Raw honey-filtered without pasteurization is available from a supplier in Spring City, Utah. For a case of 6 5# tubs it is $70.00. He will meet you at the freeway to deliver for an extra $5 a case or he will ship it.
Jacob Meyers
P.O. Box 268
Spring City, Utah 84662
435-817-0743
preparednesspurchases@gmail.com
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Canned Meat
I got this message today from Alpine Food Storage. For more information, follow the link on the right for Alpine Food Storage.
Canned Meat Coming
This is Yoder's Canned Meat. It comes in 28 oz cans (#2.5 size) and has a 15 year shelf-life! No kidding! Besides which it is really good meat. The ingredients on most varieties is whatever meat is on the label with water and salt. No additives, no fillers, no preservatives--- Good Stuff!
Here are the varieties: They are $7 per can or $80 for a case of 12
Beef Chunks
Chicken Chunks
Turkey Chunks (one of my favorite!)
Pork Chunks
Hamburger (Ingredients: Beef---that's it!)
Pork Sausage (Ingredients, Pork and herbs and spices that you will recognize!)
Taco Filling
NEW----Grilled Delights---Hot Dogs!-----(There are 8 cooked hot dogs per can!) ---$5.50 per can and $65 per case. Comfort food for the kids! :-)
ALSO----Bacon---finally! These come in 9 oz cans with the equivalent of 3 lbs of pre-cooked bacon per can. (45-55 slices!) True story!
You can eat the bacon STRIPS right out of the can---they are smoked and really great tasting. This sells for $10 per can or $110 for a case of 12.
Canned Meat Coming
This is Yoder's Canned Meat. It comes in 28 oz cans (#2.5 size) and has a 15 year shelf-life! No kidding! Besides which it is really good meat. The ingredients on most varieties is whatever meat is on the label with water and salt. No additives, no fillers, no preservatives--- Good Stuff!
Here are the varieties: They are $7 per can or $80 for a case of 12
Beef Chunks
Chicken Chunks
Turkey Chunks (one of my favorite!)
Pork Chunks
Hamburger (Ingredients: Beef---that's it!)
Pork Sausage (Ingredients, Pork and herbs and spices that you will recognize!)
Taco Filling
NEW----Grilled Delights---Hot Dogs!-----(There are 8 cooked hot dogs per can!) ---$5.50 per can and $65 per case. Comfort food for the kids! :-)
ALSO----Bacon---finally! These come in 9 oz cans with the equivalent of 3 lbs of pre-cooked bacon per can. (45-55 slices!) True story!
You can eat the bacon STRIPS right out of the can---they are smoked and really great tasting. This sells for $10 per can or $110 for a case of 12.
Home Made Laundry Soap
I have discovered the best laundry soap I have ever used! I have not taken the plunge with making my own laundry soap because I just wasn't too excited about heating everything up. Well, I discovered this recipe for powdered laundry soap and it is the best laundry soap I have ever used. I have used Oxyclean for several years and the price just keeps going up. I DON'T use Oxyclean anymore! This mixture is just the best. I hope you will try it. It will save you money and you will be amazed at how clean your clothes are!
Powdered Laundry Soap
1 bar of Fels Napha soap
3 cups Laundry Soda-not baking soda
3 cups Borax laundry booster
Grate the bar of soap into fine shreds. (I use my grater attachment on my Bosch.) Mix with the other ingredients. The soap shreds will settle on the bottom. Shake it up every time you use it.
I use 2 Tablespoons in my front loader for lightly soiled clothing, 3 Tablespoons for heavily soiled clothing.
I also use 1/2 cup of white vinegar in the rinse cycle. I rarely use dryer sheets since using the vinegar. I promise you won't have a vinegar smell in your clothing.
On an additional note: I am allergic to scents. I've had to use fragrance free laundry soap for years. I was skeptical about the Fels Napha fragrance. No problem, this laundry soap doesn't irritate my skin.
Powdered Laundry Soap
1 bar of Fels Napha soap
3 cups Laundry Soda-not baking soda
3 cups Borax laundry booster
Grate the bar of soap into fine shreds. (I use my grater attachment on my Bosch.) Mix with the other ingredients. The soap shreds will settle on the bottom. Shake it up every time you use it.
I use 2 Tablespoons in my front loader for lightly soiled clothing, 3 Tablespoons for heavily soiled clothing.
I also use 1/2 cup of white vinegar in the rinse cycle. I rarely use dryer sheets since using the vinegar. I promise you won't have a vinegar smell in your clothing.
On an additional note: I am allergic to scents. I've had to use fragrance free laundry soap for years. I was skeptical about the Fels Napha fragrance. No problem, this laundry soap doesn't irritate my skin.
