Week 11

 

52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two

Week 11

"With regard to grain, I will say, If you do not lay it up and keep it, you will be sorry in a day to come; for you will see hard times, trying times, plagues, and famines, and bloodshed. Be advised and provide in time, and while you have the opportunity."Heber C. Kimball 1859

Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:

Food Storage Purchase Fruit Drink to make 30 quarts

Extra Item Purchase Shampoo, soap, toothbrush, toothpaste, (to last 6 months)

72 Hour Kit First Aid Kit: Place in Zip Lock Bag- exam gloves, 1 triangle bandage, hand sanitizer, scissors, penlight, roll of gauze, burn cream, 6 band-aid, 1 ace bandage, antibiotic ointment, 4 butterfly closures, 6 alcohol swabs

Family Preparation Check all windows around the house an make sure they can be used as an emergency exit. Teach all family members how to open them. Give permission to break glass if necessary.

Spiritual Preparedness Through simple service, bless the live of another, perhaps with a note or a phone call.

Lentil Shepherds Pie

2 carrots, sliced 2 onions, chopped

1 ½ tsp oregano

½ lb lentils or ¼ lb lentils and ¼ lb brown rice

1 cup cooked wheat ¾ pint water

2 cans 14 oz tomatoes 2 oz mushrooms sliced

2 vegetable stock cubes pepper

mashed potatoes

Fry onions, garlic, carrots, and mushrooms with the herbs. Add the

lentils and rice. Fry. Add the wheat, tomatoes and water. Fry for

30 – 45 minutes until lentils are soft. Add stock cubes and pepper

to taste. Make into a pie with mashed potato topping and brown

under broiler. This can also be served as a stew without the potato

topping.

Quick Veggie Shepherds Pie

2 or 3 leeks, chopped into rounds

¼ lb mushrooms, sliced 1 15 oz can baked beans

1 cup cooked wheat 2 tsp basil

½ tsp oregano 2 garlic cloves, crushed

salt and pepper to taste mashed potatoes

grated cheese for topping paprika

Fry the leeks with the mushrooms, herbs and garlic for a few

minutes until soft, but leeks are still squeaky when tasted. Add

wheat, beans, and heat through. Make into a pie, topped with mashed

potatoes. Top pie with a little grated cheese and paprika. Brown

under broiler.