All About Food Storage has joined the Parade of Giveaways at Food Storage Made Easy. Be sure to enter to win this fun prize to stock your cupboard with spices for holiday baking and cozy meals. I think spices are an essential part of food storage because they add flavor and variety to basic ingredients!
Here’s what you’ll win:
One large, bulk 1-lb. bag of EACH of these fresh, fragrant spices and spice blends (from Alison’s Pantry):
- Apple Pie Spice
- Pumpkin Pie Spice
- Chili Seasoning Mix
- Hearty Bean Seasoning
- Ole’ Taco Seasoning
- Savory Stew Seasoning
- Spanish Rice Seasoning
- and Rosemary & Garlic Seasoning
Plus, a 120+ page cookbook, Simple Recipes Using Food Storage, with great recipes, tips, and conversions. Total value: over $50.
Handy resource full of food storage recipes, tips and conversions!
How do you enter? It’s soooo easy!
- “Like” the All About Food Storage Facebook Page, and/ or
- Comment on this post
You can enter your name twice for the giveaway. The contest begins September 1st (don’t post until tomorrow) and runs through September 30th. The winner will be announced here and on the Food Storage Made Easy site on October 1st. This giveaway is limited to residents of the United States.
GOOD LUCK!
Tags: food storage cookbook, giveaway, spices
I’m joining in on the fun! Check back September 1st to learn more about how to win a great prize package from All About Food Storage as part of the Parade of Giveaways hosted by Food Storage Made Easy. Just a week away…
Tags: cookbooks, food storage, giveaway, spices
I stumbled upon a wonderful handout on nonfat dry milk created by the Washington State Dairy Board. It is a very comprehensive booklet with everything you’ll ever need to know about powdered milk, including the health benefits of dry milk, storage, and suggestions for use. It also includes some great recipes to rotate your dry milk storage if you’ve found that you’re not using it up quickly enough. Click here to download a copy for your food storage files!
Lemon zest and allspice set this recipe apart!
It’s zucchini harvest time, and if you’re tired of your standard zucchini bread recipe, this is the recipe to pull you from your rut. I love zucchini bread and I have tried recipes that include everything from bananas to chocolate, but this zucchini bread recipe (from my friend, Tammy) is my definitive favorite. Even with the addition of healthier whole wheat flour, this bread stays moist and the flavor from the lemon zest and spices is unbeatable! I’m including the original recipe, and then my notes to make it even healthier.
BEST ZUCCHINI BREAD
1 1/4 c. whole wheat flour
1 1/4 c. all-purpose (white) flour
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. ginger
1/4 tsp. allspice
1/4 tsp. clove
2 1/2 c. zucchini, shredded (about 3 medium zucchini)
1 c. pecans, chopped
4 eggs (or 1/4 c. powdered eggs + 1/2 c. water)
1 1/2 c. granulated sugar
1/2 c. brown sugar
1 c. oil
1 tsp. lemon zest
Measure and sift together the first eight dry ingredients and set aside. In a large mixing bowl, add eggs, sugars and oil. Blend thoroughly. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the egg mixture while stirring. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and fold in zucchini, pecans and lemon zest. Pour batter into two greased 8 or 9 inch loaf pans and bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour.
NOTES: To make this recipe healthier (but just as tasty!), I cut the oil measurement in half with applesauce (1/2 c. oil + 1/2 c. applesauce), leave out 1/2 cup of the white sugar, and use 1 cup liquid eggs (like Eggbeaters). To save time, sometimes I substitute 1 tsp. of pumpkin pie spice in place of the ginger, allspice and clove. If your garden produced more yellow squash than zucchini, you can subsitute part or all of the zucchini with shredded yellow squash (I cut the squash in fourths, length-wise, and remove the seeds before shredding.) with virtually no difference in taste. I like to use my food processor to shred the zucchini because it keeps the zucchini from getting soggy the way it does when grated by hand.
Tags: Food Storage Recipes, gardening, zucchini
I’m planning a canning day for berry syrup and some pickling. If you have any favorite recipes to share, please do. I’m looking for a syrup that’s a little bit chunky and somewhere in between syrup and pie filling.
I’ll post photos and recipes soon!
Tags: canning, food storage, pickling
