How do you use your food storage?

SPECIAL Night on learning how to use your Food Storage Daily

On Wednesday, November 6th, at the Ucon Stake Center (2967 E 105 N.) from 7:00 to 8:30 pm, we have a special guest speaker Janet Huff who will be teaching a class called“Utilizing Food Storage in Daily Meals.”  Janet is a skilled and knowledgeable teacher having taught different aspects of food storage for 40-years, many of which were taught at BYU-I (Ricks College) education weeks, Continuing Education classes, Mother's Week, and Home and Family Seminar's. 

 

Janet has also taught classes in LDS wards and stakes, and for other denominations in: California, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, and Montana; and Janet also taught for Eastern Idaho State Fair.

 

Her main focus is teaching people how to make delicious, healthful, inexpensive meals using food storage.  Janet Huff is a cookbook author, and instructor, teaching others for over 40-years how to create meals with basic foods, whole grains, and food storage. Her focus is on making basic food taste good. She believes eating well is not meant to be expensive. Janet has won local and national awards for her recipes. 

Ucon Stake Fall Preparedness Fair

The Ucon Stake is having a Fall Preparedness Fair on Saturday, October 19th, from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm, held at the Ucon Stake Center (2967 E 105 N.). The theme is: "The Gift of Independence."   We are offering some preparedness kits, which include: Breakfast Specialty Pack, Lunch/Dinner Specialty Pack, Preparedness Handbook, Cookin' with Home Storage Cookbook, GRAVITY feed Water Filtration System (extra filter's are available), First-Aid Kit, and 6-gallon buckets of (Triple Cleaned) Hard White Wheat.    When you open the order form you will see a couple of pictures of the Water Filtration System, please note the buckets we order will be white and food grade.

 

There will also be a display of preparedness gift giving ideas for the upcoming Christmas Holiday. This order, will also be handled through Linda Knudsen who is our Stake Preparedness Specialist. Order forms will also be available at the fair. 

 

Also, bring your pressure cooker this Saturday and have it checked for free from Rocknack's hardware at the fair.

31 THINGS YOU CAN FREEZE TO SAVE TIME AND MONEY!

What would we find in your freezer?

CHEESE: You can freeze blocks of cheese without it becoming crumbly if you let it thaw completely before putting it in the fridge. If you prefer to shred your cheese first, add a tablespoon or so of cornstarch or flour to the bag and shake it to prevent clumping when it thaws.

Another great idea…buy a big piece of Parmigiano Reggiano (the good stuff!!), grate in the food processor and put in a freezer bag. It keeps for months and all you have to do is open the bag and scoop out a couple of tablespoons when you need it.

HOMEMADE PANCAKES, WAFFLES, FRENCH TOAST: Make up a few batches over the weekend for quick “defrost and go” breakfasts during the week. Freeze on a cookie sheet, then toss them in a freezer bag. Reheat in microwave, toaster, or toaster oven. WAY better then frozen ones you buy in store!

FRUIT: When freezing fruit, it’s best to first freeze spread out on freezer or parchment paper on a cookie sheet, and then place in bags. Individual frozen pieces let you pull out just how much you need. Try keeping a “Smoothie Bag” in the freezer. Toss in extra apple wedges, peaches, pears, bananas, chunks of melon…any kind of fruit…and use in smoothies.

If you don’t like handling mushy bananas, just throw the bananas into the freezer with the skin on. Then when you need them for a recipe (banana bread anyone?), pull out what you need, microwave for a few seconds, then cut off the top and squeeze the insides into your mixing bowl!

RICE: Cook a big batch of rice, spread it on a cookie sheet on parchment paper and freeze. When the rice is frozen, just put in a freezer bag or containers and you have rice in a pinch! Great for BROWN rice which takes so long to cook! Use in casseroles, soups or fried rice.

PIES: Make apple pies in the fall to enjoy throughout the year. Bake them, freeze them in freezer bags wrapped in freezer paper then when you have a hankering for pie, take out of the freezer, remove wrapping, and place in oven for 2 hours at 200 degrees. You can also freeze SLICES after baking a whole pie.

