How do I incorporate basic life sustaining storage items into our diet/menu?
We eat the same main dishes about 80% of the time because of taste, habit, awareness,
familiarity, etc.
Using your food storage can be as simple as creating a list of dishes eaten and liked by your family.
The created list should be at least 10-20 dishes long.
Which of the dishes could include the addition of basic food storage items? Make small
adjustments to recipes and increase changes as taste preference allows.
For Example:
Meat Loaf - Add rice and/or wheat berries and/or dry beans.
Chili - Add wheat and/or rice.
Tuna Noodle Casserole - Add wheat.
Stroganoff Serve over rice. - Add wheat berries to sauce.
Hamburger Macaroni - Add dry beans.
Stuffed Green Peppers - Add rice and/or wheat.
Chicken Tonight - Add cooked dry beans.
Chicken Enchiladas - Use dry milk base.
Shepherd’s Pie - Add cooked dry beans.
Chicken Noodle Soup - Add rice and wheat.
Chicken Divan - Add wheat. Serve over rice.
Ham Fried Rice - Add wheat.
Choc. Chip Cookies - Add oatmeal and wheat flour.
Pancakes Make mix using dry milk, wheat flour, and oatmeal.
Cream Soup Use dry soup mix.
Vegetable Soup - Add rice and wheat berries
For best results:
Choose familiar recipes your family likes.
Avoid creating abnormal dishes. The further from a “normal” dish the recipe becomes
the greater the chance the dish will be rejected and considered undesirable.
Add new dishes and recipes to the master menu which use basic storage.
Make a conscious effort to use the master menu and basic storage items.
Start out slowly to avoid gastrointestinal problems
Taken from: Food Storage Cooking School- Low and Hendricks, USU Extension, Salt Lake
County, 1/99. Copies may be made for individual and non-profit use.