While this isn’t my 50th post (that was last year….my how the time flies!)…it is definitely one of my favorites!  If you can’t tell, I love doing themed things for holidays and this is our favorite breakfast for the 4th of July.  It’s as simple as the Blender Wheat Pancakes dressed up…so yes food storage recipes for ALL occassions!

(*Disclaimer* it has been brought to my attention that I say baking soda in the video and I mean baking POWDER…the recipe below is correct.

Blender Wheat Pancakes

1 Cup Milk (translation for powdered milk is 3 T. Milk and 1 C. Water)
1 Cup Wheat Kernels, whole & uncooked
2 Eggs (2 T. powdered eggs 1/4 C. Water)
2 tsp Baking Powder
1-1/2 tsp Salt
2 Tbs. Oil
2 Tbs. Honey or Sugar

Put milk and wheat kernels in blender.Blend on highest speed for 4 or 5 minutes or until batter is smooth. Add eggs, oil, baking powder, salt and honey or sugar to above batter. Blend on low. Pour out batter into pancakes from the actual blender jar (only one thing to wash!) onto a hot greased or Pam prepared griddle or large frying pan.Cook; flipping pancakes when bubbles pop and create holes.

Berry Syrup

2 C. Mixed Berries (Raspberries, Blueberries, & Marionberries or any mix that are red and blue
3 T. Sugar

Mix together and let stand for 10-15 minutes before serving.

For great tips on your 4th of July BBQ, click HERE to see my post that covers every aspect of the All American BBQ!

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I absolutely love the Fourth of July. I’m not going to lie, I get teary eyed at most parades (and by most, I mean ALL ;), anytime I see a flag, hear the national anthem, or eat a hot dog. Okay, so I’m kidding about the hot dog part but I do love being patriotic and being thankful for this wonderful nation where we have so much freedom. I think it’s really important that we instill patriotism in our families so I found a wonderful Family Home Evening lesson and treat idea to make it all very easy for you to get done!

Click HERE to download the 4th of July Family Home Evening lesson…keep reading for the treat ideas which of course are also food storage recipes…or at least we made them that way ;).

This picture and recipe comes from Betty Crocker but you don’t have to use a Betty Crocker brownie mix or frosting…you can use whatever you’ve got!

4th of July Brownies

1 box (1 lb 6.5 oz) Betty Crocker® Original Supreme brownie mix (with chocolate syrup pouch)
Water, vegetable oil (or bean puree, for a video of how to do this click HERE) and eggs (or powdered eggs)called for on brownie mix box

1 container (12 oz) Betty Crocker® Whipped fluffy white frosting
1 tube (0.68 oz) Betty Crocker® red decorating gel
1 tube (0.68 oz) Betty Crocker® blue decorating gel
1 tube (0.68 oz) Betty Crocker® white decorator icing
Betty Crocker® Decorating Decors stars

1. Heat oven to 350°F. Line 13×9-inch pan with foil so foil extends about 2 inches over sides of pan. Spray foil with cooking spray. Make and bake brownies as directed on box for 13×9-inch pan, using water, oil (or bean puree, for a video of how to do this click HERE) and eggs (or powdered eggs). Cool completely, about 1 hour.
2. Remove brownies from pan by lifting foil; peel foil from sides of brownies. Continue as desired with options below.

Flag Brownies: Frost brownies. Using red decorating gel, pipe stripes onto frosted brownie. Add decors in upper left corner of brownie. 24 brownies

Firecracker Brownies: Using 1-inch round cookie cutter, cut out brownie rounds. Stack 2 brownie rounds together, spreading frosting between rounds and on top. Garnish with decors. 48 brownies

Star Brownies: Using 2 1/2-inch star-shaped cookie cutter, cut brownies. Place frosting in resealable food-storage bag; cut off one bottom corner of bag. Pipe frosting on star-shaped brownies. Sprinkle with decors. 13 brownies

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Did you know that you can use cracked wheat to extend your ground beef, to substitute for nuts or RICE? The nice thing about using it as rice is that it is MUCH FASTER to cook than brown rice. (15-20 minutes MAX!) Watch this short video to learn how to crack wheat in your blender. Coffee grinders are the best for cracking wheat so if you find yourself needing to crack a lot of it I would pay the $10 bucks to buy a coffee grinder. Make sure when you’re cracking wheat in the blender that your blender is completely (and when I say completely I mean COMPLETELY) dry or it won’t crack the wheat. Also, make sure to use small amounts like no more than a little over 1/4 cup at a time.

Practice using cracked wheat as nuts I tried this Strawberry “Nut” Jell-O salad. This is my ULTIMATE FAVORITE Jell-O salad in the WHOLE WORLD. (Have I convinced it tastes awesome yet?) It is different from anything else you’ve seen at a potluck and the cracked wheat in the salad gives a really great texture. It almost tastes like little bits of strawberries in the salad. You’ve got to try this, you’re family will LOVE it and no one NOT NO ONE will guess there is wheat in it!!!

Strawberry Nut (Wheat) Molded Salad

1 small pkg. strawberry Jello (I cheated and used raspberry and it was still DELICIOUS)
1 C boiling water

Combine Jell-O and Water & refrigerate until syrupy, then add to the rest (word to the wise-you have to watch this like a hawk. It goes from syrupy to jelled very quickly. I would check it between 15-20 minutes after you put it in the fridge)

1 C cooked cracked wheat for mock nuts
1 C whipped cream or Cool Whip Whipped Topping
1/2 C sugar
2 C mashed fresh strawberries
Refrigerate until firm or over night. Serve on a bed of lettuce with a dollop of whipped cream/topping sprinkled with cooked cracked wheat as your mock nuts.

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Okay, you’ve heard me talk about how much I LOVE the cookbook series 101 Things (to do with almost anything!) but especially the 101 Things to do with a Cake Mix.  Stephanie Ashcroft does an awesome job with easy and delicious recipes (which you all know are my favorite!)  Anyway, I’ll get to the good stuff.  She is doing a giveaway right now on her blog (Savvy Savings) for a FREE copy of 101 Things To Do With A Cake Mix.  Make sure you go and enter the giveaway and try this very delicious recipe she sent me to share with you!  Click HERE to enter Stephanie’s giveaway and click HERE to check out her AMAZING series of cookbooks.

Lemon Squares from 101 Things To Do With A Cake Mix

1 lemon cake mix
2 eggs (2 T. dry egg powder + 1/4 C. water)
1/3 cup vegetable, canola, or olive oil (anyone brave enough to try beans instead of the oil ?
Powdered Sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a bowl, mix together cake mix, eggs, and oil. Mixture will be stiff. Spread mixture evenly into a greased 9 x 13-inch pan. Bake 13-15 minutes until slightly golden on top. Cool, then sprinkle powdered sugar over the squares.

p.s. I added in the information about using food storage…see…it is easy for recipes to be FOOD STORAGE RECIPES!

Also, to those of you in the San Diego, CA area-MARK YOUR CALENDARS-I’ll be doing an Autograph Party for my book “I Can’t Believe It’s Food Storage” at the La Jolla Deseret Book filled with fun, samples, and answers to your questions on July 10 from 11:30-1:00 p.m.

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