CORN: An EASY way to freeze corn on the cob is to put the ears of corn, WITHOUT removing ANY silk or husk, straight into freezer. When you want to eat it, put it in microwave just the way you put it in the freezer and cook for 5 minutes on high for two ears or 4 minutes for one ear. The silk insulates and protects the corn while it cooks. Tastes like fresh-picked corn!

TOMATOES: Roast roma tomatoes in oven at a low temp (225 degrees) with garlic, fresh herbs, and a drizzle of olive oil for 4 to 5 hours. When cooled, transfer to freezer bags. Use them in chili or in your own tomato-based sauces.

PASTA: Whenever you make pasta, cook whole package. and freeze leftovers for later to add to soups and casseroles. Or freeze individual size portions in a baggie, making sure to squeeze out the air; get the bag as flat as possible. Reheat by running hot water over bag for a few minutes!

FLOUR AND OTHER GRAINS: Freezing flour and other types of grain for at least 3 days discourages uninvited “guests” from hatching. You can also store it in the freezer, just make sure to double wrap to avoid condensation and to keep it from picking up other freezer smells.

PESTO: Make (or buy) and freeze pesto in ice cube trays. Once frozen, pop it out and put in a freezer bag. Nice to have pesto whenever you want it.

MASHED POTATOES: Using an ice cream scoop, put even portions of mashed potatoes onto parchment-lined cookie sheet. Freeze until hard then transfer into a freezer bag. These will keep in the freezer for at least 2 months.

COOKIE DOUGH: Make a batch of cookie dough, scoop onto cookie sheets and freeze. When they are frozen solid. put them in freezer bags. When you NEED cookies, bake as few or as many as you NEED without lots of waste or guilt. Just add 1 to 2 minutes to the cook time. You can also make “slice-and-bake” cookie dough by shaping it into a cylinder, and freezing it wrapped in foil.

SOUPS AND CHILI: Cool leftover soup completely and transfer to a freezer-friendly container, leaving about 1 cup of empty space for expansion during freezing. The night before eating, move the container to the fridge to thaw safely and then reheat and serve.

BROTH AND STOCK: Keep a gallon bag in freezer and add any leftover veggie pieces, including onion peels, celery stalks, potato peels, etc. When you have enough, make vegetable stock. Keep another bag for pan drippings or sauces that are left after cooking chicken. This can be used to flavor soups.

SANDWICHES: When packing lunches for school/work, it’s a time-saver to pull a sandwich straight from the freezer. Just throw it into your lunch box/bag in the morning; it’s thawed by lunch time. It also helps keep meat cold. Peanut butter and jelly or honey, or deli meat and a slice of cheese work well. You can freeze butter or mustard but not mayo, lettuce, or tomato. Pack these separately or add in the morning.

You can also freeze breakfast sandwiches. Cook scrambled eggs and sausage/bacon in bulk, pile them onto biscuits or English muffins, wrap them individually and freeze. In the morning, grab out of the freezer, microwave, and enjoy.

POTATO CHIPS, CRACKERS, & PRETZELS: Stock up on chips, crackers, and pretzels when they're on sale and throw them in the freezer. FROZEN chips actually taste BETTER. Eat them straight from freezer; they are crisper and the flavors pop.

MILK: Ever wonder why plastic milk jugs have those circle indents on the side?? They are there to allow milk to expand while freezing! To use frozen milk, let thaw, and then SHAKE WELL before opening, to make sure any solids are remixed.
You can also freeze buttermilk. No more tossing out half a quart because you only needed a cup.

JUICE: Like milk, the only concern about freezing juice is leaving room for expansion. A good rule of thumb is to take out 8 ounces for every half gallon of juice. Stock up when it goes on sale or at a discount warehouse.

BREAD & BAKED GOODS: When your favorite bread is on sale, stock up; freeze it. Or when in a baking mood, make extras of your favorite baked goods and freeze them for later.

Tip for defrosting baked goods or breads: place them in your microwave overnight. It keeps them from drying out like they do on the counter.

BUTTER CREAM FROSTING: Freeze leftover frosting. When when you need to frost something, let it thaw in the fridge, then whip it up, and color/decorate as if it were just made.

