52 Weeks to Preparedness - Week 6

Week 6 of our challenge is all about ToMAtOeS: Juice, Whole, Sauce, Paste. Make it our buy it. Buy or make some pasta sauces & salsa!

Recipe - Pineapple, Carrot, Zucchini Bread

If you came to our Relief Society Activity on June 17th you got to enjoy a slice of this yummy bread that Casandra Erickson made in her solar oven. This bread is absolutely delicious!! Thanks Casandra for sharing!!!

PINEAPPLE , CARROT, ZUCCHINI BREAD

3 eggs
1 cup Vegetable Oil
2 tsp. Vanilla
(Optional) 1/2 cup nuts
2 cups Sugar
(0ptional) 1/2 cup raisins
2 cups grated Zucchini
1 (8) oz. can Crushed Pineapple--Drained
3/4 cup grated Carrots
3 cups Flour
1 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
3/4 tsp Nutmeg
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon

Beat together eggs, oil, sugar, and vanilla. Stir in grated zucchini, crushed pineapple, and grated carrots.
Mix together flour, soda, baking powder, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg. Add to wet ingredients and stir until just moistened. Gently fold in nuts and raisins if desired.
Pour into greased and floured loaf pans and Bake at 350 degrees for 45-55 min. or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Recipe - Applesauce Muffins

Here is yet another great food storage recipe!
Applesauce Muffins

Yield: 12 muffins

2 Cups Cheerios cereal
1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
½ cup packed brown sugar
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp baking powder
¾ tsp baking soda
1 cup applesauce
1/3 cup fat-free (skim) milk
2 TBS Vegetable oil
1 egg or ¼ cup fat-free egg product
½ cup raisins, if desired

Heat oven to 400*F. Spray bottoms only of 12 regular-size muffin cups with cooking spray.
Crush cereal. In a large bowl, stir together cereal, flour, brown sugar, cinnamon, baking powder and baking soda. Stir in remaining ingredients just until moistened. Divide batter evenly among muffin cups.

Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown.

Outdoor Cooking Methods - Tin Foil Dinner

Here are a few links to get some ideas and helps with Outdoor Cooking:

http://www.macscouter.com/cooking/docs/FoilCook.pdf

http://www.razzledazzlerecipes.com/camping-recipes/tin-foil-dinners.htm

http://www.outdoorcookingmagic.com/12-ways-to-spice-up-foil-dinners/

http://www.outdoorcookingmagic.com/make-cook-foil-dinners/

http://papadutch.home.comcast.net/

http://www.thefarm.org/charities/i4at/surv/cookingf.htm

http://www.justpeace.org/buddyburner.htm

http://www.sunoven.com/

Recipe - Honey Lime Quinoa Salad

This is Kale Snyder's Recipe from the Outdoor Cooking Methods Activity! It is so YUMMY!!
(If you don't know where to get Quinoa you can go to Whole Foods or a Health Food Store)
Check out this link if you aren't sure what Quinoa is or how to cook it:
http://www.fitsugar.com/Red-Quinoa-Delicious-Complete-Protein-Grain-174395

In a large bowl, combine the following ingredients:
3 cups cooked small shell pasta
1/2 c celery
1 can drianed pineapple tidbits or dices
1/2 c shredded coconut (optional)
1 c cooked red quinoa
1/2 c chopped green onions
1 c shredded cheddar cheese

Hone Lime Salad Dressing:
1 c mayonnaise
1 TBSP dijon mustard
1 TBSP fresh lime juice
1/2 c softened cream cheese
3 TBSP honey salt and pepper to taste

Outdoor Cooking Methods - Relief Society Activity

We would like to thank the members of our Relief Society Board for a WoNDerFuL activity last Thursday! We learned several new methods of cooking in case our power/stoves are out. Cooking in a Dutch oven, in a Rocket Stove, Tin Foil dinners and cooking in a fire, using a solar oven and using a small propane burner are some great ways to make your family dinner!

Thank you to everyone who shared their talents and their food!

Carrot & Pineapple Salad

Here is another fabulous recipe from our "Cooking with Food Storage" Relief Society Activity!

Carrot and Pineapple Salad
2 ½ cups shredded carrots
1 small (8oz) can crushed pineapple (drained)
2 cups cooked whole wheat kernels (wheat berry recipe to follow)
2 cups mayo

Mix mayo and carrots. Put on the bottom as the first layer. Layer next with pineapple almost to the edge. The final layer will be the wheat berries in the center.

Wheat Berries

Yield: 2 cups
1 cup wheat
2 cups water
½ tsp salt

Cook in a crock-pot on low for 4-6 hours.

