“Everything” Chinese Noodles

19 May Everything Fried Chinese Noodles (20)

What a fun recipe!  You’re going to just love this one!  From Lauren Groveman’s Kitchen, these noodles are going to rock your Asian menus in salads, appetizers and main dishes.   Paired with her homemade Duck Sauce (I adapted it here to be pantry friendly) there’s just so many options you can take!

I tried this noodle recipe both fried and baked, both were great although (as with most things) the “fried” flavor and texture is hard for  taste buds to beat.  I’ll keep the fried version for special occasions/ “company is coming” (so I won’t eat the whole batch) and the baked version for everyday “no guilt” enjoyment.  As far as this being a food storage option, baking these is the best way to go (or possibly pan frying) since the deep frying requires way too much oil.

Lastly, I’d highly recommend you stop over and check out Lauren Groveman’s website!  First off, it’s free, which to find such a gem “free” is amazing.  She’s big into making things “homemade” {awesome…that’s what I want!} often using everyday pantry ingredients and even including cooking videos to teach the recipes.  Perfect for anyone trying to learn how to cook from scratch!

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Two great discounts you’ll want to check out quickly!

17 May

What awesome people you are!   Just tonight I got two separate messages from readers wanting to share some great discounts with everyone on two normally high priced “preparedness” items.

#1 — (Thank you Heather!)

Shelf Reliance’s Harvest 72 #10 Shelf on Sale  $229.99

She writes:

“To see the discount you MUST add it to the cart.  For some reason the sale price only shows up when it is in the cart so don’t let the higher price fool you, when you add it to the cart you automatically get the sale price.

Sale ends May 20th or when supplies run out.  (I’m sure they will run out. Be sure to purchase early)  Remember that sale items sometimes take longer to ship then normal.”

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**This shelf normally runs $356.81 (which is marked down on the website from $459.99).  Just to be sure the discount worked I bought my own shelf first (lol, I’ve been wanting one for a long time), which it did.  Yes, you do have to go all the way through the ordering process before you see the discount price but in the end with tax and shipping my total was $268.06, a great price!  I’m  excited to get my new shelf!!

#2– (Thank you Robin!)

You have another chance to get the sun oven package (the one including the sun oven itself) at the discounted price by using the discount code Robin’s group buy is currently using!  She writes:

“”… enter the code OAKHCA and you can get the sun oven at the discounted price until May 28,2012“.

Here’s Sun Oven International’s link for anyone interested in plugging in that discount code!

http://www.sunoven.com/

Homemade Saltine Crackers

17 May Saltine Crackers (16)

How about some saltine crackers to go with your soup??  This recipe is so simple!  With basic ingredients, including just 4 cups of flour, you can make *a lot* of saltines (dare I say, more than comes in the box from the store?) and, unlike store bought, you get to control what goes into them!  For a healthier version, give it a try using oat flour or rye flour in place of half of the all purpose.  If you’re cutting back on salt, top them before baking with a mixture of half salt/half herbs and spices.

Besides the fact that you’ll love them, save money and have another recipe you can make with your food storage (which you can tweek to your liking), I love that with this recipe (once again) “pantry cooking” wins by avoiding partially hydrogenated oils and other shady ingredients found in commercial brands.  Love it, love it, love it!

One last thing (I can’t help myself) and then I’ll get to the recipe.  Please…I’m begging you… get yourself a pasta maker if you don’t have one!  This is another recipe you have to have one for so just do it and get it over with.  You’ll thank me later ;)

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Wheat Meat: Meatless Spaghetti and Meatballs

10 May Wheat Meat (19)

We’re moving into radical food storage territory today!  As a disclaimer, I have to say, if it hadn’t been for my friend Sherida trying this herself first (and having her kids loving it) I probably wouldn’t have believed this would have worked.  So hopefully if this seems like a super crazy idea I can be the same type of guinea pig for you to find the courage to try it.  If you do, you’ll have an added option from your food storage that not only uses up the wheat you’re storing but also saves money at the grocery store and creates healthy “fake your family out” meatless meals.  Wheat meat looks and tastes like meat, it’s the same consistency of meat;  I think you’ll be as surprised as I was!

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Lessons learned

5 May

Recently I was asked by a group trying to collect a “best of” preparedness ideas to submit the top 3 things I’ve learned from cooking with food storage.  It got me thinking, as I wrote it up, that it might be helpful information to those here visiting too.  So today, instead of a recipe, I’m offering instead some “food for thought” from someone who, I assure you, has had plenty of mishaps along the way in cooking with food storage. And it’s no wonder… trying to cook with ingredients and methods that are totally different from what we’re used to equates to a steep learning curve, one that costs money (from thrown away food) and time.  Been there and done that.  Thank goodness it’s been during a time when my family hasn’t depended on the food we store to survive, as I’ve many times ended up calling out for pizza to save dinner the nights recipes have bombed (which explains my family’s support of me in this project :) ).  Anyway, for what it’s worth, here’s my top 3 tips when trying to store food that your family will eat:

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Chicken Burgers

2 May Chicken Burgers (31)

I began this recipe (originally from Food Network) encouraged by the great reviews but still a bit hesitant.  If it worked like it said it did with ground white meat chicken, ground canned chicken should work too.  Still though the chicken mixture itself, as warned in the original recipe, was really wet and I worried whether it would hold together.  ”Forge ahead” the first recipe said. I did and canned chicken or not, it worked!  The only “food storage” adjustment I had to make in cooking was to keep the patties thin since the ending texture was better that way.  To go along with them I found a new homemade bun recipe that everyone liked.

These burgers were a {HUGE} hit, right up there with pizza for how “normal food” tasting they were.  I’m excited to try other ideas by which to build on them!

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Sun Oven discount expires in two days!

30 Apr

I just wanted to post a quick reminder to those of you who subscribe by email and RSS feed, as well as those of you who have just now dropped by, that the sun oven discounts posted on April 12th are good only through this Wed. 5/2!!

If you’re interested in buying a Global Sun Oven itself (or just sun oven accessories) they’ve offered you a great deal.   You should take a minute to look into it!

As a side note, I should mention I’m not getting paid anything to promote this;  it came about because I called and complained about their shipping price being so high on their baking racks, telling them I couldn’t validate the price they wanted to my blog readers. Voila, they offered a great discount and everyone’s happy!  I guess I need to complain more often ;) .

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