Change!

We will be meeting on the last Tuesday of the month instead of the last Thursday. We will still meet at 10 am.

Freezing Baby Food

-Aubrey

I freeze my baby food in ice cube trays, then store the cubes in ziplocs in the freezer. This allows me to have a variety of food on hand and keep it in small portions.

Baby Grains

-Stacy


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Soy Beans

-Stacy



Buy these in the freezer section, cook, cool and keep in the fridge for a healthy snack!

Whole Wheat PopTarts

-Stacy



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Oatmeal Cake

-Kara


2 cups Oatmeal
2-½ cups hot water (boiling)

put in bowl set aside

2 cubes of butter
4 eggs
2 cups Brown sugar
2 cups white sugar

Blend ingredients together set aside

3 cups wheat flour or white (I prefer wheat)
2 tsp baking soda
2 tsp cinnamon

Mix ingredients all together

Add 2 tsp of vanilla

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes in a 9 by 13 and 8 by 8 pan. If using one larger pan bake for 1 hour.

**Two variations are to use oatmeal that is already cooked left in the pot after breakfast and use half the sugars.


(Kara served this without the frosting and it was great)

Frosting (oatmeal cake)

10 TBSP butter
8 TBSP evaporated milk
1cup brown sugar
cook until dissolved then add
1cup walnuts
1cup coconut

Boil for a little while and frost cake when cooled.

Granola

-Kara (Nancy N.)

Granola
3 ½ cups Oats
1 cup almonds
1cup coconut
1/2 cup wheat germ
1/3 cup honey or maple syrup
1/3 melted butter or oil
1cup raisin or other dried fruit

Mix ingredients pour out on a cookie sheet. Bake at 375 for 15 to 20 minutes. Stir half way though cooking time. Other add ins’ Nutmeg, cinnamon, ¼ orange juice, bananas, or other things you may like. Store in airtight container

Snack Food Peanut butter Play dough

-Kara


½ cups peanut butter
¼ cup honey
½ cup instant dry milk

Mix until dough like

Roll into balls on Waxed paper

Add in Raisin, nuts, sunflower seeds, coconut, carbo chips, wheat germ, cinnamon, corn flakes, rice crispies, and granola.

Yogurt Fruit Dip

-Aubrey

Mix yogurt with light cool whip. Go with a 50:50 ratio and if you want you can add more yogurt for more yogurt flavor or more cool whip for a creamier flavor. I prefer strawberry flavored yogurt, but you can use whatever flavor you want.

Serve cold with fresh fruit.

Fruit Roll Ups

-Julia

Dry pureed fruit until dry, but still sticky. Wrap in waxed paper and store in freezer.

You can eat the fruit rolls right from the freezer.

Sloppy Joes

-Kara

Here's www.homecanning.com's Sloppy Joe recipe...you can tailor it to your tastes:


3 pounds ground beef
1 1/2 cups diced onion
3 cloves garlic, minced
3/4 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons prepared mustard
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon thyme
2 cups catsup
1 cup chili sauce
1/2 cup water
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Brown ground beef, onion and garlic in a large saucepot. Drain off fat; set aside. Combine brown sugar and mustard. Add remaining ingredients to brown sugar mixture. Combine beef mixture and sauce. Heat thoroughly. Carefully ladle hot mixture into hot jars, leaving 1-inch headspace. Remove air bubbles with a nonmetallic spatula. Wipe jar rim clean. Place lid on jar with sealing compound next to glass. Screw band down evenly and firmly just until a point of resistance is met – fingertip tight.

Process 1 hour and 15 minutes at 10 pounds pressure.

Yield: about 6 pints

Canned Chicken

-Kara

Chicken with out bones
pints 75minutes Quarts 90 minutes at 10 pounds pressure
The meat can be canned raw or cooked. Just fill the jars to with in 1 inch from the top of the jar. If you are using cooked meat you need to add broth to fill the jar and if the meat is raw just pack in. 1 tsp of salt can be added to each jar.