Powdered Eggs, Frozen Eggs, Dehydrated Scrambled Eggs

Powdered Eggs, Frozen Eggs, Dehydrated Scrambled Eggs.

Anyway back to the topic of Eggs :)

How to freeze eggs:

Remove from shells. Scramble whatever portion size you like and put in freezer bags. Be sure and date the bag!

You can also scramble them up and freeze in ice cube trays but I would put them in a freezer bag once you have them cubed.

Frozen eggs look a bit weird to me when I take them out of the freezer but they taste just fine. I dont keep frozen eggs very long but we eat a lot of eggs. I have read people keeping them frozen 6 months, that would freak me out a bit but then I am OCD :).  If you catch a really great sale and match to coupons and want to stock up on eggs that is the best time to get to freezing them!

You can also freeze butter, however sometimes the tubs crack and well the fake margerine I use is so cheap $1.48 that I really dont want to waste space in my freezer to store butter. I also have powdered butter but will get to that another day :) If you catch a really great sale and match to coupons and want to stock up on eggs that is the best time to get to freezing them!

Powdered Eggs: www.augasonfarms.com generally this type of egg product will last 1 year once opened and 5 years unopened. That does vary by manufacturer but that is what I tend to stick with on my food storage items in regards to dairy. I use these eggs regularly to cook with or eat! They are great to take camping. If you watch this sites daily sale you will eventually find a way lower price on what you are wanting and its a good time to stock up when you do see the sale!

Dehydrated Scrambled Eggs: www.augasonfarms.com You can also dehydrate scrambled eggs yourself. I havent ever done it but it could be a fun adventure for us in the future!

-Heather

Prepared meal from July BBB & Old Bread Uses

This is the shrimp and noodle prepared meal from the July Angel Food Ministries Bountiful Blessings Box. The shrimp was uncooked and turned a nice pink when done.

I read a post where a family of 5 could make a prepared bag their meal. This is the entire contents on one plate. (my new Good Will Plate :)

Maybe its a bit much for a single serving and I am just a pig. If you do need to provide it as a meal for an entire family I suggest serving with bread as many people rely on bread in times of hunger and to make their food more filling. This is common in Morocco, where I have been many times.

Another note: One of the easy ways to save money on your grocery bills is to eat your left overs. The bread in the photo only has 2 more days left! I have inventoried my almost out of date bread and let my family know they need to eat toast for breakfast and to try and eat all the bread over the next 2 days! Otherwise it will be stale, moldy and end up in the trash which is a waste of money!

Here are a few things you can do with nearly old or stale bread:

Bread Pudding:

Bread, butter, milk & raisins

Butter your bread.  Lay out in a pan & sprinkle with raisins.  Beat your milk and egg together and pour it over the top>  Let it get soggy then bake.  Some like cinnamon & sugar as well or skip the raisins.

Croutons:

Stale bread or not - put butter in a pan, crumble or cut the bread and fry it up!

Add garlic or any spice you prefer. Easy Peasy!

French Toast, Regular Toast, grilled cheese, all good with nearly old breads!

-Heather

Home Made Laundry Soap

If you have been skeptical on making home made laundry soap, or how it will work out with your more expensive clothing items, fear no more!!

I may be some what of a minimalist, BUT I do have some expensive clothing and some I get them cheap at http://shopgoodwill.com or my local goodwill which is usually even cheaper, especially when they run a sale! I still consider them expensive fancy clothes! Here is how we make laundry soap in our house.

What you will need: 3 bars of ivory soap, large stock pot and two 5 gallon buckets with a lids.

Shave or cut down the bars of ivory soap. (It makes them melt quicker and saves you money on the heating of the stove)

Fill up your stock pot with water

Put the shaved soap in and boil

watch so it doesnt over flow!

Once it has all melted down (stirring occasionally) turn off the heat and let it sit over night.

If you are patient, dont have a stove or just like to experiment you can just soak it in the water but it will take days!! Boiling is really the easiest and best method and boy will it make your house smell nice and clean too

Once it has all boiled down let it sit over night. It will turn it to a gelatinous slime and thick you need to break this up with a big spoon or spatula and dump about half of it into your 5 gallon bucket. Fill the remainder of the 5 gallon bucket up with water and stir it to help it mix. Take your stock pot of remaining soap slime and dump it into another 5 gallon bucket and fill them up with water. Now you have 10 gallons of laundry soap for pennies! I say pennies because often you can find 3 bars of soap at the dollar store or with coupons and sales often cheaper then that!

