Author Archives: Robin

Fruit Cocktail

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I love Canned Fruit Cocktail. We usually eat it by the bowlful with our lunches. My favorite is the “Very Cherry” variety. When I find it on sale I really stock up! Sometimes I find it at Costco in great big #10 cans and since we are not a small family any more, we easily finish off a can before it goes bad. However you store it know that it has many uses. Here are a few recipes that will help you use and rotate your canned fruit cocktail!

Diced Green Chilies

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These little cans pack so much flavor into a recipe to give it a southwestern style without a lot of heat. They are so small and so inexpensive. Plus I can make a variety of meals with them.

The last time I stocked up, when they were $.29 a piece, the checker honesty asked, “What are you going to do with all these cans of diced green chilies?” Instead of just laughing to myself, which is my normal reaction to these types of questions, I spouted off a list of almost ten recipes I make with my tiny little cans. I wasn’t trying to stop her short, but for some reason I wanted her to see that my 57 little cans were not going to just sit on my shelf, but be made into wonderful meals for my family.

I wondered, since then,  if I enticed her enough with my recipe list to go buy herself a few cans? Hopefully this weeks recipes may just entice you.

Grandma Elva’s Baked Raisin Pudding

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Grandma Elva always had a crew to cook for, and she usually had little or no notice about the number of mouths she would be feeding each day. This never stopped her from whipping up delicious desserts to accompany any meal! Her Baked Raisin Pudding is a well-loved dish filled with raisins, sauce, and a whole lot of memories. Continue reading →

Raisins

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Raisins are very easy to store and even easier to rotate in my house.  I have dried my own, and I also buy them by the bagfuls.  We love them over hot rice and in cookies.  We love them as a snack and added to lunches.

Some people have warned me that they are worse for my children’s teeth than fruit snacks.  To those people I shrug my shoulders.  I believe in eating food the Lord gave us, and raisins are one of the easiest to pack, add and enjoy.  ”Bring on the Raisins!”

Morning Muffins

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It took me a long time to think of a name for these babies. I love them because they add carrots (and Vitamin A) into my food storage. The kids helped me with finding a name. We went from “Two Fuits and a Veggie,” to “Can I just have another?” Okay, the latter was not really a name suggestion, but an uninterested child. We finally picked one and decided as long as the muffin is good, who cares what the name is? Continue reading →

Rachel Rolls

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Years ago I had a sandwich in a deli shop that they called “Rachel.” It was so good I inquired what was in it. They explained that it was simply a Reuben without sauerkraut. Now whenever I see a Reuben on the menu in a restaurant I order myself one “Rachel style.” If you love canned sauerkraut and want to food storage it, you could add it, just drain and squeeze dry. As for me – I prefer “Rachels.” Continue reading →

Freeze Dried Shredded Cheese

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Freeze Dried Cheese is by far my favorite choice when it comes to adding cheese to my family meals. This particular can cost me $25.00 when I purchased it during a group sale at Emergency Essentials. It had a measured 13 1/2 cups of freeze dried cheese inside. Since freeze dried cheese substitutes in any recipe cup for cup with fresh, this can will make 13 1/2 cups recipe-ready shredded cheese once it is reconstituted.Now let’s talk fresh for a minute. The local grocery store I shop at periodically has 8 oz. bags of shredded cheese or 8 oz. bricks of cheese on sale for $1.99. When it goes to this price I stock up my refrigerator, and usually don’t have to buy again until I find it on sale again. 8 oz. of fresh cheese is approximately 2 cups shredded. That makes fresh shredded cheese $1.00 a cup.
Now back to our freeze dried can.  At $25.00 a can, and 13 1/2 cups per can, I am paying a little less than twice as much as I pay for fresh. Why am I willing to pay that much for freeze dried? If I keep it stored in a cool dry place I can store it for up to 25 years. I can move it from house to house and I get by far the best results from freeze dried cheese. After it hydrates, it will melt and act very similar to fresh shredded cheese. It is easy to substitute in a recipe, and my family doesn’t ever notice I used “food storage.” So I buy once and store it away for that rainy day I pray will never really come. With this in mind $25.00 a can is not that outrageous. Remember, if you can buy it in a group during a group sale you only need to buy a can or two at a time until you have enough for your year supply.