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Bee Prepared Binder
I am so sorry. Something went wrong with the original link. Here is the one that works, I hope! Cut and paste this in the address bar.
http://www.bluechipgroup.net/articles/recipe/Bee%20Prepared.pdf
http://www.bluechipgroup.net/articles/recipe/Bee%20Prepared.pdf
Friday, March 5, 2010
Download The Bee Prepared Binder
I was so excited to find this. I bought this cookbook about 4 years ago. I was taking some classes on Food Storage at Welfare Square Cannery. This was not sold at Welfare Square. I had to go to Sandy to buy it. The classes were so great, but are no longer taught (a real shame). One of the sister missionaries teaching the classes was Christine Van Wagenen. She co-authored this cookbook before she taught the classes. It is most helpful and the recipes are ALL fantastic. The only thing about this download is that come of the pages aren't straight and not all the lettering is clear. Sister Van Wagenen said that it could be copied but to please make the copies "celestial"; straight, clear and neat. Oh well it is free. The binder can also be purchased at Help U Mail 10271 S 1300 E in Sandy, Utah for $10 including binder. She has a couple of others available also; Meals in A Bag is a good one. If you want that address and phone number, let me know. Anyway here is the link
http://www.bluechipgroup.net/articles/r ... epared.pdf
http://www.bluechipgroup.net/articles/r ... epared.pdf
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Menu Planning
What’s for Dinner?
It is the question of the hour. It may bring anxiety to your mind or fear in your heart. Too many home managers look for answers in the supermarket at 5 p.m. Harried, harassed by hungry children, they rack their brains for an answer to the dinner-hour question. They buy things that look good and don’t have a plan. Too often the food goes to waste. Especially when kids are so hungry we stop to buy a taco on the way home.
Three meals a day. Seven dinners a week. From supermarket to pantry, refrigerator to table, sink to cupboard, the kitchen routine can get old, old, old.
No wonder we hide our heads like ostriches from the plain and simple fact; into each day, one dinner must fall.
Let me ask you, “What is the hardest part of the day?”
I would say, dinnertime. It is a balancing act.
Let me ask you also, “What is your most important time of the day?”
I hope it would be dinnertime, spending time with your family.
From a business point of view, a 1 hour investment that improves the quality of your family life.
A menu plan saves money: Reducing trips to the supermarket, reduces impulse spending. Using leftovers efficiently cuts food waste, while planned buying in bulk makes it easy to stockpile freezer meals at reduced prices.
A menu plan saves time. No dash to the neighbors for a missing ingredient, no frantic searches through the freezer for something, anything to thaw for dinner.
A menu plan improves nutrition. Without the daily dash to the supermarket, there’s time to prepare side dishes and salads to complement the main dish, increasing the family’s consumption of fruits and vegetables.
Dinner together improves family relations.
Last week on Studio 5 they shared these statistics: If families consistently have 5-7 meals together per week their children are
42% less likely to drink alcohol
59% less likely to smoke cigarettes
66% less likely to smoke marijuana
They do better in school
Easier to catch eating disorders- I’ve had friends catch bluemia and anorexia quickly. And overeating.
We all want closeness in our family relationships, but some of us have difficulty creating that environment at dinnertime. Eating is a necessary biological function, but it's also an important social function that we do with loved ones. The following are some things parents can do to make dinners a time when the family wants to come to the table.
1. Prepare the Physical Environment
Turn off the TV. More than half of families have TV on during dinner.
Ban interrupters: I-pods, cell phones, newspapers, magazine (so family can focus on each other)
Get bills, mail, etc. off table, along with any games, toys, or other potential distractions.
Turn off telephone answering machines
Face each other when eating: avoid snack bar dinners.
Have soft music playing
Light a candle - it's hypnotic for the anxious toddler (afterward, let him blow it out)
Close door to rest of house if needed. Create physical boundary
2. Involve the Family ahead of time
Pick a set mealtime but don't be rigid about it.
Ring a dinner bell 5 minutes before dinner is ready to start
Don't start until everyone is there. "Here we sit like frogs on a Lilly pad" is what we sang until the last kid showed up for dinner.
Begin with a prayer or statement of appreciation for what has been prepared.
Let each person choose a favorite dish or meal, at least once each week.
Involve the family in the shopping and food preparation and table setting
3. Expand our comfort zones
Let the kids invite a favorite friend over once a week (promotes better behavior in the child; allows parents to evaluate and encourage good friendships)
Once a week serve an ethnic or international meal or dish. Talk about the country and its people
Insist that family members try each new food or recipe. Don't require that they eat it all, however Make it mandatory that there be no negative comments about the cook, or the dish (i.e. "This is gross!") They can simply say, "I didn't care for it. Thank you." Shows respect.
