Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
1 pkg. Devils Food Cake Mix
½ C. Butter or Margarine, Softened
1 tsp. Vanilla2 Eggs (2 T. powdered eggs + 1/4 C. Water)
½ C. Chopped Nuts1 C. Semi Sweet Chocolate Chips (or chip of your choice)
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees. Beat half of the dry mix, the butter, vanilla and eggs in large bowl on medium speed until smooth. Stir in remaining cake mix, the nuts and chocolate chips. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls (about 2 inches apart) onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake 10-12 minutes.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Mexican Wedding Cookies
1 C Whole Wheat Flour
1 1/2 C White Flour
2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
Mix together the above dry ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
5 T. HOT Water (if you’re using a liquid measuring cup it would be 2.5 oz. of water)
1/2 C. + 1 1/2 tsp Melted Butter
1/2 C. + 2 T. Powdered Milk
1/2 C. + 2 T. Sugar
1/2 C. Dark Brown Sugar
1 Egg (1 T. Egg Powder + 2 T. Water)
1 tsp Vanilla
Add to Blender in above order while blending and blend until smooth.
Pour into Dry Ingredients and mix well.
Add 1 C Finely Chopped Pecans
Stir into the above mixture.
Shape one teaspoon dough into logs, crescents, or balls.
Place on well greased baking sheet.
Bake at 375 for 10 minutes or until brown.Remove HOT from the oven and immediately roll in bowl of powdered sugar to coat.
1 C Whole Wheat Flour
1 1/2 C White Flour
2 tsp Baking Powder
1/2 tsp Salt
Mix together the above dry ingredients in a bowl and set aside.
5 T. HOT Water (if you’re using a liquid measuring cup it would be 2.5 oz. of water)
1/2 C. + 1 1/2 tsp Melted Butter
1/2 C. + 2 T. Powdered Milk
1/2 C. + 2 T. Sugar
1/2 C. Dark Brown Sugar
1 Egg (1 T. Egg Powder + 2 T. Water)
1 tsp Vanilla
Add to Blender in above order while blending and blend until smooth.
Pour into Dry Ingredients and mix well.
Add 1 C Finely Chopped Pecans
Stir into the above mixture.
Shape one teaspoon dough into logs, crescents, or balls.
Place on well greased baking sheet.
Bake at 375 for 10 minutes or until brown.Remove HOT from the oven and immediately roll in bowl of powdered sugar to coat.
Friday, October 16, 2009
Non-Food Items Check List
Personal Hygiene Toothpaste, Toothbrushes, Shampoo, Conditioner, Deodorant, Facewash
Bodywash Soap, Shaving Cream, Aftershave
Paper Products Toilet Paper, Paper Towels, Feminine Products, Diapers, Wet Wipes,
Kleenex, Paper Plates, Plastic Utensils, Napkins
Cleaning Products Laundry Detergent, Dishwasher Detergent, Bleach, All‐Purpose Cleaner
First Aid Items First Aid Kits, Hand Sanitizer, Face Masks, Prescription medications,
Cold medicine
Pet Care Products Dog/Cat Food, Extra Water for Pets, Kitty Litter
Miscellaneous Items Light Bulbs, Board Games/Cards, Candles/Kerosene Lamps
Bodywash Soap, Shaving Cream, Aftershave
Paper Products Toilet Paper, Paper Towels, Feminine Products, Diapers, Wet Wipes,
Kleenex, Paper Plates, Plastic Utensils, Napkins
Cleaning Products Laundry Detergent, Dishwasher Detergent, Bleach, All‐Purpose Cleaner
First Aid Items First Aid Kits, Hand Sanitizer, Face Masks, Prescription medications,
Cold medicine
Pet Care Products Dog/Cat Food, Extra Water for Pets, Kitty Litter
Miscellaneous Items Light Bulbs, Board Games/Cards, Candles/Kerosene Lamps
Substitutions
When considering which items to store in your long term food storage, it’s beneficial to consider what bulk items you could store that would serve multiple purposes. This can help save space as you avoid storing unnecessary items, and many times you can extend the shelf life of items by making them out of ingredients with longer shelf lives.
Food Storage Substitutions:
Brown Sugar = 1 c. white sugar + 1-2 T. molasses
White sugar and molasses are already on our list of storage items, so if you plan to store brown sugar as well, just store a little extra of these items. Molasses has a longer shelf life than brown sugar, and you don’t have the problem of it getting clumpy and hardened since you will be making it fresh.
Buttermilk = 1 c. milk or powdered milk + 1 T. vinegar
This is so much easier than having to keep buttermilk or powdered buttermilk on hand when you need it for a particular recipe. Vinegar can also be used in baking recipes, to improve your bread recipes, as well as for homemade cleaning supplies. So these two items should definitely be part of your food storage already!
Baking Powder = 1 tsp. baking soda + 2 tsp. cream of tartar
While you may not think of storing cream of tartar, this actually makes a lot of sense. Both baking soda and cream of tartar can have an indefinite shelf life if stored in airtight containers at room temperature. Baking powder, however has a short shelf life of 6-12 months. To test if your baking powder is still active, stir 1 teaspoon into ½ a cup of hot water. If it doesn’t bubble, it will need to be replaced.
