One of the concerns that my friends always express is how I keep fruits and vegetables in my pantry. They know that I realize that it’s important to ensure that you eat a variety of fruits and vegetables during the course of the day, but how can I possibly apply my pantry principle to provide the fruits and vegetables that my family needs. Obviously, fresh […]
Are you one of the people who rushed to the store in a panic when you heard that there might be a quarantine and there was a chance that you would be confined to your home for an extended period of time? Did you, in your haste, fill your cart with cans of food that you don’t usually buy or eat? Now that you’ve blown […]
My 3o days of cans challenge came to an end on May 1, and , as has become my habit, I want to share the results. In other words, it’s time to review my recipes, and see how I did in relationship to the rules that were established for this challenge. The 30 days of canned food challenge had only a few rules. They were:
For those of you who have been following my blog, it should come as no surprise that I am doing another “30 days of…” series for the month of April. Last year, I posted 30 days of recipes containing beans. This April, my self imposed challenge is to share one new recipe each day that is made with canned or other shelf stable food. You […]
As the weather gets colder, we begin to think in terms of foods that are hot and hearty. Nothing is more comforting than a warm bowl of clam chowder served with some crusty sour dough bread. Baker’s Man isn’t much of a soup fan, but he loves chowder. After growing up in San Francisco, he is also very fond of sour dough bread. Clam Chowder […]
With Food storage, there is a fine line between enough and too much. For this post, I had considered making a list of all of the items I would need to buy in order to make my two week menu plan along with quantities, but I realized that it wouldn’t be relevant. Each families situation is unique. This decision has to be your own. In […]
In our last post, we looked at the meals that my family ate for the last two weeks and decided to use those items as the basis for a proposed 2 week rotating menu. You can use this same principle to figure out what to include in your family’s food storage. Let’s look at that list of meals again. Breakfasts: Bagels, cereal, oatmeal, french toast […]
The internet is full of suggestions on how to build a food storage for $5 or $10 per week as well as suggestions for what you should store. These suggestions can be good for some, but not for everyone. Many of these one size fits all food storage plans encourage storing wheat. Since allergy to gluten (the protein in wheat) is on the rise, wheat […]
One of the biggest challenges faced by someone who is trying to build up a well stocked pantry is figuring out what to store. One of the simplest rules to follow when storing food for future use is to remember to store what you will eat. A couple of weeks ago, I asked you to keep track of what you ate as well as when […]
Last week, I mentioned that when I watch those TV shows or news clips where people have basements full of food items and do super coupon shopping and bring home tons of food items for next to nothing, I am very impressed, but I often wonder how much of that food gets used before it spoils. Food that spoils before it is used goes into […]