Bell peppers add color to this rice side dish. Stirring the cooked rice mixture in a hot skillet dries and separates the kernels.
These recipes use food preserved by dehydrating or canning.
Home Preserved Food
Southern Rice Salad
The pickled okra in this cold main dish salad is a great complement to the plain rice and smokey flavored blackeye peas.
Amazing Tex-Mex Pasta Salad
Make Tex Mex chicken pasta salad with dehydrated and canned vegetables. Save time spent chopping vegetables.
Magic Pasta Salad
It’s like magic when you can put some dry ingredients in a pot of water and the results look like fresh! Dried vegetables, macaroni, ham, olives.
Summer Oatmeal
If you are looking for meals to fix that require little or no cooking, start with this cool but wholesome breakfast. Oats, dried fruit, juice, oat bran, honey.
Artichoke Cakes
These vegetarian “meat” patties provide a lighter alternative to red meat or pork. Serve with vegetables and a salad for a satisfying meal.
Taco Bowls
Great taco bowls can be made without fresh vegetables! Any time of year! Rice, canned hamburger, tomatoes, green chiles, cheese, seasonings
Vegetarian Pot Pie
This is a very satisfying and filling pie even though there is no meat in it. White beans, mushrooms, potatoes, mushroom soup, seasonings.
Turkey Corn Chowder
Have dinner on the table in 20 minutes with this chowder. It’s also a good one to prepare when energy supplies are limited during a disaster.
Baked Quinoa and Oatmeal
Serve this for a satisfying brunch. It’s especially good with hot chocolate, hot cacao drinks, or chocolate herb tea.