspot.com/

Chicago- Wrigley Field and Cubs Game

The famed Wrigley Field

Bob and Matt with some Chicago Cops

The Bar were we had some pre game beers

Wrigley Scoreboard

Waiting for the game to start

PLAY BALL!