We all know that learning anything new can be frustrating. When it comes to sewing that can certainly be true. We have been counseled by church leaders for decades to learn sewing among other home crafts. When times are tight and you can turn an old t-shirt into a skirt
or make something from scratch, you can have that under your belt. Not only will it bless your family, but you can serve others as well.
Here are a few places online to get fabric. If sewing isn't your thing, and you feel like "you can't teach an old dog new tricks", store fabric anyway. It will be a good trading item.
Don't forget about wool!!!
Wool and wool blends
And another thing....
Chef Tess works with Honeyville Grain to teach people how to use freeze dried foods. She has some really cool recipes that you can put in a quart jar with an oxygen absorber (available on their website) or you can vacuum seal it to make them shelf stable.
She has an excellent blog (she even does painted bread...what the?? How cool is that?):
Here is the How To video on how to make Baked Ziti in a Jar (recipe is below):
Baked Ziti in a Jar
(shelf stable 5 to 7 years)
1/3 C sausage
2/3 C freeze dried ground beef
2/3 C Dehydrated tomato powder
1 tsp romantic italian seasoning
1/3 C freeze dried onions
1 C noodles
1/3 C dried sliced mushrooms
2/3 C mozzarella cheese (put in a sandwich bag)
oxygen absorber
Layer ingredients in a quart jar in order. Put the lid on and the oxygen absorber will consume all the oxygen making it shelf stable. Put 5 cups of water to the pan and add everything but the cheese. Simmer medium-high for 15 - 20 min. In a small bowl separately, spray cheese with a spray bottle of water and set aside while it re-constitutes. After pasta is done, sprinkle cheese on top and put the lid back on for it to melt. Ta Da!!
Here are some more recipes:
Chef Tess' Double Cheeseburger Sauce Mix
(yield: 10, 1 oz sauce mixes)
2 1/2 cups Honeyville powdered cheese sauce
1 1/2 tsp granulated garlic
1T granulated onion
2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
Bag Mix Directions:
Combine all ingredients well. Use 1 oz (1/4 cup mix) to 3 oz of macaroni noodles (about 2 cups). (Chef Tess puts the dry powder with the noodles in quart size storage bags with the label "cheeseburger helper". I just sealed the mix in a jar and will use fresh ground beef and noodles from storage to make this.)
Conventional Bag Mix preparation Directions: Brown one pound of hamburger in a large skillet. When hamburger is browned, I add 1 cup hot water and 1 1/2 cup milk (or reconstituted powdered milk). Bring to a boil and cover. Simmer 8-10 minutes until noodles are tender. Sauce will thicken a little more as it cools.
In a quart jar:
2 cups elbow macaroni (7 oz)
¼ cup mix
(in a separate baggie in the jar)
1 ½ cup Freeze Dried Ground Beef ( or TVP Beef )
Jar directions To prepare Cheeseburger Skillet Meal: Rehydrate meat with 1 ½ cups hot water, drain. Place in hot skillet. When hamburger is browned, I add 1 cup hot water and 1 1/2 cup milk. Bring to a boil and cover. Simmer 8-10 minutes until noodles are tender. Sauce will thicken a little more as it cools.
Chef Tess - Meals In A Jar
Country Style Hambuger Stew
(yield 12 one cup servings)
in a quart jar:
1 cup Honeyville instant red beans
1 cup Honeyville freeze dried mixed vegetables
1 cup Honeyville Freeze Dried Ground Beef (TVP Beef ) or Freeze Dried Diced Beef
1 Cup Honeyville dehydrated diced potatoes
¼ cup Honeyville dehydrated onion
Seasonings I shake down into the jar: ½ cup tomato powder,
1 tsp thyme, 1 tsp garlic, ¼ cup flour, and 1 T beef boullion.
It will fit if you shake it really well.
To prepare Country Style Hamburger Stew:
In a gallon pot, combine stew mix with 6 cups water and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer 20-30 minutes.
Works great in a solar oven. Bake one hour.
Chef Tess' Stroganoff Skillet Meal Gravy Mix
(yield 7 mixes (with 1/3 cup gravy/seasoning mix) )
1/2 cup powdered buttermilk
1/2 cup powdered sour cream
1 cup flour
1/2 cup Dehydrated Sliced Onion
1T onion powder, 1 T granulated garlic (or garlic powder), 1T dry parsley, 1 tsp dry thyme, 2 tsp black pepper, 2T salt, 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
Combine all dry ingredients well.
