Recipe - Anitra's Wheat Bread

Here is the recipe for the DELICIOUS bread that Kale brought to our August Relief Society Activity:


4 cups warm water
1⁄2 cup honey
1⁄2 cup rolled oats
1⁄2 cup powdered milk
1⁄2 cup oil
2 tbsp. salt
2 tbsp. yeast
1⁄2 cup vital wheat gluten
6-7 cups wheat flour

In a Bosch mixer, combine the warm water, honey, oats, powdered milk, oil, salt, and 3 cups wheat flour. Mix 2 minutes until foamy. Add the yeast and vital wheat gluten, adding more wheat flour until you can see the clean curve of the mixing bowl. Be careful not to add too much flour as wheat flour takes time to
absorb the water in the dough. Knead 10 minutes, or until the dough pulls away and cleans the entire bowl. Pour some oil on a clean counter top then place dough on it turning it over once to coat dough in oil. Cover with a clean towel and let the dough rest for 30 minutes.
Divide dough into 3 loaves, and place into lightly greased bread pans. Place the loaves into an oven that’s been preheated to 150 degrees, then turned off. Allow loaves to rise 30 minutes or until the sides of the loaf pan are covered by rising dough. Turn oven to 350 degrees and bake for 35-40 minutes until golden, and loaves sound hollow when tapped on. Cool 10 minutes then remove from the loaf pans.
*If you are using a Kitchen Aid rather than a Bosch everything is the same except that the bowl will not clean as quickly. Put in all ingredients but do not exceed 7 cups of flour! Then allow to mix, it may take up to 20 minutes of kneading before it will clean the curve of the bowl. Then continue to follow directions as written.

Recipe courtesy of Anitra Kerr www.simplylivingsmart.com

Recipe - Wheat Grass Smoothie

This is the recipe for Wheat Grass Smoothies from our August Relief Society Activity:
1 1/3 cup soy milk
1/3 cup frozen orange juice concentrate
1/3 cup frozen blueberries
A generous cutting of wheat grass
1 banana
1 cup vanilla or plain yogurt
Blend all ingredients well in a blender until smooth! This tastes great with a slice of wheat toast, and someone to share it with! Watch your energy boost!!!

* This is the base of any smoothie add any fruits or vegetables that you would like to change it up.

Recipe courtesy of Anitra Kerr www.simplylivingsmart.com

Recipe - Anitra’s Creamy Yogurt

Here is the recipe for Homemade yogurt from our August Relief Society Activity:
In a medium saucepan, combine 7 cups milk with 1/2 cup powdered milk. Whisk till smooth. Heat to 200 degrees or until milk starts to bubble on the sides and crawl up the pan. Remove from heat and pour into a pitcher. Allow to cool until warm to the touch (110 degrees), but not stinging hot. Add 1 cup of yogurt starter (you can either use some from your last batch, or, if you forgot to save some, use Dannon plain). Mix until smooth, then fill 4 pint jars with the milk mixture. Immediately place in thick blanket or “3-in1 WonderBox Mini” and wrap jars tightly. Allow to sit 9 hours, untouched, before refrigerating. To make vanilla yogurt, add 1/3 cup sugar and 2 tbsp. vanilla to the heating milk. For fruit yogurt, place a few tbsp. of your favorite jam at the bottom of the jars before filling!

Recipe courtesy of Anitra Kerr www.simplylivingsmart.com

August's Relief Society Activity

Thank you to all those who helped plan, who donated to, and who came to our Harvest activity. We were able to learn some new techniques on home-made yogurt, dehyrdating, canning, flash-freezing, and vacuum food storage methods. It was a fun night and we were able to enjoy some yummy samples!

Recipe - Fruit Leather

Here are a few recipes from our Dehyrdating class:

Basic Fruit Leather:
5 cups fruit - either applesauce or pears
1 cup other fruit - such as strawberries, raspberries, pineapple, etc.
1 tsp Lemon Juice
Blend all together - pour on to dehyrdating trays aprox. 1/4 thick. Dry as directed by your Dehyradtor's instructions.

Peach/Pear Fruit Leather:
2 cups peaches
2 cups pears
1 tsp lemon juice
Blend all together - pour on to dehyrdating trays aprox. 1/4 thick. Dry as directed by your Dehyradtor's instructions.

Banana/Pineapple Fruit Leather:
2 cups banana
1 cup pineapple
1 TBS Orange Zest
1 tsp Lemon juice
Blend all together - pour on to dehyrdating trays aprox. 1/4 thick. Dry as directed by your Dehyradtor's instructions.

Apricot/Orange
6 cups apricot
1 TBS Orange Zest
3 TBS Honey
1 tsp Lemon Juice
Blend all together - pour on to dehyrdating trays aprox. 1/4 thick. Dry as directed by your Dehyradtor's instructions.

Canning Recipe - Pickles

If you attended our most recent Relief Society activity - you were treated to all kinds of canned/frozen/dried and homemade goodies. Our very own Sister Schliep sent a beautiful display of her canning talents. One of the biggest hits was her Jalapeno Pickles. Sister Paul has posted the recipe for these pickles on her blog - and I thought I would share it with all of you! Click here to see the recipe! And good luck canning!

Canning/Home Food Storage Tip

This Canning tip comes from our wonderful Canning Specialist Susy Peterson:
Case lots sales are going on at almost all the stores. For those of us that feel overwhelmed, or can't afford lots of cases of food, just pick one item and buy a case of it. Remember, baby steps!

Heres an example of some of the great deals you can get with the case lot sales:
Maceys:
WF Chili .78
WF Tuna .58
WF Toilet Paper 24 pack 4.48
WF Canned Beans (all kinds) .48
WF Tomato Sauce .27

Smiths:
Kroger Canned Vegetables 11.99/case (2/$1.00)
Mac-n-cheese 15.99 (3/$1.00)
Ramen 3.00 (8/$1.00)
"Cream of _____" Soups 11.99 (2/$1.00)
Bumble Bee Tuna 24.00 (2/$1.00)
Kroger Peanut Butter 12.00 (1/$1.00)
Kroger Beans or Pork-n-Beans 12.99 (.55/each)

Walmart:
Angel Soft Toilet Paper (12 big rolls) 5.00