Another great Family Home Evening idea from Food Storage Made Easy!

Okay, I have this feeling that most of you (at least if you’re female) feel entirely overwhelmed with everything you have to do in the day what with taking kids to school, laundry (YUCK!), preparing meals, soccer practice, and on top of it all spending time together as a family….oh yeah and that HUGE project of getting prepared. Well, you all probably know by now that I’m a HUGE fan of multi-tasking so I figured why couldn’t you make getting prepared a family event?! I asked my good friends at www.foodstoragemadeeasy.net to help me (since they have all the WONDERFUL information on getting your food storage gathered and basic emergency preparedness) with some Family Home Evening Tidbits. They are quick ideas that will help you on the road to becoming prepared! At the end there is also a treat you can make using your food storage. So all in a night, you’ll have spent time together as a family, taken a step towards being prepared, and practiced using your food storage! AWESOME!

Truth be told, most likely we’ll (or kids that are old enough) be the ones who will need to turn off the gas in case of a disaster. In fact, I had a guy in my home ward who had been a bishop in two other wards (located in different areas) that both experienced different natural disasters and each time it was the women who had to organize the efforts because their husbands were not home. This is a quick thing to teach at a family home evening and very worth knowing how to do it! Luckily, Jodi from www.foodstoragemadeeasy.net got her husband to teach us all how to do it and make sure to read their entire post for tips on how to identify a gas leak and important reminders that you’ll need to read:

What a great treat for talking about 72 hour kits! This recipe comes entirely from shelf stable items and happens to be my all time favorite cookie recipe (HONEST!)

Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
*a tip before you begin…I always soak my raisins in water & vanilla so that the raisins are plump and juicy and taste like vanilla. If you don’t have a lot of time you can heat the water, vanilla, and raisins in the microwave for 2 minutes. Remember that you can definitely use your leftover water to hydrate your eggs!

Cream together:
1 C shortening (1 C. cooked and drained white beans)
1 C brown sugar
1 C white sugar
2 eggs (2 T. dry egg powder + 1/4 C. Water)
1 tsp. vanilla

Stir into creamed mixture
1 ½ C whole wheat flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. soda
3 C. oats
2 tsp. cinnamon
2 C. raisins

Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls and bake at 375 for 8-10 minutes.

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