TOMATO PASTE: Most recipes using tomato paste only call for one tablespoon out of the whole can. Then you’re left with an almost full OPEN can. What to do!? Put the rest in a sandwich bag, flatten it out in freezer, and when you need a tablespoon, just break off a piece and throw it into whatever you are cooking.

DICED VEGGIES: Dice onions, chili's, or bell peppers, then freeze flat in gallon freezer bags. As they are freezing, press “score lines” into the bags so you can break off as much or as little as you wish for recipes.

HOMEMADE & STORE_BOUGHT DOUGH: You can freeze all kinds of homemade dough – pizza dough, focaccia dough, pie crust – shaped in a ball and wrapped in Saran Wrap.
Or you can also freeze canned biscuits, crescent rolls, pizza dough, etc. right in the tube.

EGGS: Crack the eggs in a freezer bag, and freeze. Or crack eggs into an ice cube tray for cakes and cookies. Thaw out in refrigerator and use as you normally would.

SHREDDED CHICKEN: Cook a big batch and shred or when you get a rotisserie from the grocery store, shred the leftovers and put it in a bag.

LEMON/LIME JUICE & ZEST: Squeeze lemons and limes into ice cube trays, then pop them out after they have frozen and store in freezer bags. Now you have “fresh” lemon and lime juice whenever you need it. Don’t forget to ZEST the lemons/limes first and keep that in the freezer as well.

HERBS: Freeze fresh herbs in ice-cube trays with a little water or leftover stock to use for soups, stews, and casseroles later in the year.

MARINATED MEAT: Place meat in a freezer bag, pour in marinade and freeze. When you defrost it, it will be fully-marinated and ready to cook.

HOMEMADE CASSEROLES: When you are cooking a casseroles (lasagna, mac and cheese, enchiladas, etc), why not make 2 and FREEZE one for when unexpected company drops by or to use during a busy school/work week.
You can do this a couple of ways.
1. Freeze entire casserole by lining base of dish with freezer paper, add ingredients, then freeze it in the dish. When it’s frozen solid, remove from dish (easy to do thanks to the freezer paper), rewrap the food, and put back in the freezer. When you want the item for a meal, unwrap and place in the original dish to defrost and cook.
2. Bake casserole, let cool, and then cut into individual servings and freeze. Reheat in microwave!

FISH STICKS: Forget those tasteless sticks in the blue box. Buy fresh fish in quantity, cut it crosswise into fish ‘fingers,’ dip in egg, and dredge in flour and bread crumbs, then freeze laid out on a tray before transferring to freezer bags.

HAMBURGER: Pre-cook ground hamburger and portion it out for meals. When you need hamburger for shepherd’s pie, sloppy joes, tacos, or whatever, just pull it out of the freezer, add the seasoning, and microwave. Three minutes, or 1 minute and 30 seconds if it’s going to be baked and doesn’t need to be thawed all the way. For crock pot meals, like chili, just throw it in frozen.

SEPTEMBER PREPAREDNESS NEWSLETTER

POWDERED MILK ORDER FORM

DRIED FOOD ORDER

GLUTEN FREE FOOD STORAGE ORDER FORM

A new order is now available with lots of NEW items - you will find on this months Food Storage Order Form, #10 can items that are Gluten Free, Freeze Dried Yogurts, Gourmet Meals and Soups with real meat and several other misc. items.  These items are from the same company where I order the Country Cream Powdered Milk.  I am also making available the Country Cream powdered milk regular and chocolate; something new on the Country Cream powdered milk Order - you can order the Chocolate in a 25 lb. box, instead of just 50 lbs.   See attachments for order form, due date for these two orders is Monday, September 30th.    An ingredients list is available upon request for the Gluten Free items, just email me and I will send it to you.

The order for FREEZE DRIED - Whole Blueberries, Tomato Cubes, Sweet Corn, and Garden Peas  has been extended to Monday, September 9th. and should be here towards the end of September.  FYI - The next Freeze Dried order will not be until January. 

