Okay, here we go kicking off the spectacular with a classic! If you missed the milk conversion chart, make sure you click HERE to get it. Remember that there are 4 to a page so you’ll need pass along the other 3 to people you love!
Well if this isn’t a plate of classic bbq food. I don’t know what is!! We’ve got a hamburger, milk shake, baked beans, chips, and some corn on the cob. Perfect for a hot summer day…and perfect for using your food storage. If you have a big day planned, get as much done in the morning so all you have to do when you get home is finish a couple of things. If you leave the prep work until you get home, you’ll never do it and you’ll spend a lot of money eating out to re-create this meal. Get your baked beans ready to just re-heat, cut up all your hamburger fixings and put in the fridge, lay out everything you’ll need to make your milk shake, schuck your corn, and so on. When I made this meal we had the whole family over and went swimming. When I got home it took 15 minutes to have dinner on the table, much faster then getting take out!
THE BURGER
I love In-n-Out burgers (animal style of course) with the sauteed onions. Although, when I think of sauteeing onions I get tired…all that chopping, crying from the onions, extra pan to clean, etc. HA HA! This is where your food storage comes in to play (see, it really does save you time AND money!!). Remember those dehydrated onions you have? They make PERFECT sauteed onions with no cutting. So now that we already have our onions cut with out lifting a finger and in no time we need to saute them. So are you ready to wow people with little effort? Here we go…
1. Re-hydrate your onions in water that equals double the amount of onions you are using. Remember that 1/4 dehydrated onions will equal one cup chopped onion once hydrated.
2. After letting your onions sit in water for about 10 minutes, drain off any excess water.
3. Wrap in aluminum foil with a little butter and put on your grill for 5-7 minutes.
4. VOILA! Sauteed onions with no mess, no chopping, and in no time…thanks to food storage!
If you want to solidify a In-n-out animal style burger then make sure you stack your burger correctly:
Bottom Bun, thousand island dressing, tomato, lettuce, beef patty with cheese, brown mustard (put on lightly), sauteed onions, pickles, top bun.
Baked Beans
Okay, here you have two options: 1) you can use a can of beans from your 3 month supply (a great way to store and eat beans) I had a roommate in college that taught me you can always dress up a can of bbaked beans by adding 1-2 T of bbq sauce to them Try it, it makes a world of a difference. 2) if you have a large group coming, it becomes cheaper and easier to make your own. Plus a great way to use those dry beans you’re storing! I’ll be sharing a couple of baked bean recipes but this is the one I used for the picture above.
1 lb. dried white beans
1 quart water
1/2 t. salt
1 medium onion, chopped (You know I’m going to say used your dehydrated onions!)
2 T. yellow mustard
2 T. brown sugar
2 T. molasses
1 C. bbq sauce
Follow the instructions on your can of white beans to get them cooked in just a couple of hours. Save 2 cups of the water you used to cook your beans.
Once they are cooked place in a 9×13 pan and combine the beans, onion, mustard, brown sugar, molasses, bbq sauce, bacon, and 1 C. cooking liquid. Cover and bake at 400 for 45 minutes or until the beans have reached the desired thickness, stirring occasionally. You may need to add some more of the water you saved if you think it is too thick.
(I baked mine in the morning and re-heated when we got home.)
Milk Shake
Okay, if you’re still gun shy about drinking your powdered milk or you really think your kids won’t eat it…put it in a milk shake! Who is going to turn down a nice cold and creamy milkshake? Another great way that using food storage saves you money! For the amount of money it takes to buy ONE novelty milk shake you could make your whole family milk shakes of their own! We really like Oreos so we made our oreo milk shakes but you could add anything in. I’ll show you some other shake ideas in future posts.
12 OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
1-1/2 cups milk (4-1/2 T. dry powdered milk +1-1/2 C. Water)
1 pt. (2 cups) vanilla ice cream, softened
2 Tbsp. chocolate syrup (I used the hot fudge sauce cold…if you missed that post click HERE)
1-1/2 cups milk (4-1/2 T. dry powdered milk +1-1/2 C. Water)
1 pt. (2 cups) vanilla ice cream, softened
2 Tbsp. chocolate syrup (I used the hot fudge sauce cold…if you missed that post click HERE)
CHOP or coarsely break cookies.
PLACE milk, ice cream and chocolate syrup in blender container. Add chopped cookies; cover. Blend on high speed until smooth.
POUR into 4 glasses. Serve immediately.
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This is an awesome blog! I’m totally linking to you. My blog is http://www.mamasfoodstorage.blogspot.com Maybe you could guest post for me sometime. I am just now starting to build my site. Thanks for sharing your knowledge
Hi, I went to download the handout and it said it was deleted. So sad.
I’m so sorry. I moved the links over to the left hand side under handouts. I fixed this link so you can download it here too.
A tip for breaking up oreos for the milkshake is to place them in a zip lock baggie. Then you can break them up with your fingers or with a rolling pin (or really whatever it takes) and then they are ready to add to the shake and no mess:)
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I remember my mom always drying onions and using them in, among other things, burgers. She also had a recipe for a hamburger soup using dried onions and dried shredded carrots, along with fresh potatoes and cooked ground beef, with some added spices. I should probably get her recipe.
I remember my mom always drying onions and using them in, among other things, burgers. She also had a recipe for a hamburger soup using dried onions and dried shredded carrots, along with fresh potatoes and cooked ground beef, with some added spices. I should probably get her recipe.