The Skinny on Powdered Milk-Food Storage Recipes

Posted by Crystal on August 30, 2009 View Comments

Yeah! Back to School Week has started! Each day I’ll be covering basic cooking information about basic long term food storage items. You’ll want to pay attention because there may be a quiz with prizes at the end of the week. **HINT HINT…WINK WINK** I decided to start with Powdered Milk because I feel this is the least understood food storage item and definitely, I think, the least liked food storage item. Watch the videos below along with the points of interest. Hopefully this will open your eyes on the subject and give you some great ideas so you can start using you food storage today!

Powdered Milk Basics 

How do I cook with Powdered Milk?

It can be hard to determine how much dry powdered milk you’ll need to cook with it in smaller amounts. That’s why I created the Powdered Milk Conversion chart that helps make it REALLY easy to cook with your powdered milk. Simply add the dry powdered milk to your dry ingredients and the necessary water to the wet ingredients.

 

Helpful Recipes for Using Powdered Milk:

More Resources for Powdered Milk:

BONUS VIDEO: How to Mix Powdered Milk

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Feliz Cinco de Mayo!! Assortment of Food Storage Recipes

Posted by Crystal on May 4, 2009 View Comments

Wow!! After all of these recipes your family will definitely be in the fiesta mood. Ole!! We’re covering every meal of the day along with a fun drink to make! Make sure to check them all out and try one out with your family.


Hola! Get your family in the fiesta mood by starting their day off with a breakfast burrito made from your dehydrated eggs. If you haven’t had your family try scrambled dehydrated eggs, this is a perfect time! There are lots of other flavors in the burrito if you’re scared they won’t like the eggs. Personally, I just did cheese, eggs, and salsa but another great combo to try is cheese, eggs, breakfast sausage, and a fruit salsa. Remember when converting multiple eggs that there are 16 tablespoons in a cup. I also use powdered milk as a 1/4 of the liquid called for to rehydrate the eggs since scrambled eggs are supposed to fluffy. The other thing I realized this morning when I made these is that you will probably want to do a couple extra eggs then you would normally with real eggs. The rehydrated eggs don’t make as much.

For lunch, who can forget bean burritos made from dehydrated refried beans. For more info on this, check out my previous post “Think outside the bun”

Or…very delicious shredded beef tacos made from your canned beef in your 3 month supply. For more info on that, check out this entry.

For dinner try Enchilada Casserole…it’s for those of you short on time but LOVE enchiladas! It tastes just like the real thing and is so delicious and EASY that I don’t even make real enchiladas anymore! The other great thing is that a lot of the ingredients come from your 3 month supply..including canned chicken!! Make one of your sides the dehydrated refried beans and you’ve got it made!! For tips on rehydrating your beans, click here.

Tortilla Casserole

1 ½ C Sour Cream
2 Cans (10 ¾ oz) Cream of Chicken Soup
1 Can (7 oz) Diced green Chiles
1 Can (10 oz) Mild enchilada sauce
3 C cooked chicken or 3 cans chicken or turkey, drained (save the juices for broth!)
12 Corn tortillas, torn into bite size pieces (or Tortilla chips)
1 ½ C grated Cheese (Cheddar)

Save 1/2 C. of grated cheese and mix all other ingredients in a bowl. Pour mixture into 9×13 pan and top with remaining cheese. Cover and bake at 350 for 45 minutes. This casserole can be made ahead and put in the fridge. (Allow for extra baking time if you do this.)

And finally, a fun drink to make using your rice.

Horchata

1 cup uncooked white long-grain rice

5 cups water1/2 cup milk (1 1/2 T. powdered milk + 1/2 Water)

1/2 tablespoon vanilla extract

1/2 tablespoon ground cinnamon

2/3 cup white sugar

DIRECTIONS: Pour the rice and water into the bowl of a blender; blend until the rice just begins to break up, about 1 minute. Let rice and water stand at room temperature for a minimum of 3 hours. Strain the rice water into a pitcher and discard the rice. Stir the milk, vanilla, cinnamon, and sugar into the rice water. Chill and stir before serving over ice.

