Fanatic Friday Food Storage Recipe Rewind: Super Easy Beef Stroganoff: Food Storage Recipes

Posted by Crystal on January 30, 2009 View Comments

Beef Stroganoff
1 lb. stew meat, cubed
½ C. dried minced onion
1 can cream of mushroom soup (click HERE to see how to make your own!)
1 can mushrooms, drained
¼ tsp. garlic salt
1 C. sour cream (for richer taste, substitute1 pkg cream cheese)

Combine all ingredients except sour cream in greased slow cooker. Cover and cook on low heat 6-8 hours. Add sour cream the last hour of cooking. Makes 4-6 servings.

Spoon over hot noodles.

I got this food storage recipe from “101 Things to do with a Slow Cooker” by Stephanie Ashcroft. I love it because it is very easy (especially if you store your meat already cubed) and the most delicious beef stroganoff I’ve ever eaten. Everyone I serve it to just RAVES about how delicious it is. Another perk is that all the ingredients minus the sour cream come from either long term food storage (dried minced onion=dehydrated onion) or my short term food storage (cream of mushroom soup, canned mushrooms, noodles, etc.) I think you could even use canned beef in the recipe if you’re out of time and don’t use the slow cooker, but I’ll have to try it and let you know :)

Don’t be afraid to use your slow cooker in the summer it is still a great way to start a meal in the morning and have it ready in the evening with out heating up your house!

For more tips and tricks for using your food storage in everyday ways, please visit www.everydayfoodstorage.NET

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Using your Bread Machine to make Dough: Whole Wheat Food Storage Recipes

Posted by Crystal on January 28, 2009 View Comments

Okay, so I was watching the Brady Bunch the other day (the only thing my baby likes to watch…hilarious, right?)  Anyway, it was that famous episode where Jan makes up her boyfriend “George Glass” and she has the operater call the house back so she can pretend it’s her boyfriend.  Well during one of those phone calls the family is eating dinner and they passed around this big bowl full of rolls.  It looked really delicious to me (considering it was 5:30 and almost time for dinner).  It made me a little reminiscent of times gone by…and made me wish I too could have rolls with my dinner.  I shrugged it off by telling myself a) the Brady Bunch isn’t real (unfortunately) and b) even if it were, the have ALICE! so of course it would be impossible for me to have home made rolls with dinner….as easily as the Brady Bunch did. 

Then I realized…I do have an Alice…in my BREAD MACHINE!  I don’t know why this all never clicked before!  Most bread machines have a “time delay” function which also works for the dough setting.  So now when I want rolls for dinner, I can get all of the ingredients together in my bread machine right after lunch when I get dinner going or in the morning when I set up my crock pot and use the timer delay setting!  And to make it even easier, when I’m making my bread mixes I also make a couple of roll mixes.  You can use your favorite bread recipe to make rolls or I have a great whole wheat food storage recipe that I love more as rolls.  Which of course I’ll share with you!

If you want to see my how-to video on how to shape rolls and get your rolls to rise quicker plus another great rolls recipe, click HERE.

 

 

Here is my new favorite whole wheat rolls recipe from Tammy in Huntington Beach!

EZ Dough Wheat Version

1 1/4 cup warm water
1 Tblsp active dry yeast (I half the yeast since I live in high altitude)
1/4 cup honey or 1/3 cup sugar
2 3/4 cups whole wheat flour (or whatever combination white/wheat you like)+ 1/4 cup vital wheat gluten
1 tsp salt
2 Tblsp nonfat dry milk
1 Tblsp butter/margarine/oil
Mix ingredients in order listed in mixing bowl of mixer with dough hook attachment (like kitchen-aid) for 12-15 minutes. Let rise until double, 1- 1 1/2 hours. Punch down, and shape into loaf or rolls. Let rise again until double and bake 375 degrees for 20-30 minutes until golden brown and sounds hollow when lightly tapped. If you are making this recipe in a bread machine, follow your bread machine’s directions for wheat or whole grain selection and add the ingredients in the order listed for their recommendations.

