Whole Wheat Biscuits

Whole Wheat Biscuits

2 1/2 Cups Whole Wheat Flour
2 tsp Baking Powder
1/4 Cup Brown Sugar
3/4 Cup Cold Butter
1 Cup Dehydrated Buttermilk Powder* or Dehydrated Fat-Free Milk*

*Reconstitute before using

1. Preheat oven to 400°. Mix first four ingredients together.
2. Add buttermilk or milk to mixture.
3. Bake in greased muffin tins or drop on cookie sheet.
4. Bake 20 minutes.

January's Order

This month's special is hard white wheat. You can get it in a 6-gallon bucket (approx 48 lbs) for $23.43. Money is due to me by January 29th.

“From the standpoint of food production, storage, handling, and the Lord’s counsel, wheat should have high priority. … Water, of course, is essential. Other basics could include honey or sugar, legumes, milk products or substitutes, and salt or its equivalent. The revelation to produce and store food may be as essential to our temporal welfare today as boarding the ark was to the people in the days of Noah.” (Ensign, Nov. 1980, p. 33.)

Quick and Easy Taco Casserole

Quick and Easy Taco Casserole

Ingredients
2 Cup Freeze Dried Ground Beef*
1 Cup Salsa
1/2 Cup Mayonnaise
2 Teaspoon Chili Powder
1 Cup Crushed Tortilla Chips
1 Cup Freeze Dried Shredded Colby Cheese*
1 Cup Freeze Dried Shredded Monterey Jack Cheese*
3/4 Cup Freeze Dried Tomato Chunks*
2 Cup Shredded Lettuce

*Reconstitute before using

Preparation
1. Reconstitute ground beef in a large saucepan. Drain well.

2. Add salsa, mayonnaise, and chili powder; Mix well.

3. In an ungreased 2-quart baking dish, layer 1/2 of the meat mixture., chips and cheeses.

4. Repeat layer.

5. Bake uncovered 350°F for 20-25 minutes or until heated through.

6. Just before serving, top with tomatoes and lettuce.

December orders

Merry Christmas! Here are the items to order for December:

#10 can of tomato chunks -- $15.00
18 hour body warmers -- $.60

Money is due to me by December 31. Turn it in early so it doesn' t get lost in the holiday shuffle! :)

Tip

Set aside a small amount of money each week to buy staples such as pasta, baking ingredients, and paper products. You may be surprised at how quickly you can build up a supply of these staples for only a few dollars a week.

Tomato Soup

Tomato Soup

Ingredients
2 Cup Dehydrated Fat-Free Milk*
2 Cup Freeze Dried Tomato Chunks*
2 Tablespoon Flour
1 Tablespoon Sugar
1 Teaspoon Salt
1 Tablespoon Butter
1 Teaspoon Freeze Dried Onion*
Dash Pepper
Dash Garlic Salt
*Reconstitute before using

Preparation
1. Heat milk.

2. Put tomatoes in blender and add enough water to make 2 cups.

3. Let this reconstitute for 5 minutes.

4. Add remaining ingredients and blend until smooth.

5. Add hot milk and blend.

November's Order

This month's special are onion flakes and emergency candles.

#10 can Freeze-Dried White Onion Flakes -- $14
100-Hour Plus Emergency Candle -- $3 (this is a great deal! I spent almost $5 on mine!)

Money is due to our stake rep by Sunday, November 30th, so please turn it in to me before then.

October Order

I am really slacking lately! Here's the order for October. Money is due by October 30th.

#10 can of banana slices - $18.00
#10 can of peanut butter powder - $13.00

September's order

Hey, those few people who read this blog. I'm sorry, but I forgot to put up September's order, and it's already in.

That being said, I've been doing a lot of food storage shopping lately, and have found that Costco is an excellent place to buy your food storage. Today we used the last of our government stimulus money to flesh out our food storage. For $280, here's what we got:

10 buckets with gamma lids (purchased at Macey's)
150 pounds white flour
75 pounds sugar
50 pounds rice
50 pounds pinto beans
15 boxes Mac & Cheese
2 jars peanut butter

We're going to go to the Lindon Cannery to get some oxygen packets to throw in our buckets, and then store away! As a reminder, the rising cost of fuel and everything else means basics are going to get more expensive this fall! Stock up on your food storage while it's still "cheap." You may need this food with the coming economic recession.

Food storage calculator

While at our stake Provident Living fair this past weekend, a member of our stake provided me with a food storage calculator. By inputing the number of people in your family, you can see how much food you should store for a year's supply (you can even change the number of years, if you want to store more than 1 year). By inputing how much you currently have, you can also see what percent of the recommended total you have so you know where you need to keep storing. I'm going to try to put the file on the right-hand side of this blog for download. If I can't figure out how to do that, you can email me or leave a comment, and I'll send it to you.

Thanks to Bro. Barnes for sending me this file, and thanks to whoever created it.