FOOD STORAGE RECIPES & Samples

FOOD STORAGE RECIPES & Samples

Chicken White Bean Chilli

3-4 cups chicken cooked and shredded (can use canned)

(Make it easy by using the meat from a rotisserie chicken or cook several chicken breasts in the crockpot for 4-5 hours on high.)

4 cups chicken broth

4 cans white beans (small white beans or great northern)

½ an onion sautéed with garlic in butter (or substitute ¼ c dried minced onion)

¼ c. chopped fresh cilantro or 1 Tbsp dried cilantro

1 tsp dried basil

¼ tsp ground cloves

½ tsp ground red pepper

Garnish: (optional) grated cheese, sour cream, tortilla chips

Combine ingredients and simmer on med-low for 10 min or so. Serve with grated cheese, sour cream & tortilla chips if desired. This can be made entirely with canned/dried food.

Refried Bean Soup

This recipe may sound strange, but it is one of our favorites! If you like refried beans, you have to try it! (For food storage adaption you could use dried onion, & bacon bits & omit celery, cheese, sour cream. It will still be good, I promise!)

1 onion diced

1 cup celery chopped

1 can chopped green chilies

½ tsp minced garlic or garlic powder

2 cans refried beans (16oz)

¼ tsp black pepper

1 tsp chilli powder

2 cups chicken broth (or more til consistency is soupy)

Tabasco sauce- couple shakes to taste

Serve with fritos, grated cheese, sour cream & bacon crumbles

Cook celery, onion, chilies & garlic til tender with butter on med low. Depending if you like a smooth or chunky soup you can blend some or all of the vegetables in a blender (or use a hand immersion blender if you have one). Be sure to allow soup to cool off a bit in the blender before trying to blend it with the lid on or it may explode. Add beans, seasonings and chicken broth. Simmer about 10 minutes or til heated through. Serve with garnishes. Serves 4-6 people.

Taco Soup

1 lb ground turkey or beef cooked and seasoned

1 28 oz can tomatoes, pureed in blender

1 can of corn & juice

1 can of black beans & liquid

1 can of kidney beans & liquid

1 onion chopped and sautéed (or dried minced onion)

1 package taco seasoning (or buy a large restaurant size & 3 Tbsp)

Combine all ingredients in soup pot & simmer until heated through. Serve with fritos or tortilla chips, grated cheese and sour cream. As a food storage adaption, you can omit the meat.

Granola

You can really delete any of these items, except the oats, honey, & oil. You can also add items like flax seed, other dried fruit, pumpkin seeds etc.

6 cups regular oats

1 cup whole almonds

1 cup sliced almonds

1 cup roasted, salted sunflower seeds

1 cup dried sweetened coconut

½ c wheat germ

½ c wheat bran

½ c whole or ground flax seed

1 cup honey

1 cup canola or coconut oil

Mix all dry ingredients together in a large bowl. In a separate bowl mix honey & oil & then pour it over dry ingredients. Mix well & spread out on large cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 15 min. Remove from oven & mix again to encourage even browning. Bake 15 more minutes & stir. If you like more crunchy granola bake 5-10 min more then stir in the raisins or cranberries & allow to cool. If you stir it a few times while it is cooling it won’t clump a much. Stir in an airtight container.

Baked Bean Soup

1 onion diced

1 lb ground turkey (or beef)

3 cans stewed tomatoes Italian style

4 cups water

2 packages Knorr country vegetable soup mix

1 can (55oz) baked beans

2-3 carrots sliced

Fry ground turkey & onions. Add the rest of the ingredients, except the carrots and simmer for 45 minutes or til vegetables from packet are tender. Add carrots and simmer til tender. For adapting this to food storage, you could omit the ground beef or use hamburger or use canned ground beef, and substitute dried onion & canned or dried carrots.

Cornbread & Honeybutter

½ c corn mealHoneybutter:

1 ½ c flour½ c softened butter

2/3 c sugar¼ c honey

1 Tbsp baking powder¼ c marshmellow cream

½ tsp saltdash cinnamon

½ c oil

3 Tbsp melted butter

1 ¼ c milk

Mix all dry ingredients & then add & stir in wet. Spray an 8x8 pan with cooking spray & spread batter in it. Bake 350 for 30-35 min.

Blender Wheat Pancakes or Waffles

1 c milk

1 c uncooked whole wheat

2 eggs

2 Tbsp oil

2 tsp baking powder

2 Tbsp honey or sugar

½ tsp salt

Put milk and wheat in blender. Blend on highest speed for 4-5 minutes or til batter is spoon. Add and blend on low, eggs, oil baking powder, honey and salt. Bake on hot griddle. To make as waffles use 4 Tbsp oil. Bake on waffle iron.

Easy Artisan Bread

3 c unbleached flour

½ tsp yeast

1 tsp salt

1 ½ c water

Mix all ingredients together in a bowl and let set on the counter, covered, for 18 hours. Punch down. Put in oiled bowl to rise 1 to 1 ½ hrs. Preheat ovn to 550, with pizza stone, for 1 hour. (Or you can use a small dutch oven like Le Creuset makes and bake the bread in that.) Form dough into a round or oval shape loaf. Brush the hot stone with olive oil & put the cough on the hot stone. Bake 2 minutes then scor the tope with an X, then bake 15-18 minutes. Pull out after its nicely browned, just before it starts to burn. Wrap it in a towel after it comes out of the oven if you want to soften up the crust a little.

Minestrone Soup

1 lb. ground turkey or hamburger

4 cups beef broth

1 28 oz can tomatoes

1 15 oz can tomato sauce

½ tsp garlic salt

1 can garbanzo beans

2 cans kidney beans

1 can green beans

3-4 carrots sliced

1 Tsp dried parsley

½ tsp dried basil

1 tsp dried oregano

2 c cooked pasta (small shells or macaroni)

Brown & season meat in deep soup pot. Puree tomatoes in blender and add to the pot with broth, carrots, tomato sauce & spices. Bring to a boil and simmer for 10 min or so until carrots are tender. Add remaining ingredients (except pasta) and heat through. Add pasta just before serving. I will often freeze half of this recipe (without the pasta) before serving.

Shepherd’s Pie

1 lb. ground turkey or beef cooked and seasoned

1 can tomato soup

1 can green beans

Mashed potatoes

Grated cheddar cheese

In a 9x14 pan layer cooked meat, tomato soup, mashed potatoes & top with cheese. Bake uncovered at 350 until heated through—20-30 min.