Category: Recipe of the Week

This is a favorite soup of ours. It’s hearty, healthy, and perfect for a cold winter’s day. It is also a wonderful way to slip some healthy spinach into the diets of those in your family who think they don’t like it; they’ll never taste that it’s there. Ingredients: 2 cans (14.5 oz. ea.) cannellini beans (or any white beans), rinsed and drained 1 tbs. olive oil ½ – 1 c. cooked, diced ham 2 stalks celery, diced 2 carrots, sliced 1 small onion, diced 1 c. thinly-shredded cabbage 1 can (14.5 oz.) diced tomatoes 3 cans (14.5 oz. ea.) …

This easy and popular recipe can also be used for pan frying catfish and other small fish, but our family prefers tilapia or trout. We have to make a tall platter full, because it is a crowd pleaser in our home. It’s very easy. I usually make this recipe using coconut oil, used for frying the fish and also (with a little more oil sometimes added) a batch of Sweet Hush Puppies. To make the Southern Sweet Hugh Puppies combine two eggs, 1/2 cup of sugar (or less, if you don’t like your cornbread to be sweet), a large finely …

One versatile recipe that we love is Creamed Tuna. This is good comfort food. You can serve it on mashed potatoes (our favorite), noodles, rice, or toast. You can vary the protein, and instead of using canned tuna you can use canned salmon, shrimp, chicken, or even beef. It is easy to make. The recipe can easily be doubled, and you can make it with what you have in your pantry. Basically, it is a white sauce with whatever meat you add to it. Ingredients: 2 generous Tbsp butter 2 generous Tbsp flour 1 to 1 1/3 cup milk (fresh …

Let’s face it, one cannot make a small batch of chili. There are always leftovers. Here are some ideas for recycling your favorite chili recipe into a whole new meal that your family will enjoy. Chili Waffles– Prepare your favorite cornbread mix or recipe, adding 1 tbs. cooking oil to the mixture. Pour onto waffle iron and cook till crispy and done. Serve waffles topped with hot chili and shredded cheese. Chili Cornbread Casserole – Heat chili to boiling, then carefully transfer to casserole dish. Top with your favorite cornbread mix or recipe, spreading all over to cover. Bake according …

This is a recipe that I got from a local beekeeper for honey lemonade. It is delicious and simple to make. Ingredients: 1 cup honey 1 cup lemon juice 4 cups water Directions: Mix all together in a blender. Let chill and then enjoy. o o o Do you have a favorite recipe that would be of interest to SurvivalBlog readers? Please send it via e-mail. Thanks!

I have always loved cooking with sourdough. It is super easy to make and keep a jar of sourdough sitting on the counter, ready for use in bread, cakes, pizza dough, or anything else. My favorite recipe of all is Sourdough Spice Cake: Ingredients 1 cup sourdough 1 cup sugar 1/2 cup vegetable cooking oil (I use olive oil) 2 eggs 1 cup milk 1/2 tsp salt 2 tsp vanilla 1 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp nutmeg 1/2 tsp allspice 1/4 tsp cloves (ground) 1/2 tsp cinnamon 1/4 tsp ginger 1 cup flour, if the sourdough is thin Directions To …

Ingredients: 2 lbs 80% ground beef 2 cups Progresso Italian Style Bread Crumbs 2 cans Campbells tomato soup 2 lbs onions (3 lbs, if you love onions) butter flavored spray Directions: Combine beef, bread crumbs, and soup, thoroughly. Spray baking pan. (This is for the dish washer so the pan is easier to clean.) Put mixed ingredients in approximately 10 X 10 X 8 Pyrex or Corelle baking pan. (I don’t like metal baking pans, so this is a personal preference.) Cut larger onions in quarters and small onions in half. Place the onions in the outermost part of the …

Ingredients: 1 cup scalded milk 1/4 cup butter 1 1/3 T. sugar 1/2 tsp. salt 1 pkg. yeast, dissolved into 1/4 cup lukewarm water 1 egg white, beaten 3 1/2 cup flour Directions: Add butter, sugar, and salt to milk. When lukewarm, add dissolved yeast, egg white, and flour. Knead and let rise. Roll out to a little less than 1/2 inch thick. Use a pizza cutter to cut into 1 inch strips. Keep strips together, and let rise again. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 to 15 minutes. Brush with melted butter, garlic salt, coarse salt, parmesan cheese, or …