SUMMER PLAYGROUP!!

Here is the information for the Summer Playgroup!
We will meet every Tuesday at 12:00noon at the location listed below. Bring a lunch and a friend! Hope to see you there!!

June 22nd - Riverton Splash Park *bring swimming suits & a towel* (13680 S. 3250 W.)
June 29th - Skye Park (4800 W Skye Drive - So. Jordan)
July 6th - Big Bear Park (9695 S. Onyx Lane 930 E.)
July 13th - Castle Park at West Jordan City Park
July 20th - Riverton Splash Park *bring swimming suits & a towel* (13680 S. 3250 W.)
July 27th - Wheeler Farm (6351 S 900 E)
August 3rd - Blue Park at West Jordan City Park
August 10th -Skye Park (4800 W Skye Drive - So. Jordan)
August 17th - Disabilty Park behind Gene Fullmer Rec. Center

52 Weeks to Preparedness - Week 5

We are to week 5 of our 52 week challenge! This week's challenge is to build up your supply of baking materials - baking powder, soda, cornstarch, yeast, etc. These are great things to have on hand - and did you know that dry yeast freezes very well?  Good Luck!

52 Weeks to Preparedness - Week 4

Can you believe it has already been 1 month since we started our goal of weekly preparedness planning?? Good job to all of you who have been getting your weekly items. If you haven't, it's not too late! Just start with this weeks items: Paper, pencils, journals, envelopes, postage stamps, etc. These items will come in handy to keep your children entertained, record your feelings, and to correspond with others if email or telephones are down. You could also prepare by writing down important information such as addresses, phone numbers, birthdays, doctor's information, allergies, banking and other important information.

Summer Play Group - Tuesday's at 12:00noon

This summer we would like to be able to get our  little ones together to play, and for the moms to be able to get together to visit! We will be having a weekly play group on Tuesday's at 12:00noon. We will be meeting at different parks around West Jordan. Please come join us - bring a picnic lunch, drinks, a blanket, sunscreen and your kids for some fun in the sun!! This week - June 15th - we will be meeting at the park just behind Gene Fullmer.
Hope to see you there!!!!!

Recipe - Pumpkin Cranberry Muffins

Here is another recipe to try using some of the items in your food storage! Yummy!!!
Pumpkin-Cranberry Muffins
Yield: 1 dozen (serving size:1 muffin)
1 ½ cups all-purpose flour (about 6 ¾ ounces)
1 tsp baking soda
¾ tsp ground ginger
½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp ground cinnamon
¼ tsp salt
1/8 tsp ground cloves
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup canned pumpkin
½ cup low-fat buttermilk
¼ cup packed light brown sugar
2 Tbls canola oil
1 large egg
2/3 cup sweetened dried cranberries, chopped (such as Craisins)
Cooking spray

Preheat oven to 375*

Lightly spoon flour into dry measuring cups; level with a knife. Combine flour, baking soda, and the next 5 ingredients (through cloves); stir well with a whisk.

Combine granulated sugar and next 5 ingredients (through egg) in a large bowl; beat with a mixer at medium speed until well blended (about 3 minutes). Add flour mixture to sugar mixture; beat at low speed just until combined. Fold in cranberries.

Place 12 paper muffin cup liners in muffin cups; coat liners with cooking spray. Spoon batter into prepared cups. Bake at 375* for 25 minutes or until muffins spring back when touched lightly in center. Remove muffins from pan immediately; place on a wire rack.

52 Weeks to Preparedness - Week 3

Sorry this post is a little late - but this week's Prepardness challenge is Canned goods. This can be anything your family likes. Canned foods are GREAT to have on hand because they can be used in so many recipes or by themselves. Canned food also seem to be the one item that is always on sale somewhere - especially when stores have their big "Case lot" sales. So try to get a few extra cans this week to have on hand, and keep up the good work!!

Come fill your cup with alternative cooking methods!

Do you ever wonder how you would cook for your family if the power were out? No oven, no stove - and even worse - No Microwave??!?!? We have the solutions for you! Come join us on June 17th to learn some "alternative" ways of cooking - and there will probably some yummy food to enjoy too!  The activity will start at 7:00pm and will be held at Julie Garner's home: 2102 W 8350 S. It will be a GREAT time! Hope to see everyone there!

52 Weeks to Preparedness - Week 2

This week's item to focus on is canned milk. Canned milk is a great thing to have on hand because you can get the nutrional value a regular milk, while being able to store it for long term use. I found this helpful conversion chart at http://everydayfoodstorage.net/ and thought it would help you when deciding how much powdered milk you would use in recipes.

Start with getting one can. Remember we are doing this in baby steps!