You need to plan your food storage in terms of what you can categorically Make out of the items. Wheat will do you no good if you don't have other baking items considerable to make edible food out of it. Using the data from the book Marlene's Magic with Food storage as a normal guideline, I have compiled a list of separate food items you can cook depending on what items you currently have in your food storage. This should be a beginning point for anyone when determining which items to begin accumulating or to see what items you should add to categorically improve your meal options.
[b]Food[/b]I would recommend getting a 3 month furnish of all of these items first, and then arresting on to a full year's worth of food. You don't want to end up with a year's furnish of wheat and unable to make even a loaf of bread because you don't have the other ingredients.
Foods You Can Make Using coarse Food storage Items
If You Only Have: Water, Wheat, Salt, Shortening or Oil
You Can Make:
- Sprouted wheat
- Cooked cracked wheat
- Cooked whole wheat
- Wheat grass
- Gluten (a strange bread-type food that has a very high protein content)
- Tortillas
Just Add: Powdered Milk, Powdered Eggs, Honey or Sugar, Flour
And You Can Make the Items Above Plus:
- Wheat pudding
- German pancakes
- Crepes
- Pasta
Just Add: Yeast, Baking Powder, Baking Soda
And You Can Make the Items Above Plus:
- Puddings/custards
- Pancakes
- Some varieties of cookies
- Waffles
- Muffins/English muffins
- Breads
- Biscuits
- Some varieties of crackers
Just Add: Tomatoes, Powdered Butter and Cheese, Unflavored Gelatin, Canned Milk, Canned Fruits
And You Can Make the Items Above Plus:
- Meatless dinners
- Meatless casseroles
- Cream sauces
- Jello salads
- Whipped cream desserts
- Baby formula
Just Add: Rice, Legumes, Beef/Chicken Broth, Canned Meats, Dried Potatoes, Dehydrated Vegetables
And You Can Make the Items Above Plus:
- Lots of great chunky soups
- Chili
- Refried beans
- Rice dinners
- Rice puddings
- Sandwiches
- Many separate dinners and casseroles
Just Add: Extras such as Oats, Raisins, Nuts, Spices, Juice, Peanut Butter, Cream of Tarter, etc.
And You Can Make the Items Above Plus:
- A wide collection of roughly any type of food you would want to cook
Summary
As you can see, with a bit of planning (and a wonderful food storage recipe book on hand), you can be confident that you will be able to generate healthy, filling, comforting meals for your family should a true urgency occur. It will also be helpful to start using and rotating through these foods in your every day cooking so that you can find the recipes your family likes, get them used to eating these foods, and ensure that all of your storage retains its maximum freshness.
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