I would like to say thank you to the great people of North Ogden Stake who attended my presentation. I hope you found it helpful, empowering (tell the kids no to sugar and yes to dinner) and a bit entertaining.
I had a lot of people ask about diabetes and such. Her are two amazing videos that I found informative and jaw dropping. The first is Simply Raw that deal specifically with diabets. The second is FoodMatters "Let thy Food be thy Medicine"
Also, just a reminder of the book I strongly recommended.
For those who didn't get to join us I'll include the hand out at the end of this post.
I would like to appologize for not posting for a month. IT'S SPRING AND I WAS DOING SPRING STUFF OUTSIDE, and loving every second of it. I hope you are enjoying the warmer weather and have gardens planted.
BrendaBurrup 801-782-7339 practicallyprovident.blogspot.com brendaburrup@q.com
Functional Family Food Storage on a Budget
To make a budget:
· Keep track of your expenses for 1 month, every penny.
· Include Yearly expenses like car registrations and such (divide by 12 months)
· PAY AN HONEST TITHING FIRST
· PAY YOURSELF NEXT, even if it is $5.00 in a savings account.
· Work your food storage goals into the budget. I put it with groceries.
Education is the key:
· Providentliving.org then move onto “food storage” typed into your favorite search engine.
· I recommend Nourishing Tradition by Sally Fallon. An excellent book that takes nutrition back to the basics.
One of the best things you can do for your health and your budget is to stop buying candy and artificial juices.
Good baby food comes off your dinner plate, not out of a little jar. Soak your oatmeal for a few hours, add a bit of mashed fruit or veggies and you have the best, easiest to digest food. Make it even better by adding a few additional ground grains. The same is true for seniors who can’t eat regular food.
Put lots of brown sugar in your 3 month food supply and raw honey in your long term supply. If you had to eat oatmeal every day for even a few weeks you’ll want the brown sugar just to swallow it. Add maple flavoring to your food storage. You’ll have maple and brown sugar oatmeal every day.
As far as cooking with your food storage; that takes practice. If you go to my blog you will see a tab that says 10 course pinto bean meal. Do you store pinto beans? Do you know how to cook them? Would the smell of them cooking make your kids gag? If you put even one pinto bean in a lasagna would the kids go to bed hungry?
Get your family away from processed, freezer foods. Add a cup of ground grains to your cake mixes. Pizzas are the easiest thing in the world to make with food storage if you know how to put together a simple dough, some condensed soup for sauce (I use spaghetti sauce anyway) and anything else you have to throw on the top. No cheese required.
Focus on reality. If you are living on a tight budget do you really need the fancy freeze dried dinners? Start with a 3 month supply of the food and toiletries you use every day. Get a bag of wheat for every member of your family, when sprouted this will keep you alive for a year. Remember fat in your long-term food storage. Canned butter and suet or tallow never needs to be rotated and is so healthy for you. Olive and coconut oil are equally healthy but need to be rotated every year or so. HYDROGONATED OILS ARE BAD!
Brown rice. Start by adding ¼ cup of brown rice in your cooker. Then bump it up to 3 parts white rice 1 part brown rice. Brown rice takes a little extra water and time to cook. Un used brown rice can be added to your compost heap. I’ve included a great dog food recipe so you can always rotate through your brown rice.
I really just want to empower you to use your food storage as a way to eat healthier. Tell your kids no to the sugary, processed food. Get them used to the wholeness of grains and real oils.
Dog food from scratch
2 parts grain, 1 part meat, 1/3 part veggie and 1 Tablespoon oil.
For my 40lb. dog I put 6 cups of water in my slow cooker. I add 2 cups brown rice and ½ cup of oatmeal and a heaping tablespoon of ground grains. I stir that up then throw 3 frozen chicken breasts in the pot and cook overnight. The next morning I take the chicken out and mush it up and add a can of veggies and some finely shredded carrot, then the cooked rice and ¼ of olive oil. I mix it all together and split it up into 4 containers. That gives me 4 days worth of dog food, feeding her ½ a container in the morning and the other half at night. She poops less and her coat is the shiniest coat on any mutt I have ever seen.
Easy pizza dough
½ - ¾ C warm water, 1 T yeast, 1 t sugar, 2 C flour, 1 T oil, ½ t salt
Mix, knead, let rise, flatten, add toppings,then bake 425 for 13-15 min.
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