If you’re looking to sneak a little food storage into Santa’s diet this year-this is totally the cookie for you! Be brave and try it-it is so delicious! They are gingerbread candy cane blossoms-what else entirely encompasses all the flavors of Christmas? Basically you use the gingerbread cookies I posted about a few days ago [...]
Christmas Baking and High Altitude
If you’re doing a lot of Christmas baking (or if you don’t because it never seems to come out right) it’s worth investigating the two letter word in baking-HIGH ALTITUDE. Cookbooks and most recipes are written for SEA LEVEL which is not a huge portion of US. So…if you can’t figure out why your brownies [...]
Just for Kids Gingerbread (or whatever they’d like them to be) cookies!
Do you ever sort of cringe thinking of all that flour you’ll have to slop on your counters when it’s time to do gingerbread cookies with your kids? I know I do, I still don’t have a great way of cleaning flour off of my counters (btw, if you have a good trick, leave a [...]
Food Storage Pfeffernusse
Okay so I’ll give you a major high five if you know what Pfeffernusse are. Basically, it’s a really delicious German spice cookie that my grandmother would bring us. Unfortunately, store bought these cookies are bland, stale, and pretty gross. So, I was really excited to find this recipe and try it out-to find out [...]
Food Storage Cranberry Orange Bread
I don’t know if anyone has ever spent what seems like a lifetime looking for a really good (dare I say…) the BEST Cranberry Orange bread…like I have but I was super excited when my cousin brought this to me for a Christmas present. She gave it out as neighborhood gifts (we live in the [...]
Meringues: The Gluten-Free, Low Calorie, Food Storage SUPER COOKIE!
I’ve been dieing to see if beating powdered egg whites from my food storage actually works (especially, since a local tv chef told me it wouldn’t…) and I was so pleased to see that it DOES! Since then, I’ve tried it in these cookies, Divinity (will post on that later), waffles, and soon a Lemon [...]
Saturday Show Offs: Food Storage Applesauce Cupcakes from the SUN OVEN!
Okay, Diana get’s total food storage brownie points. Not only does this recipe use great food storage ingredients, it was also baked in the Sun Oven! Diana got this recipe from http://sunoven.com where they have a lot of great Sun Oven Recipes for you to try. Sun Oven Applesauce Muffins Ingredients Topping: 1 1/2 teaspoons [...]
Food Storage Cooking Club: Cookies, Treats, and other Christmas specialties!
Well, here I am preparing for my cookie swap tomorrow. I’m demoing how to make meringues using powdered egg whites (yes, totally possible and so low calorie for all of you brave enough to diet through the holidays!) So, of course, you can also expect a video on that next week. But to get the [...]
BOSCH WINNER!
First and foremost, I just wanted to thank everyone who entered this contest! It was so great to hear your great ideas for food storage. I so wish I could give everyone one of these incredible machines…but you know me, we’ll keep plugging away at giving them away! The lucky winner this time is…….*drum roll*……..Becky [...]
Preparedness Fridays: Barney Bag
Okay, so I realize you’re probably thinking…first it was the muppets with paper towels and no Barney has relation to preparedness?! Well if you’re a mom of young kids you’ll need a Barney bag in your car! What is a Barney bag you are asking? Well on the show, Barney had a magic bag that [...]