Food Storage Substitutions:
Brown Sugar = 1 c. white sugar + 1-2 T. molasses
White sugar and molasses are already on our list of storage items, so if you plan to store brown sugar as well, just store a little extra of these items. Molasses has a longer shelf life than brown sugar, and you don’t have the problem of it getting clumpy and hardened since you will be making it fresh.
Buttermilk = 1 c. milk or powdered milk + 1 T. vinegar
This is so much easier than having to keep buttermilk or powdered buttermilk on hand when you need it for a particular recipe. Vinegar can also be used in baking recipes, to improve your bread recipes, as well as for homemade cleaning supplies. So these two items should definitely be part of your food storage already!
Baking Powder = 1 tsp. baking soda + 2 tsp. cream of tartar
While you may not think of storing cream of tartar, this actually makes a lot of sense. Both baking soda and cream of tartar can have an indefinite shelf life if stored in airtight containers at room temperature. Baking powder, however has a short shelf life of 6-12 months. To test if your baking powder is still active, stir 1 teaspoon into ½ a cup of hot water. If it doesn’t bubble, it will need to be replaced.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
My Food Storage challenge
How are things going with your" FOOD STORAGE CHALLENGE"? A challenge given to our ward members that wanted to test their food storage?
We were told by our Relief Society Pres. that during the month of October, to prepare meals for one week or two with food we had stored and to keep a journal on how our challenge went. For some they're meeting this challenge with flying colors, for others myself included it's a eye opener. But we can do almost anything, as long as we approach it one step at a time. Trying our best and learning how we can do better. As the Lord Himself declared, "And out of small things proceedeth that which is great" (D&C 64:33-34).
A quote from Crystal Godfrey writer of I can’t believe It’s Food Storage is “If you haven’t started your food storage or don’t know how to use what you do have, you’re not alone. Many of those who do have food storage don’t reap the full benefits of a three-month supply and a one-year supply, which modern prophets counsel us to have. Generally speaking, this failure is not due to lack of faith or motivation, but to the fact that people don’t know how to use food storage in everyday recipes”.
I mention earlier that my “Food Storage Challenge” has been an eye opener! We decided that everyday recipes, is where we need to start. Resources of information are unlimited, and I appreciate the help received from all of you.
Start with the Family Home Storage Center Products list in one hand and your everyday recipes in the other and inventory your recipes.
We were told by our Relief Society Pres. that during the month of October, to prepare meals for one week or two with food we had stored and to keep a journal on how our challenge went. For some they're meeting this challenge with flying colors, for others myself included it's a eye opener. But we can do almost anything, as long as we approach it one step at a time. Trying our best and learning how we can do better. As the Lord Himself declared, "And out of small things proceedeth that which is great" (D&C 64:33-34).
A quote from Crystal Godfrey writer of I can’t believe It’s Food Storage is “If you haven’t started your food storage or don’t know how to use what you do have, you’re not alone. Many of those who do have food storage don’t reap the full benefits of a three-month supply and a one-year supply, which modern prophets counsel us to have. Generally speaking, this failure is not due to lack of faith or motivation, but to the fact that people don’t know how to use food storage in everyday recipes”.
I mention earlier that my “Food Storage Challenge” has been an eye opener! We decided that everyday recipes, is where we need to start. Resources of information are unlimited, and I appreciate the help received from all of you.
Start with the Family Home Storage Center Products list in one hand and your everyday recipes in the other and inventory your recipes.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Seven Day Challenge
For 7 days 9/9- 9/15 Julie Weiss and Jodi Moore, young Mormon authors of the food-storage blog foodstoragemadeeasy.net, issued a challenge to any and all takers over the Internet to participant in mock emergencies. They e-mail the challenge for the day with video’s, the tasks for the day, and the limitations for the day. Each day’s challenge is listed to the left to give you an idea how their mock emergency was like. It was very informative and very helpful. Each day we were not to go to the store, restaurants, and no spending money. The task for the first day was to leave the house in one hour, grab our disaster kit, 72-hour kit, with the thought that our house was destroyed by flood. Wow what an eye opener. But it was comforting to start organizing my grab kit. All the info. you can find on their web site. As I explained to the family what our limitations were no power, no light, TV, appliances etc. There was some nice positive brainstorming. THIS IS GOOD. Other challenges gave me a test on how prepared I was for everyday emergencies that was fun and helpful to me. Hope you will take a look and see what this was all about and give your preparedness efforts a little test.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Keep Up With the 7 Day Challenge
This has been fun and very informative to test what we have prepared for a emergency. This challenge comes from " food Storage made Easy" link on earlier blog.
Here's a peek at the first 3 day challenges from Jodi and Julie with video's the daily task and the days limitations. I enjoy reading the comments too.
Here's a peek at the first 3 day challenges from Jodi and Julie with video's the daily task and the days limitations. I enjoy reading the comments too.
Day 1
Natural Disaster
"it's a flood"
Day 2
It's A Pandemic
"time for quarantine"
Day 3
everyday emergency
"dinner quest?!?!?"
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