Need a good bread machine? Check your local second hand store first. I know every time I go I see at least TWO! It’s a great way to see how often you’d use a bread machine BEFORE you invest in a nice one.

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Slow Cooker Shepherd’s Pie: Food Storage Recipes

Posted by Crystal on January 25, 2009 View Comments

Oh how I love my slow cooker!  Nothing makes getting dinner ready any easier then starting it in the morning and forgetting about it until dinner time!  (Not to mention it fills your house with great aromas!)  The other plus to using a slow cooker is the food storage you’ll use!  A lot of slow cooker recipes call for canned vegetables, canned condensed soups (which you can make from magic mix, click here for more info), mashed potatoes, and so on.  So now we’re officially killing three stones at once!  We’re making dinner for our families, using our food storage, and getting something else done in the time that it would normally take you to get dinner ready.  I especially use slow cooker meals on days when a) I know I won’t be home in the afternoon/evening due to doctors appointments or other meetings b) have a really busy day ahead of me or c) don’t feel like cooking and cleaning up a huge mess for dinner!  (Yes, sometimes I do feel that way! ;) ) Anyway, I’m sure you’re already sold on slow cookers so on to the recipe!… This recipe comes from my FAVORITE slow cooker cookbook.  I’m sure you’ve heard of it and if you haven’t click HERE to learn  more about it…

101 Things to do with a Slow Cooker.  It’s written by the same girl who did 101 things to do with a Cake Mix (also one of my favorites!).  All of her recipes are “throw-and-go”, super easy, use a lot of food storage, and her cookbooks are CHEAP! (Plus, did I mention she has tips for how to make any recipe work in a slow cooker?!) I highly recommend getting the slow cooker recipe book if you’re serious about incorporating your slow cooker more in your resolution of getting meals on the table.

Shepherd’s Pie
1 lb. ground beef, browned and drained (I always cook all my ground beef as soon as I bring it home from the store and then store it in 1 lb. bags making dinners like this one even easier!)
1 can Condensed Tomato soup
1 can Corn, Drained
1 can Green Beans, Drained
2 C. Instant Mashed Potatoes, prepared (use either left over mashed potatoes or you can use potato pearls or flakes from your food storage)
2 C. Shredded Cheddar Cheese
1/2 t. Dried Basil In a separate bowl, combine beef, tomato soup, corn, beans, and basil.  Pour mixture in the bottom of a greased 3 1/2 to 5-quart slow cooker.  Spread mashed potatoes on top.  cover and cook on low heat 5-6 hours.  The last hour of cooking ,sprinkle cheese on top of potatoes.
Makes 4-6 servings.

Serve with wheat rolls.  (And that I did!  This post is getting long so I’ll put my trick for making home made rolls EASY on Wednesday!)

Don’t forget to head over to Food Storage Made Easy to see the list they compiled of helpful storage tips for small spaces. You won’t be dissapointed!

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Food Storage Fanatic Friday: Live from the Request Line

Posted by Crystal on January 23, 2009 View Comments

Okay, I’ve been getting a lot of questions about the specific organizers I showed you in my video of how I organize my kitchen…so here are pictures and links to more information (including a few I just found and wish I had!)

Rubbermaid 2937 White Twin Turn Table Spice Racks, click HERE for more info.

Under Sink Shelf Organizer. I had no idea something like this existed! I’ve always tried to figure out how to organize around the pipe under the sink…well now I know. Click HERE for more info.

These are the boxes I use in my fridge. You could use any size though. These are the Sterilite 1660 stackable bins. For more info, click HERE.

A good way to clear off some counter space is with a hanging paper towel holder like the one above. I got mine for Christmas but they’re available all over. Click HERE for more info.

Okay, I couldn’t find the exact racks I use on my cupboard doors to my sink. (I purchased them at Wal-Mart so you can take a look there…they come in a set of 3) but this is the same idea. For more info, click HERE

And these come in really handy for small spaces. It organizes all of your tupperware and spins around. Perfect for small spaces. For more information, click HERE.

If you haven’t seen my post about my food storage room, click HERE or if you missed getting a sneak peek into my cupboards, click HERE.

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