You can always reuse and refill your existing laundry soap containers but if you get it to thick it may not come out of the spout easily.

Always keep lids on your 5 gallon buckets of soap as it is a drowning hazard for little ones. You can store it in smaller containers in your laundry room of course, and keep the extra in the garage and refill as needed. This also saves you trips to the store, which we all know saves money!

This is a huge money saver and a fun project! Yes, I can buy laundry soap but why waste the money :)

There are many different home made soap recipes, I prefer to not incur additional expenses on adding more ingrediants when this works great as it is.

Buffalo Chicken Wings!

Yay, another idea for the chicken wings from the Bountiful Blessing's box brought to you by Heather. 

Heather doesn't recommend eating at McD's,  but on those days where your kids beg for a treat and you forgot to pack snacks while running errands always be sure and stock up on the condiments!

Heather's Buffalo chicken Wings

Mdonalds spicey buffalo sauce
Butter or Margarine
Chicken Wings

Heather pan fried the wings in butter and added the sauce in.
(Butter cuts the spiciness of the hot sauce if your kids dont like them too hot).  It was that easy!

She added Celery from the Premium Fruit & Veggie Box & some Bleu Cheese dressing from Aldi.

If you don't happen to have leftover McD's condiments on hand, you can score a good deal on Frank's Red Hot Sauce with a coupon from their site right now.  http://www.franksredhot.com/

A Thought About the Clam Chowder

I tried the Angel Food Ministries Clam Chowder the other night.  I love clam chowder, and while it was good, I like my own simple clam chowder recipe better.

Most of the ingredients for this recipe came in July's Bountiful Blessing and Premium Fruit & Veggie box.  You will just need to buy 2 cans of clams ($1 each at  Dollar Tree).  You can also leave out the clams and just have an awesome potato soup (add cheese!).

Carrie's Clam Chowder

4-6 slices Bacon, chopped
Small onion, diced
1 stalk celery, thinly diced
4 small Baking Potatoes (don't dice these, we will just grate them into the pot!)
2 Cans Minced Clams (My Dollar Tree has these for $1 each)
3.5 Cups of Milk OR 2.5 Cup of Milk and 1 Cup of Heavy Cream (I use milk only because I like my chowder thin)
1 Tsp. dried Thyme
Some dried parsley
Salt & Pepper to taste

Saute bacon in stockpot until crispy, pour off some fat, then add celery and onion until soft.  Add 2 cups of milk (or 1 C milk and 1 C cream) and clams (juice and all).   Grate the potatoes into the pot and add thyme. Simmer for about 20 minutes.

Add the rest of the milk and heat thru.  Add parsley, salt and pepper to taste.

Enjoy!



 






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Easy Breakfast Burritos

Heather whipped up these awesome breakfast burritos using her Angel Food Ministries' Bountiful Blessing Box.

2 Packages White Shells & Cheese
1 Package Sweet Italian Sausage - casing removed
10 Eggs
1 package Tortillas (My Dollar Tree carries these now for only $1)

 Fry up the Italian Sausage

 Scramble the Eggs

 Add Eggs to skillet

 Add 2 packages Shells & Cheese

 Done!!!

 Place Mixture in Tortilla & ENJOY!!!

Crockpot Teriyaki Chicken Wings and Veggies

 

Crockpot Teriyaki Chicken Wings:

1/3 Cup of Soy Sauce

1/3 Cup of Honey (Or 1/2 C Water & 1/2 C Brown or White Sugar)

1 Can of Pineapple with Juice

about a TBSP of Oil (I like coconut, but you can use vegetable)

2 Tsp Minced Garlic 

1 Tsp Ground Ginger

I put this in a blender and blended it because I had pineapple rings, not crushed pineapple.  Place teriyaki wings in crockpot and pour mixture on top.  Cook on low for 6 hours.

This is what you get:

Zucchini with Basil

1 Zucchini

1 Carrot

1/2 Medium Onion

Basil

Salt & Pepper

For a side, I chopped some onion, sliced some carrots and sauteed it in butter, then added the zucchini until tender with some salt, pepper, and basil.  I think basil is a perfect seasoning for squash.

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