Provident Living: We will have a class on April 8th at 9:30 a.m. Tues morning at the Shook's. It will be convenience in the kitchen.
http://www.stacymakescents.com/10-easy-ways-to-cut-costs-in-the-kitchen
You won't have to worry about the coffee filter, however I use coffee filters in vacuum sealing powdery things like flours. You take the lid of the jar you are going to seal after putting in the product, you trace the lid on a coffee filter and cut it out and put it on top of the product so that little particles do not go into the vacuum sealer and kill it. Yes, it does happen more often than not so this is helpful info about vacuum sealing.
http://www.iheartnaptime.net/homemade-bread/ a refresher course here on making bread we all "knead" to know this :)
http://www.underthehighchair.com/2009/04/diy-pita-bread.html pita bread - make your own, tastes soooo much better!
http://sticktoyourhips.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-11-10T12:22:00-08:00 this also has some good looking recipes besides the bread
I urge you to practice making bread if you are ever in a situation where you are needing to bake it, that is not the time to learn there is a learning curve....practice practice!
Sister Ebanks tells us to put as much cider vinegar in our bread as yeast, it helps with the strengthening of the bubbles the yeast makes.
Also storing Vital Wheat Gluten is not essential but it will make your wheat bread a lot more pleasing.
Do you have wheat in your storage?????? If so, do you have a wheat grinder????? That would be something to work towards if you have tax refunds you might think about one or beefing up your storage.
Since we have so many new families in our ward, I think it is a good time to remind you that our Ankeny Units have a wheat grinder in the kitchen, it can be checked out through the Relief Society president.
Other things one needs is a pressure canner, dehydrator, vacuum sealer, the grinder as I mentioned, and all the gear to go with.... i.e. jars, lids , rings, you get the pic. One cannot just get all this at one time.....get it as you can....
Once canning season is going it is almost impossible to burrow a pressure canner so give this thought.
I urge you as well to put some sort of garden in. Last year lids for canning jumped in price so get packages as you go to the store pick up lids for regular or wide mouth. I encourage everyone to learn to can and get the equipment. It really helps with our budget for me to do this.
So have I ever told you I hate gardening? Sister Watson is laughing at this, I know she is :p I hate it bad but a Prophet told us to plant a garden and that is what I do. It feeds us but I hate every aspect of it. See, we cannot all just get to do what we want to do, right?
If you don't have the ground to put one in do container gardening.
http://alternative-energy-gardning.blogspot.com/2013/03/growing-potatoes-in-laundry-basket.html
http://princesponiesanddiamonds.blogspot.com/2013/05/upcycled-mens-shirt-toddler-dress.html sewing skills are very important to have. Basically, this little dress was free... the shirt being no longer useful for clothing.
http://woolandchocolate.com/2012/02/06/darning-tutorial/ this shows how to darn socks. Some day you may need to do it. I will tell you it saves time rather than going to a store. Something to think about....life gets too busy.
http://sweetteasoakers.blogspot.com/2012/02/toddler-called-jayne.html wouldn't it be great to make a needed hat?
Build your skills, you can learn whatever you would like. If you can read, you can learn and if you can't, you can learn!
We always want to be learning to help our families.
Also, keep working on your storage. If you have a year's supply of peanut butter is that it? Do you not work on it any longer? No!!!! You use and replace use and rotate! To provide for your families you need to do this.
Keep learning new things. Each thing you learn is a valuable layer.
I am proud of all of you!
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