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.
Timesaving
Canning Beef Stew
The ingredients in this beef stew are available year-round. Watch for a good sale on beef roasts and make your own home canned convenience food.
Tuna White Bean Salad
This salad is great for hot summer days or power outages – there’s no cooking involved. Tuna and white beans in a red wine vinegar dressing.
Beef Ramen Noodle Bowl
This meal has minimal cooking for hot summer days or fuel conservation during an emergency. Ramen, beef, peas, tomatoes
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.
Seasoned Green Chile Potatoes
Add flavor to mashed potatoes without adding more calories. Leftovers make great potato pancakes! Mashed potatoes, seasoning, green chiles.
Bacon Ranch Potato Salad
Boxes of au gratin potato mixes are a good source for the dried potatoes in this easy salad. Dried potatoes, bacon, Ranch dressing.
Taco Bowls
Great taco bowls can be made without fresh vegetables! Any time of year! Rice, canned hamburger, tomatoes, green chiles, cheese, 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.
Ham and Bean Soup
Tastes like it’s been simmering all afternoon but cooks in 30 minutes thanks to home canning of celery, carrots, ham, beans, and broth.