Today While The Sun Shines: 52 Weeks, Week 35

Food Storage Amounts

1 gallon = 7 lbs wheat, rice or sugar
1 gallon = 5 lbs powdered milk or flour
1 gallon = 4 lbs macaroni
1 gallon = 3 lbs potato flakes, oatmeal, or instant milk
5 gallons = 35 lbs wheat, beans, rice, or sugar
5 gallons = 25 lbs powdered milk or flour
5 gallons = 20 lbs macaroni
5 gallons = 15 lbs potato flakes, oatmeal, or instant milk
55 gal drum = 400 lbs wheat, beans, rice, or sugar
55 gal drum = 275 lbs powdered milk or flour
55 gal drum = 225 lbs macaroni
55 gal drum = 160 lbs potato flakes, oatmeal, or instant milk

Substitutions

Cream Cheese: cottage cheese blended smooth with butter or milk

Eggs: 1 tbsp soy flour and 1 tbsp water or 1 tbsp ground flax and 3 tbsp water

Milk / Cream: 1 cup milk = 1/3 cup dry milk plus 1 cup water or 1/2 cup evaporated milk plus 1/2 cup water

1 cup buttermilk = 1 tbsp lemon juice or vinegar plus enough milk to make 1 cup, let stand 5 min

1 cup heavy cream = 7/8 cup whole milk plus 1 1/2 tbsp butter

Sugar: 1 cup granulated sugar = 1 3/4 cup powdered sugar or 1 cup packed light brown sugar or 3/4 cup honey

1 cup brown sugar = 1 cup sugar plus 2 tbsp molasses

Misc:
1 pkg yeast = 1 tbsp bulk yeast or 1/2 cake compressed yeast
1 tsp baking powder = 1/4 tsp cream tartar plus 1/4 tsp baking soda
1 tbsp lemon juice = 1/2 tbsp vinegar
1 cup butter / margarine = 7/8 cup vegetable oil
1 cup dark corn syrup = 3/4 cup light plus 1/4 cup molasses
1 chopped onion = 1 tbsp instant minced
1 clove garlic = 1/4 tsp garlic powder
1 cup tomato sauce = 3/4 cup tomato paste plus 1 cup water
1 tbsp prepared mustard = 1 tsp dry mustard plus 1 tbsp water

Sunday, September 13, 2009

52 Weeks, Week 35

52 Weeks to Family Preparedness for Two

Week 35

"You will pardon me if I have talked with intense earnestness. It is not because I am angry-I am hurt; my feelings are wounded at the indifference, the carelessness, yea blindness, of many who belong to this great Church, because I know what the result will be. The Lord himself has spoken.

"Now let us go to our homes and wherein they are not in order, let us set them in order, get the Spirit of the Lord and keep it, observe the commandments of God that we may obtain his blessings, and let us demonstrate day by day by loving kindness and charity, and consideration to one another in these trying times, that we do know that God lives." (George Albert Smith, Conference Report, October 1935, p. 122)

Food Storage and Preparedness Challenge 0f the Week:

Food Storage Purchase 8 Cans of Meat

Extra Item Purchase 8 Rolls of Toilet Paper

Family Prep: Make sure you have a small first aid kit in each of your vehicles, and also a battery powered radio with extra batteries.

Spiritual Preparedness: Consider together as a family, who you can invite to the Stake Conference to hear from our Stake President.

Squash Ideas

Slice, blanch, pat dry, roll in cornmeal, fry (but not too

brown), place on cookie sheet, freeze, then bag.
Cut up, place in large skillet with chopped onion, butter

and a shot of brown sugar. Cook until tender, put in bag and

freeze.
Blanch green beans and add chopped onion and baby

crookneck squash. Bag and freeze.
Try cooking several varieties of summer squash together. This will make a colorful side dish.
Try adding some of your favorite seasonings (dill, lemon juice or lemon pepper, Creole, chili powder) to summer squash that has been steamed, sautéed, or grilled.
Squash can be used to make great tasting casseroles or in fast stir fry.
Marinate and grill it on the grill what a great taste
Sliced or grated raw squash can be a wonderful addition to your favorite salad.
Add sliced squash with dried tomatoes to rice when you cook it.
Add yellow and zucchini squash to your next vegetable tray.
Grated summer squash makes a good substitute for carrots in a carrot cake.