The pickled okra in this cold main dish salad is a great complement to the plain rice and smokey flavored blackeye peas.
Long Term Storage
Breakfast Soup
Make a cool, refreshing, timesaving breakfast the night before with orange juice, canned peaches, and oats.
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.
Walnut and Oat Sausage
Try this vegetarian “sausage” with your eggs for a change of pace. Steel cut oats, walnuts, sausage seasonings.
Storing Non-fat Dry Milk
I was pleasantly surprised to find that the milk, dry packed in 2003 (19 years ago), was still good. It was still a good color and it smelled fresh.
Four Grain Pilaf
Serve this whole grain vegetarian casserole for an easy, satisfying meal. Gluten-free version included.
Baked Quinoa and Oatmeal
Serve this for a satisfying brunch. It’s especially good with hot chocolate, hot cacao drinks, or chocolate herb tea.
Home Canning Dried Beans
Canning your own dried beans saves money, helps you rotate the dried beans in your food storage, and turns a time requiring food into a convenience food.