In a quart Jar:
2 cups egg noodles
1/3 cup gravy mix
1/2 cup Freeze Dried Mushroom Slices
In a separate bag in the jar,
1 ½ cup Freeze Dried Ground Beef (TVP Beef )
To prepare Beef Stroganoff Skillet Meal:
1 cup water
2 cups milk (powdered is okay if you reconstitute it)
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
In a bowl Rehydrate hamburger in 1 ½ cup hot water. Drain. Place in a skillet. Cook over high, and add gravy mix, noodles, water and milk. Simmer 8-10 minutes, stirring once or twice, but covering each time. When noodles are tender season with additional salt and pepper if needed
Chef Tess' (Turkey) Noodle Skillet Meal
In a quart Jar fit with a funnel:
2 cups egg noodles
1/2 cup Honeyville freeze dried mixed vegetables
1/3 cup powdered cheese sauce
1/3 cup Instant Non-fat Dry Milk
1/4 cup dehydrated powdered butter
1 cup Freeze Dried Turkey (I didn't buy any of this - I will use canned turkey or chicken and add it until heated through after the mix has cooked )
1/2 cup Freeze Dried Mushroom Slices
1 T Dehydrated Sliced Onion
1 tsp Chef Tess Romantic Italian Seasonings
To Prepare Turkey Noodle Skillet Meal:
In a large skillet, combine contents of jar with 3 ½ cups hot water over high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 10-12 minutes stir every few minutes. (At this point if you are using canned meat, drain and add to mix until heated) Turn off heat and let sit 3-5 minutes.
(yield: 10, 1 oz sauce mixes)
2 1/2 cups Honeyville powdered cheese sauce
1 1/2 tsp granulated garlic
1T granulated onion
2 tsp black pepper
1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
Bag Mix Directions:
Combine all ingredients well. Use 1 oz (1/4 cup mix) to 3 oz of macaroni noodles (about 2 cups). (Chef Tess puts the dry powder with the noodles in quart size storage bags with the label "cheeseburger helper". I just sealed the mix in a jar and will use fresh ground beef and noodles from storage to make this.)
Conventional Bag Mix preparation Directions: Brown one pound of hamburger in a large skillet. When hamburger is browned, I add 1 cup hot water and 1 1/2 cup milk (or reconstituted powdered milk). Bring to a boil and cover. Simmer 8-10 minutes until noodles are tender. Sauce will thicken a little more as it cools.
In a quart jar:
2 cups elbow macaroni (7 oz)
¼ cup mix
(in a separate baggie in the jar)
1 ½ cup Freeze Dried Ground Beef ( or TVP Beef )
Jar directions To prepare Cheeseburger Skillet Meal: Rehydrate meat with 1 ½ cups hot water, drain. Place in hot skillet. When hamburger is browned, I add 1 cup hot water and 1 1/2 cup milk. Bring to a boil and cover. Simmer 8-10 minutes until noodles are tender. Sauce will thicken a little more as it cools.
Chef Tess - Meals In A Jar
Country Style Hambuger Stew
(yield 12 one cup servings)
in a quart jar:
1 cup Honeyville instant red beans
1 cup Honeyville freeze dried mixed vegetables
1 cup Honeyville Freeze Dried Ground Beef (TVP Beef ) or Freeze Dried Diced Beef
1 Cup Honeyville dehydrated diced potatoes
¼ cup Honeyville dehydrated onion
Seasonings I shake down into the jar: ½ cup tomato powder,
1 tsp thyme, 1 tsp garlic, ¼ cup flour, and 1 T beef boullion.
It will fit if you shake it really well.
To prepare Country Style Hamburger Stew:
In a gallon pot, combine stew mix with 6 cups water and bring to a boil.
Reduce heat and simmer 20-30 minutes.
Works great in a solar oven. Bake one hour.
Chef Tess' Stroganoff Skillet Meal Gravy Mix
(yield 7 mixes (with 1/3 cup gravy/seasoning mix) )
1/2 cup powdered buttermilk
1/2 cup powdered sour cream
1 cup flour
1/2 cup Dehydrated Sliced Onion
1T onion powder, 1 T granulated garlic (or garlic powder), 1T dry parsley, 1 tsp dry thyme, 2 tsp black pepper, 2T salt, 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
Combine all dry ingredients well.
In a quart Jar:
2 cups egg noodles
1/3 cup gravy mix
1/2 cup Freeze Dried Mushroom Slices
In a separate bag in the jar,
1 ½ cup Freeze Dried Ground Beef (TVP Beef )
To prepare Beef Stroganoff Skillet Meal:
1 cup water
2 cups milk (powdered is okay if you reconstitute it)
salt and pepper to taste
Directions:
In a bowl Rehydrate hamburger in 1 ½ cup hot water. Drain. Place in a skillet. Cook over high, and add gravy mix, noodles, water and milk. Simmer 8-10 minutes, stirring once or twice, but covering each time. When noodles are tender season with additional salt and pepper if needed
Chef Tess' (Turkey) Noodle Skillet Meal
In a quart Jar fit with a funnel:
2 cups egg noodles
1/2 cup Honeyville freeze dried mixed vegetables
1/3 cup powdered cheese sauce
1/3 cup Instant Non-fat Dry Milk
1/4 cup dehydrated powdered butter
1 cup Freeze Dried Turkey (I didn't buy any of this - I will use canned turkey or chicken and add it until heated through after the mix has cooked )
1/2 cup Freeze Dried Mushroom Slices
1 T Dehydrated Sliced Onion
1 tsp Chef Tess Romantic Italian Seasonings
To Prepare Turkey Noodle Skillet Meal:
In a large skillet, combine contents of jar with 3 ½ cups hot water over high heat and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 10-12 minutes stir every few minutes. (At this point if you are using canned meat, drain and add to mix until heated) Turn off heat and let sit 3-5 minutes.
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