UPCOMING ORDERS

Currently - Freeze Dried Items - Tomatoes, Blueberries, Sweet Corn, and Peas

September - Gluten Free, variety of meals and soups, along with Country Cream Powdered Milk

October - Walton Order

November - Dehydrated Legumes, Popcorn, and Brown Rice

December - Christmas

January - Freeze dried Items - Chicken, Beef, Pineapple Dices 

  

A reminder for everyone who lives in Utah, please feel free to continue to order if you wish to do so, we will continue to try and accommodate everyone who lives between Ucon, Idaho and the route to West Jordan, Utah. Please feel free to continue to order if you wish to do so. Give me a call or send an email and I will work with you on the delivery's, like we have done in the past.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me by email or phone. 

Best Wishes,

Maria Jensen

 208-524-0954

SUN OVEN ORDER FORM

If you were unable to make our most recent additional Relief Society meeting, we learned a lot about alternative forms of cooking.  One of those demonstrations was on a Sun Oven.  The sister who did the demonstrations gave us this order form if we are interested in ordering one.  They are $260 plus shipping - a savings of $89 if you purchase somewhere else.  This is good until the end of August and an order of five or more needs to be made from the group to get the discounted price.  Her contact information is on the bottom of the picture.  

August Prepardeness Newsletter....

CLICK HERE...

Blueberries, Tomatoes, Sweet Corn and Peas - dried food order...

If you would like to purchase any of these items, please click on the link for the order form!

ORDER FORM

Preparedness Newsletters

Click the links below to read the most recent Preparedness Newsletters.

JUNE

JULY

Food Storage Made Simple:

Food storage made simple:

Step 1: Choose seven to nine of your family's favorite recipes.

Step 2: Choose one recipe at a time and purchase the ingredients for three months worth of that meal.

Step 3: Store it all together in one place.

11 Emergency Food Items That Can Last a Lifetime

 

Honey

Salt

Sugar

Wheat

Dried Corn

Baking Soda

Instant Cocoa

Non-carbonated Soft Drinks

White Rice

Bouillon

Powdered Milk

 

For more information on these items, check out: Readynutrition.com

Hi Everyone,

 PREPAREDNESS NEWSLETTER FOR MAY

Last month in our Stake we had a Preparedness Fair and we have a some items left over that we had put in some of our kits.  If anyone is interested in any of these items you are welcome to contact me - I have attached an order form with the items descriptions and prices.  I will hold any of the items if you call but you need to prompt in picking them up, within a few days or I will let some else purchase them.   These items will be on a first come first serve basis and what I have on hand will be it.  Some of you might ask how many items do I have left of each ...... here are the quantities:

ORDER FORM FOR WATER BLOX AND GLO STICKS 

LED - Glo Sticks - 60 (these are half the price you find in the stores)

Water Blox water - 60 cases (24 count in each case) - we ordered these directly from the company.

6-Gallon Buckets - recycled - 150 with gasket lid - these buckets have a wider mouth on them then the ones you normally see.  They are great and are thicker, they had wrapped candy in them.

ORDER FORM FOR FREEZE DRIED FOODS 

FREEZE DRIED Order - Whole Blueberries, Tomato Cubes, Sweet Corn, and Garden Peas 

If you are interested in any of the above freeze dried items they are now available. The deadline for this order is, Monday, June 3rd. See attachment for order form and pricing, shipment should arrive by mid to late June.

 ORDER FORM FOR STOVETEC STOVE 

Update - STOVETEC Stove ORDER

I have good news, as of this week I have the minimum of the StoveTec's to place an order, so I am giving everyone who is still interested in ordering anything from the StoveTec order form a couple of weeks to get your order into me.  Chances are good that I will not be ordering them again this year, so if you are looking for a gift for Father's Day or Christmas now would be the time to order them through us.   

This order will now be due Monday, May 20th, (there will be no further extensions).  Please see attached order form for the Stoves for additional information.  Also check out videos that are out there on YouTube (type in StoveTec Stove)  if you would like to see some videos that others have posted on how to use and cook on them www.youtube.com is a great resource. 

