Week 5

FOOD STORAGE TIP OF THE WEEK


Food Storage: 8 Cans of Fruit

Extra Item: 8 Rolls of Toilet Paper

Some local bargains:

Wal Mart
Great Value Pineapple (20 oz.) - 4.6 cents/oz.

Great Value Apple Sauce (46 oz.) - 3.0 cents/oz.

Quilted Northern Toilet Tissue (24 pack) - 54 cents/roll

White Cloud Toilet Tissue (24 pack) - 46 cents/roll

Big Lots

Del Monte Pineapple (20 oz.) - 4.5 cents/oz.

Smith's

Kroger Pears (15.25 oz.) - 4.8 cents/oz.
Kroger Pears - no added sugar (15.25 oz.) - 6.6 cents/oz.

Kroger Apple Sauce (46 oz.) - 4.1 cents/oz.

72 Hour Kit: Outer gear - correct for the season (winter coat, rain gear, hat, gloves) per person


If you like to crochet, here's a quick easy winter hat pattern that can be adjusted for a child all the way up to an adult size:
Crocheted Hat with Brim
The flower on the side of the hat is the flower from the following pattern: White Twinkle Choker

This Ribbed Ski Mask is a crochet pattern that can be done for a man or a woman and would be great to have with your cold weather gear.

Family Preparation: Provide a safe alternative heat source for your home. This could be a fireplace, wood stove, and propane or kerosene space heater. A year's supply of fuel is preferable, but for emergency purposes, a two-week supply would be acceptable. Any time an alternative heating system is operating, have at least one carbon monoxide detector in use and ventilation must be provided to prevent Carbon Monoxide poisoning.

Spiritual Preparation: Begin working on your family history. Read the Ensign November 2003, p 52 "The Phenomenon That is You", by James E Faust. As President Boyd K. Packer has said, "If you don't know where to start, start with yourself. If you don't know what records to get and how to get them, start with what you have." You will learn about the phenomenon that is you. Tell your children and grandchildren about their grandparents and other ancestors.


Food For Thought:

As the year progresses, we'll be talking more about storing fruit and vegetables but with bananas available fresh year round, if you have a dehydrator, here's a fun idea that's really easy with only two ingredients. Make sure your bananas are fully ripe (no green on skin) or they will be starchy and not sweet as the natural sugars won't be developed yet. Also, my personal preference is to use organic bananas. I have found that when I take fruit and vegetables down to a dehydrated state and compare organic produce with non organic, that the organic makes a superior-tasting product virtually every time. However, organic produce is generally more expensive.

Recipe: Dehydrator Banana Cookies

Mash 4 ripe bananas (or more if you want a bigger batch) in a large bowl then mix in several cups of puffed millet which you can find at the local health food store (Sunshine Nutrition in Cedar City) in the cereal section.

When it's all mixed up there should seem to be a little more banana than cereal in the mix to keep things wet and sweet enough - you can add more of one or the other ingredient to adjust accordingly.

Spoon mixture onto dehydrator sheets or mesh trays in rounds the size of cookies. I just put them right on the mesh sheets but you can also put them on butchers wrap or parchment paper but NEVER freezer wrap or waxed paper. Put in the dehydrator and turn on.

Time varies depending upon the temperature you use - I set mine at 115 degrees in the late afternoon and they were done the next morning. "Done" is when they will pop off the tray and are chewy/crunchy in texture. If you leave them in a lot longer, they get more brittle and are harder to chew. If you use a higher temperature they will be done a lot sooner so check every couple of hours until they are the consistency you like.

These should keep for at least 6 months if everybody doesn't eat them first!

Variations:

- Bananas and WIDE Coconut Shreds (quality of the coconut is crucial here - I got mine also at the health food store and they were so good it was amazing!)

- Bananas and Puffed Rice Cereal

- Bananas and Chopped Nuts