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 [...]
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 [...]
Food Storage Great Harvest Pumpkin Bread
Have you ever had the deliciousness that is Great Harvest Pumpkin Bread? Have you ever wished you could re-create it….at home…using your food storage? Well maybe I’m the only one that wishes for making it at home AND food storage but at any rate, I found a great recipe (from extreme dinner makeover) that solves [...]
Food Storage Cooking Club: PUMPKIN!
Pumpkin is a great for whole wheat recipes….and tummies. And since this is the season for pumpkin, I figured it would be a great time to mix it with some food storage. Why is pumpkin so great for food storage and whole wheat recipes? Well, it’s simple really: The five ingredients that make for great [...]
Food Storage Saturday Show Offs: Creamy Low-Fat Refried Beans
Today’s Saturday Show Off comes from Jenny P. Her and I share a couple things in common 1) we grew up in California 2) we love food storage and 3) are refried bean snobs! Put that all together and you get an easy, low-fat way to make your own delicious refried beans! Jenny also has [...]
Store this not that: Food Storage Style…TVP Chicken and Freeze Dried Chicken
TVP CHICKEN VS. FREEZE DRIED CHICKEN & CANNED CHICKEN Okay, so I tried. I really, really tried to stomach the chicken tvp. I tried putting it in a really flavorful soup but here’s the thing, the fake chicken taste is hard to hide (in fact nothing I did hid it). It’s just so….fake….tasting. I personally [...]
Saturday Food Storage Show Off: Hamburger Soup
Doesn’t this soup look amazing? Special thanks to Staci for sharing the recipe AND a beautiful picture. I guess it’s time to admit that Fall is around the corner…time to break out the soup recipes! Staci says…”I just got this recipe today from my mom-in-law and just HAD to share with you!! I made it [...]
Food Storage Video: Freezer Jam
This is by far the easiest and most delicious of all the food storage recipes! I like to put this jam on sandwiches, waffles, crepes, ice cream…pretty much I could put this on any food and I think it would taste good. (Okay, maybe not ANY food but A LOT of foods My sister-in-law makes [...]
Studio 5: Milk Shakes Shook Up!
If you missed my latest appearance on Studio 5- click HERE to watch the video of how to make these delicious shakes using none other than powdered milk! (your favorite food storage item and mine! Peanut Butter Moo’d:-makes two 8-ounce cups Ingredients: 1/2 C. Water 3/4 C. Dry Powdered Milk 1/3 C. Chocolate Powder (like [...]
Tres Leches Cake: Powdered Milk Food Storage Recipes
Happy Cinco de Mayo! I received this recipe from my biggest fan (don’t you love moms?!-Speaking of awesome moms, don’t forget Sunday is Mother’s day! If you haven’t already, download my FREE Food Storage Brunch handout for some great ideas for breakfast this year using food storage!) and knew it had to be a winner [...]