Here is a recipe that my family enjoys. It uses several items from my long-term food storage. We are in Alaska, so some of our food storage may seem strange to you. When I first moved here from the mid-west, I thought the idea of canning salmon was the oddest thing. Now every year we can many pounds of fish, which make tasty meals through the winter. We also have a root cellar that helps us keep produce from the garden fresh through our long winters. Serves 6 “Really it did” Ingredients: 2 Tbsp Butter or fat 2 Tbsp Flour …

Ingredients: 2 pounds extra-lean stew meat, cut into bite-sized pieces 2 small pieces bacon, finely chopped 8 small brown cooking onions, peeled and cut in half (leave in halves, not separated) 8 to 12 small white and/or red potatoes 2 large carrots, thinly sliced 1 large parsnip, thinly sliced 2 big packages mushrooms, sliced (try assorted mushrooms for interest) 1 12-ounce bottle Guinness Stout As much non-fat beef broth as necessary to fill a crock pot Black pepper, to taste Instructions: Brown the stew meat and bacon in a frying pan, using PAM if possible. Put in the bottom of …

Well, ground beef just ain’t as cheap as it used to be, is it?!! Still, in many instances, it is an economical choice for feeding the family. Both recipes below double excellently for a larger family. Homemade Sloppy Joes 1 lb. ground beef 2/3 c. barbeque sauce 1 Tbsp. soy sauce 2 tsp. sugar 1 tsp. salt ½ tsp. ground ginger 4 hamburger buns Brown and crumble ground beef in skillet till done; drain grease. Add rest of ingredients and stir well. Simmer at medium-low heat for 10 minutes. Serve on hamburger buns. Makes 4 servings. – L.H. o o …

At our retreat, our most important vegetable plantings will be potatoes (high carb, dense, high energy, keepers) and onions (keepers with the ability to intensely or subtlety flavor dishes). The lettuce, tomatoes, beans, and what all will be secondary. 10 Yukon gold potatoes 3-4 Tbsp olive oil or butter 1/2 onion, diced 1 clove garlic, diced 4 c milk 4 Tbsp flour 4 Tbsp butter 2 c shredded or cubed cheese cheese Salt and pepper to taste Paprika Breadcrumbs, optional Fresh thyme, optional Wash, peel potatoes, and slice on a mandolin. (A mandolin is quicker than knife work and makes …

I am a 5th generation Oklahoman. My wife is ethnically Vietnamese. Our children are happy little mongrels with Eurasian eyes and Oklahoma accents. We often produce fusion recipes consisting of local ingredients and traditional Vietnamese ideas. Wild turkey spring season is almost upon us, and I would like to share one of our fusion recipes with the blog. Pho (pronounced fuh-uh with two syllables NOT foe with a long O and one syllable) is a simple soup dish with numerous health benefits. In its simplest form it is broth made from bones and simple herbs. The bones provide minerals and …

How to Make that Meat Go Further People can be very picky eaters, but down the road that may not always be an available luxury. People will also start in a litany of “I don’t eat mustard, or onions, or garlic, or mushrooms, or whatever.” (This is not to be confused with a legitimate food allergy!) Remember, a recipe is a combination of pleasing ingredients that impart delightful flavors and textures. Think about liquid vanilla extract. It smells out-of-this-world, but it tastes like nothing you would want you eat. Sugar must be added to make it edible. The following recipe …

I worked in various pizza kitchens as a youth, and now make it at home regularly. We like to add a few extra ingredients to the crust for flavor and nutrition.They are optional, so experiment and find the mixture that best suits your tastes. Total “Flour” component should be about 3-cups, but make sure at least 2-cups are a quality bread-flour, or else you get more of a granola-bar than pizza-dough. Ingredients: Approximately 1.5 cups warm water (100-110 F degree’s; use a thermometer as too hot/cold matters.) 2 tsp. Salt 1 package dry yeast (live yeast also suitable, vary instructions …