WALTON FEED ORDER

The Walton order has arrived, I am processing orders and will be calling you when yours is ready and we'll schedule a time for you to come and pick it up then. 

UPCOMING ORDERS

June - Tattler Reusable Canning Lids

July - Freeze Dried Items - Chicken, Beef, Pineapple Dices

August - To be determined

September - To be determined

October - Walton Order

Somewhere in the mix (future emails) I will be posting some information on Wheat Grinders. Also there has been an interest on anything Gluten Free, good news, I have found a source and I will be adding these items soon, I am still checking on the contents. Stay tuned I will let you know in sometime. 

If you have any questions please feel free to contact me by email or phone. 

Best Wishes, 

Maria Jensen

208-524-0954

DRIED FOOD ORDERS and PREPAREDNESS NEWSLETTERS

Preparedness Newsletters

MARCH

APRIL

Walton Feed Order 

(#10 CAN ORDER FORM)

(#2.5 CAN ORDER FORM)

I have attached two order forms for Walton's products, you will find that one is mainly for #10 can size and the other for the #2.5 can size items.  The order form is due Monday, April 22nd, if you are interested in anything from them please get your order into me as soon as possible.   There are some new items available from Walton Feed so open them up and check it out!   If you have any questions please feel free to call.

StoveTec Order (CLICK HERE FOR ORDER FORM)

I am offering the StoveTec Stoves again, our Stake is having a Preparedness Fair and has asked if I will make them available.  This order will stay open until I have the required minimum to order a pallet.  We are half way there so if you are interested and weren't able to get in on the last order now is a good time.  Please see the attached order form for everything that is available to order from StoveTec and prices.  

Just a heads up on the StoveTec bags that were back ordered  for the StoveTec's, they are in and I will be calling those of you who ordered them and setting a time when you can pick yours up.

Powdered Milk Order

I hope to have it here next week and I will start calling you and scheduling a time for those of you who placed an order with me for the Country Cream Powdered Milk as soon as I have a definite delivery date.

Upcoming Orders

Freeze Dried Order - Corn, Peas and freeze dried fruit items to be announced soon

Dehydrated Tropical Fruit Blend - This is a yummy blend of tropical fruits already in #10 cans

Wheat Grinders - many of you have inquired about hand grinders and I will be sending out a survey for the two varieties that I have been looking at and see if there is still an interest in ordering them.  

If you have any questions please feel free to email or give me a call and I will do what I can to help you. 

Best Wishes, 

Maria Jensen

208-524-0954

Preparedness Newsletters

Pandemics, Sanitation, and Personal Hygiene


What would you need if you couldn't leave the house because of a quarantine?

SANITATION KIT

And more great information in the January Newsletter...



JANUARY 2013



Baking Supplies, Herbs, Spices, Dried Fruits, and Sprouting Seeds

The Basics of Sprouting - 101

Saving Money With Bulk Herbs and Spices

For more, read the February Newsletter


FEBRUARY 2013

Powdered Milk and Water Storage

If you are interested in ordering powdered milk or water barrels for storage... here is your chance.

Click on the links below for ordering information.

POWDERED MILK

WATER STORAGE

Winter Driving - Emergency Car Kit

Winter Driving - Emergency Car Kit

What to Pack...

·         Jumper cables to restart engine

·         Cat litter or sand for tire traction on snow and ice

·         Shovel to scrape snow away from tires

·         Ice scraper to clear windshield

·         Warm clothes gloves, a hat, sturdy boots, warm jacket and even a change of clothes

·         Blankets to keep warm inside the vehicle

·         Flashlights and extra batteries for increased visibility

·         First aid kit also pack necessary medications incase you are stuck on the road

·         Food pack items containing protein such as nuts and energy bars, also canned fruit and a portable can opener are good additions

·         Water bring enough for each person in your car and any pets

·         AM/FM radio to listen to traffic reports and emergency messages

Also consider...

·         Bring a cell phone if you have one with a list of emergency numbers.

·         Fill your gas tank

·         Baby formula and diapers if you have a small child.

·         If you find yourself stranded, be safe and stay in your car, put on your flashers, call for help and wait until it arrives.