4. Make it Fun & memorable
Take advantage of the holidays, birthdays, and every possible celebration. For example, make everything green for St. Pat's day, rotate table centerpieces, use balloons, make signs, etc.
Develop your own rituals. For example "tacos on Sunday night" or "roasts every Monday"
Don't be predictable: pick up plates and move outside; or go on a picnic; or eat backwards one night (right to left handedness; start with dessert).
5. Engage the Family during dinner
Talk about fun things; keep it light; do planning for holidays, birthdays, vacations
One person should guide the discussion, and set a positive tone
Ask each person to mention at least one exciting thing that happened to them today.
Here are also some tips on teaching your children what needs to be taught without being too strict:
First of all we teach by example
Have an ending time to the meal. "May I be excused?"
Avoid the LAP routine at dinner: Lecture, Argue, Pry (so they don't feel dinner is an interrogation session).
Meal time is not a time to complain or discipline children; in fact, parents should save their own disagreements for later so kids aren't feeling the trauma and drama.
TABLE TALK JAR
The Rewards?
Small enhancements or changes can have big benefits. Don't make a big deal of it, just implement them one by one.
Women are generally the ones who bear the most responsibility for ritualization so they may have to initiate.
As family learns to focus on family, dinnertime will again become special.
Busy families seem to find it a chore to make decisions about what to eat every night. This often leads to catch-as-catch-can grazing, ordering in or eating out. Yet studies show over and over the positive impact of eating family dinners together as often as possible.
One woman has taken this as her mission in life The foodnanny.com she answers all excuses like, “I can’t cook” “My family won’t come”
"Nothing makes us happier than the smells coming from the kitchen enticing us with our favorite foods,"
She also suggests on soccer, baseball… nights, have sandwiches right after school. Then have a light dinner when everyone gets home. Remember it isn’t just the food, it is being together as a family.
Menu planning has been a challenge for me. I’ve tried a lot and have had a hard time sticking to it. I have a lot of good recipes that my family likes. But, it is the organizing that is a challenge for me.
This is the plan that works best for me. It is flexible, so if I get bored I can easily change it.
Another way to get your family together and ask them what they would like to have for dinner. A good time to do this is before dinner.
Another way is to write down everything your family eats for a month. From restaurants, at home, take out…everything. Then plan the next month around these preferences.
Now if you are at a point in your life where there are 2 to cook for. Have fun. You can spend a little more on ingredients you didn’t use when raising a family. Try new recipes. Enjoy!
The foodnanny suggests giving each night a theme. This doesn’t make it a party, but it gives the menu some structure.
My challenge for myself is 5 dinners a week, at the table, with the family members who are home.
It is the question of the hour. It may bring anxiety to your mind or fear in your heart. Too many home managers look for answers in the supermarket at 5 p.m. Harried, harassed by hungry children, they rack their brains for an answer to the dinner-hour question. They buy things that look good and don’t have a plan. Too often the food goes to waste. Especially when kids are so hungry we stop to buy a taco on the way home.
Three meals a day. Seven dinners a week. From supermarket to pantry, refrigerator to table, sink to cupboard, the kitchen routine can get old, old, old.
No wonder we hide our heads like ostriches from the plain and simple fact; into each day, one dinner must fall.
Let me ask you, “What is the hardest part of the day?”
I would say, dinnertime. It is a balancing act.
Let me ask you also, “What is your most important time of the day?”
I hope it would be dinnertime, spending time with your family.
From a business point of view, a 1 hour investment that improves the quality of your family life.
A menu plan saves money: Reducing trips to the supermarket, reduces impulse spending. Using leftovers efficiently cuts food waste, while planned buying in bulk makes it easy to stockpile freezer meals at reduced prices.
A menu plan saves time. No dash to the neighbors for a missing ingredient, no frantic searches through the freezer for something, anything to thaw for dinner.
A menu plan improves nutrition. Without the daily dash to the supermarket, there’s time to prepare side dishes and salads to complement the main dish, increasing the family’s consumption of fruits and vegetables.
Dinner together improves family relations.
Last week on Studio 5 they shared these statistics: If families consistently have 5-7 meals together per week their children are
42% less likely to drink alcohol
59% less likely to smoke cigarettes
66% less likely to smoke marijuana
They do better in school
Easier to catch eating disorders- I’ve had friends catch bluemia and anorexia quickly. And overeating.
