I love this idea from Marci H. Personally, I never think about breakfast the morning of Thanksgiving, too excited for that turkey! Anyway, and growing up my mom definitely didn’t, too busy working on that turkey! I love that these can be prepared the night before and then baked the next day. What a wonderful [...]
Fanatic Friday Contestant #4-Pumpkin Bread Bowls with Witches Brew…more food storage recipes!
Thank you so much for sending in your recipes for this month’s Fanatic Friday Recipe Contest! Here is the last contestant for this month’s Fanatic Friday’s contest. Mirien C. sent this to me and it looks fantastic doesn’t it? Pumpkin Bread Bowls Mirien C. Makes 4 medium bread bowls—I double this recipe for our [...]
Fanatic Fridays Contestant #3
Our third contestant in the “What in the world should Crystal’s family eat for Halloween” is Heidi, this is what she had to say…”Since you like spaghetti and your husband likes chili bake, I thought it would be perfect to share a recipe from my grandma called Chili Ghetti. It hasn’t been a yearly Halloween [...]
Contestant #2-Halloween Food Storage Dinners
I got this from Jennifer W. and I’m just amazed at how creative all of you are! Here is contestant #2 for the Fanatic Friday contest. Remember you’re deciding what I’ll be eating for Halloween! Jack-o-Lantern Chicken Pot Pie 1 Heaping cup potato, diced 1 cup onion, diced 1 cup celery, diced 1 cup carrot, [...]
Let the contest begin!
Our first contestant in the “What in the world should Crystal and her family eat on Halloween” is from Keya. It sounds like a great Halloween twist on an old favorite! Pumpkin Sloppy Joes 1 pound ground beef 3 Tablespoons dried onion 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder 1 cup of canned pumpkin 1 can 8 0z [...]
Reintroducing….Fanatic Fridays…with a fun TWIST!
I wanted to reintroduce Fanatic Fridays (the days that YOU get to share YOUR awesome food storage recipes with the rest of us.) I did this before the Summer but in a quest to continually make food storage fun, I’ll be changing some things around. It’s actually going to be a sort-of mini recipe contest [...]
Fanatic Friday: Bread Recipes-whole wheat food storage recipes
I absolutely LOVE hearing for you all of you and am even more excited when you share recipes with ME! Here are some bread recipes I was sent for our lessons on bread. 9 Grain Whole Wheat Bread (from Tiffany R.) This recipe makes 6 large loaves… In a blender crack: (I like chunky so [...]
Fanatic Friday Food Storage Recipe: Chicken and Rice
Thank you for all of your patience! My baby is doing a little better and went to bed early tonight so I thought I would sneak in a post. I realize it’s a little early for a Fanatic Friday post but this dish looks too good to WAIT! This recipe comes from Staci and it [...]
Food Storage Fanatic Friday: Live from the Request Line
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. [...]
Fanatic Friday Giveaway #2: Kid’s apron, chef hat, baking mat, and cookie turner..phew! Plus, more gift ideas!
Before we get to the giveaway…I wanted to share a really GREAT blog on Gingerbread that Marilee sent to me. Gingerbread is a GREAT thing to disguise wheat flour in because 1) it’s dark 2) has A LOT of molasses in it for moisture and 3) great spices to cover any wheat taste you may [...]

















