Recipes

Beyond the BabySteps: Comfort Foods: Yummy Recipes!

For our Summer Crash Course we have been revamping all of the BabyStep pages and last week we updated the Step 9: Comfort Foods page. On that page we give a great list of ideas for comfort foods but we wanted to give you this bonus handout of fun recipes you can make all with […]

Food Storage Recipes: "Lemon Bars with a Twist"

Ever since I was a little girl my mom would make me these bars on or around my birthday. I LOVE them. They don’t even really have a name other then my “Birthday Bars”. They are kind of like a lemon bar but the filling is made with brown sugar instead of lemon, like a […]

All About Powdered Eggs

Have you ever tried using Powdered Eggs in your recipes? Well we have and we were surprised! They actually taste good. Our favorite thing about powdered eggs is to ALWAYS have eggs on hand. No more running over to your neighbors house in a panic when you’re half way through a recipe and realize you […]

How to Cook Rice (without a Rice Cooker)

The other day Jodi and I were talking and she mentioned she didn’t now how to cook rice without a rice cooker. It reminded me of when I was back in college. I sat next to this girl and somehow we got talking about rice. I confessed EVERY TIME I ever made rice it was […]

Food Storage Recipes: Chow Mein Casserole

This recipe is a classic around my house as it contains ingredients I always have on hand from my 3 Month Food Supply. It is quick, easy, and of course delicious! The original recipe is is included below, with my “food storage friendly” comments included in parentheses. Chow Mein Casserole Ingredients: 1 lb hamburger, browned […]

Food Storage Recipes: Homemade Rice-A-Roni

If you are anything like me, you may have wondered how come rice and pasta are some of the cheapest foods, and yet those little boxes of Rice-A-Roni or Pasta-Roni are so darn expensive. Now occasionally you may be able to use some creative couponing to get these boxed foods at drop-dead prices, but when […]