Food Storage Tips

One of the best ways to avoid food fatigue is to incorporate spices and seasonings into your everyday cooking.  A basic ingredient, such as pasta, can be dressed up several different ways  just by altering the type of sauce  that is added at the end.  Rainy Day Foods has a great spaghetti sauce mix, an alfredo sauce mix, and cheese...

Tomato Powder is a must for any kitchen.  With a shelf life of up to 25 years unopened and one year after opening you don’t have to worry about running out of tomato sauce or throwing out expired sauce.  How many times have you used half of a can of sauce for a recipe, planning to use the rest later...

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  "Food fatigue" can be a serious problem when you're living off of your food storage.  When you eat the same thing day after day (plain rice and beans, for example) you can get so tired of your meals that you want to stop eating entirely. This is why it's crucially important to learn new ways to cook with your...

Because of the lack of spring at our house, soup has been a go to meal.  I decided to try Rainy Day Foods creamy potato soup.  It is part of their Quick and Easy line.  It certainly was very easy to make.  You simply add 1 cup of water and 1/3 cup of soup mix for each serving.  I have...

I made a tasty quiche from food storage for my family's Easter brunch (I'll share that recipe later), but it made me think about how much more I cook from my pantry now than I did in the past. Some of you probably don't use long-term storage food in your daily cooking, or even at all. Although I'm not an...

Who doesn’t enjoy fresh-baked muffins?  I certainly love them and so does my family.  I recently tried the basic muffin mix from Rainy Day foods and was pleasantly surprised at how good they were.  Since it is a mix, making them was very easy.  You simply add water; oil can also be added.  I tossed in some huckleberries that I...

To sour reconstituted milk, just add a little vinegar to it and stir it up. For instance, if a recipe calls for 1 cup of sour milk or buttermilk, then measure a tablespoon of vinegar into a measuring cup. Add reconstituted milk to reach the 1 cup mark. Stir the milk gently. In a moment or two, it will sour...

1 cup hot tap water 2 cups sugar 2 cups instant non-fat dry milk powder 6 Tbsp melted margarine Blender or electric beaters First get out your blender. You can beat the mixture with electric beaters if you prefer, but a blender really does a better job. Measure your hot water into the blender. Add the sugar, dry milk powder...