 

Make sure and check back Wednesday for my Mother’s day Giveaway!  YES!!!!

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Delicious, Make Ahead Milk Shakes!-Powdered Milk Food Storage Recipes for Kids

Posted by Crystal on June 20, 2008 View Comments

If you’ve every tried to serve milk shakes as a fun treat with dinner then you know the problem with them. You have a SERIOUS timing issue because they need to be served RIGHT AWAY or they get soupie and then the whole experience is ruined! So why not make the shakes ahead of time? Sounds good to you? Well it sounded good to me. This recipe was delicious and LOW-CALORIE! Since it is made out of pudding and not ice cream! This milk shake is actually kind of healthy! It just takes pudding (which can be the of the sugar-free variety), milk, and fruit. EXCELLENT!

Make Ahead Milk Shake

3-1/2 cups milk (1/2 C. + 2- 1/2 T. Dry Powdered Milk + 3-1/2 C. Water)

1 pkg. (4-serving size) Vanilla Instant Pudding (can be sugar-free)

1 medium ripe banana, cut into chunks

1/2 cup strawberries

Place all ingredients in blender and blend for 1 minute. Refridgerate until ready to serve.

(If you’re wondering why mine is orange, it’s because I drained a can of peaches and made ours a peach shake. That way it all comes from food storage….AWESOME!!!)

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

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FAQ’s about Powdered Milk

Posted by Crystal on May 19, 2008 View Comments

How much Milk can you make from a #10 can?

Okay, I’ve had a lot of people asking me about how much milk you can make from one #10 can of powdered milk. The answer is a little over 5 1/2 gallons which makes it about $2.36 a gallon. While you’re figuring out how much money that will save you, let me also mention that when you buy powdered milk the price is then fixed and you don’t have to worry about the prices going up from one week to the next! The best part of food storage is living off of last year’s income. For example: I bought powdered milk last year before it doubled (gulp!) in price at about $6.50 a can so I’m paying $1.15 a gallon for my milk. See why food storage is so awesome?! Food storage can do the same for you! Let me say again, that food storage is NOT just for a huge natural calamity! Food storage lets you get through a time of inflation with out an emergency on your food budget.

What is the difference between Powdered Milk and a Milk Alternative?

A good way to describe this is to think about the difference between Orange Juice and Tang (or for those of you who have been with this blog for awhile…the difference between whole wheat flour and all purpose flour :) . A milk alternitive is a milk drink but not milk. They make it from a by product of milk called whey and fortified (which only means they add back in) a couple of vitamins and minerals. Since it is made from whey (which is a by product of making cheese) it has far less protein than regular milk and it’s the protein in the milk that makes it a great food storage item. The current price of this “milk drink” is $12.02 while the cannery is selling powdered milk for $13.30 so for a dollar more you get real milk…not a bad deal. I’m checking into if you can cook with it but my guess is that since it doesn’t have the same properties of milk that you can’t. Also, check out the difference in ingredients:

Powdered Milk
Nonfat Dry Milk, Vitamin A Palmitate, Vitamin D3

Milk Alternative
Made from sweet dairy whey, non-fat dry milk solids, partially hydrogenated vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following:canola oil and/or soya oil), corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate, dipotassium phosphate, propylene glycol monostearate, mono and diglycerides, lecithin, carrageenan, Vitamin A, Vitamin D.

WHAT??? Partially Hydrogenated Oil…does anyone else watch Dr. Oz on Oprah that is the worst kind of oil for you not to mention they throw in Corn Syrup…another Dr. Oz no-no.

So to sum up, personally I don’t think a milk alternative is worth it.

Is it true that you can make Sweetened Condensed Milk and Evaporated Milk out of Powdered Milk?

YES!!! Plus, you can make buttermilk, white sauces and so much more…check back to find out how.

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

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