52 Weeks, Week 27

52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two

Week 27

Elder Neal A. Maxwell, Thus what I have said is not said to alarm at all, but, rather, so that we might be noticing

and preparing. Ensign, May 1988

Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge Of The Week:

Food Storage Purchase     8 Cans of Meat

Extra Item Purchase 
          8 Rolls of Toilet Paper

Family Gear Box                 Cooking Supplies: Camp stove or single burner with fuel. Spoon, spatula, multi use pan, pot                                                     holders.
Family Preparation             Change the smoke detector batteries. Vacuum out any dirt or dust and test them.
Spiritual Preparedness       Read the Proclamation on the family. Commit at least one paragraph to memory

COTTAGE CHEESE BEEF STROGANOFF

Serves 4 - 6

1 lb. ground beef Or 1 (15 oz can ground beef )

dash of pepper

½ tsp. sweet basil

5 slices bacon, diced

1 tsp. garlic salt

½ Cup chopped onion

1 can crm mushroom soup

½ tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. paprika

1 Cup cottage cheese

Hot, buttered noodles

In skillet, brown ground beef with bacon (if using canned ground beef, simply heat with bacon). Add onion (rehydrated dried onion may be used, reconstituting to fresh equivalent, but add when you begin to heat with bacon) and cook until tender but not brown. Drain off excess fat. Add salt, basil, paprika, garlic and pepper. Stir in soup and cook slowly, uncovered, 20 minutes, stirring frequently. Blend cottage cheese in blender until smooth. Stir into stroganoff sauce and heat, but do not boil. Serve meat sauce over hot, buttered noodles.

CHICKEN (OR TURKEY) FRICASSEE FOR 1

Makes 1 Cup Broth and 2 Cups Potatoes

1 tsp. Chicken Soup Base

3/4 Cup dry Potato Pearls

1 tsp. dried onion

1/8 tsp. salt

Dash pepper

3 Tbsp. flour

2 oz. Chicken (1/4 cup)

3 Cups water, divided

Cook soup base, chicken, onions, salt and pepper in 1 cup of water. Thicken with as much flour as needed. Boil the other 2 cups of water and stir in the Potato Pearls. Make a "bowl" of the mashed potatoes and spoon broth mixture into it. Increase the recipe according to number of persons to be served. Enjoy