We all want closeness in our family relationships, but some of us have difficulty creating that environment at dinnertime. Eating is a necessary biological function, but it's also an important social function that we do with loved ones. The following are some things parents can do to make dinners a time when the family wants to come to the table.
1. Prepare the Physical Environment
Turn off the TV. More than half of families have TV on during dinner.
Ban interrupters: I-pods, cell phones, newspapers, magazine (so family can focus on each other)
Get bills, mail, etc. off table, along with any games, toys, or other potential distractions.
Turn off telephone answering machines
Face each other when eating: avoid snack bar dinners.
Have soft music playing
Light a candle - it's hypnotic for the anxious toddler (afterward, let him blow it out)
Close door to rest of house if needed. Create physical boundary
2. Involve the Family ahead of time
Pick a set mealtime but don't be rigid about it.
Ring a dinner bell 5 minutes before dinner is ready to start
Don't start until everyone is there. "Here we sit like frogs on a Lilly pad" is what we sang until the last kid showed up for dinner.
Begin with a prayer or statement of appreciation for what has been prepared.
Let each person choose a favorite dish or meal, at least once each week.
Involve the family in the shopping and food preparation and table setting
3. Expand our comfort zones
Let the kids invite a favorite friend over once a week (promotes better behavior in the child; allows parents to evaluate and encourage good friendships)
Once a week serve an ethnic or international meal or dish. Talk about the country and its people
Insist that family members try each new food or recipe. Don't require that they eat it all, however Make it mandatory that there be no negative comments about the cook, or the dish (i.e. "This is gross!") They can simply say, "I didn't care for it. Thank you." Shows respect.
4. Make it Fun & memorable
Take advantage of the holidays, birthdays, and every possible celebration. For example, make everything green for St. Pat's day, rotate table centerpieces, use balloons, make signs, etc.
Develop your own rituals. For example "tacos on Sunday night" or "roasts every Monday"
Don't be predictable: pick up plates and move outside; or go on a picnic; or eat backwards one night (right to left handedness; start with dessert).
5. Engage the Family during dinner
Talk about fun things; keep it light; do planning for holidays, birthdays, vacations
One person should guide the discussion, and set a positive tone
Ask each person to mention at least one exciting thing that happened to them today.
Here are also some tips on teaching your children what needs to be taught without being too strict:
First of all we teach by example
Have an ending time to the meal. "May I be excused?"
Avoid the LAP routine at dinner: Lecture, Argue, Pry (so they don't feel dinner is an interrogation session).
Meal time is not a time to complain or discipline children; in fact, parents should save their own disagreements for later so kids aren't feeling the trauma and drama.
TABLE TALK JAR
The Rewards?
Small enhancements or changes can have big benefits. Don't make a big deal of it, just implement them one by one.
Women are generally the ones who bear the most responsibility for ritualization so they may have to initiate.
As family learns to focus on family, dinnertime will again become special.
Busy families seem to find it a chore to make decisions about what to eat every night. This often leads to catch-as-catch-can grazing, ordering in or eating out. Yet studies show over and over the positive impact of eating family dinners together as often as possible.
One woman has taken this as her mission in life The foodnanny.com she answers all excuses like, “I can’t cook” “My family won’t come”
"Nothing makes us happier than the smells coming from the kitchen enticing us with our favorite foods,"
She also suggests on soccer, baseball… nights, have sandwiches right after school. Then have a light dinner when everyone gets home. Remember it isn’t just the food, it is being together as a family.
Menu planning has been a challenge for me. I’ve tried a lot and have had a hard time sticking to it. I have a lot of good recipes that my family likes. But, it is the organizing that is a challenge for me.
This is the plan that works best for me. It is flexible, so if I get bored I can easily change it.
Another way to get your family together and ask them what they would like to have for dinner. A good time to do this is before dinner.
Another way is to write down everything your family eats for a month. From restaurants, at home, take out…everything. Then plan the next month around these preferences.
Now if you are at a point in your life where there are 2 to cook for. Have fun. You can spend a little more on ingredients you didn’t use when raising a family. Try new recipes. Enjoy!
The foodnanny suggests giving each night a theme. This doesn’t make it a party, but it gives the menu some structure.
My challenge for myself is 5 dinners a week, at the table, with the family members who are home.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Spring Cannery Schedule for Lindon Wet Pack
The schedule is out for the wet pack cannery in Lindon, Utah. They will begin accepting forms on Monday, tomorrow 2/8/2010. I you would like a form, please call me and I'll email one to you today. The items being canned are; spaghetti sauce, raspberry and peach jam, salsa and pancake syrup. The slots fill up fast so if you are interested let me know ASAP.
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