Hoop cheese, & other foods that do not require refrigeration

[AdriftAtSea]

:D Thanks for the info Lynx. :)

[Shipscarver]

Hey Lynx!
Thank you for the source. I thought the packaged Soy had been forgotten in favor of the frozen stuff. I am so happy to find a source!

[Lynx]

The other site is http://www.internet-grocer.net/  these prices are a little cheeper.

When ordering from either please allow 2 to 3 weeks for delivery as the products are dropshipped.

[gltea]

Hi Lynx,

     Thanks for the info.

     Just a thought...spices have a shelf life of about a year.  I notice you enjoy cooking with them.  I am impressed.

[Lynx]

I like my own cooking to much. 6'4" and 275 pounds.

note to self: cook badly and lose weight

[skylark]

My approach to cooking beans is to make a simple vegetable soup (with no salt) and cook the beans in it. The soup can be simple like just onion and garlic, or you can add a lot of vegetables. This is what I am cooking today:

Pressure cooker beans in a savory broth
3 to 4 servings

Soak 1 cup beans overnight in water (pintos today, others work too)

1 Tbs olive oil
1 onion, diced
1 clove garlic, sliced
1 slice bacon, sliced
Simmer until browned
Rinse beans and add to pot
Add water to about half the pot (4 qt pressure cooker)
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(substitute 1/2 cup fresh of each if you don't use dehydrated)
2 Tbs dehydrated leeks
2 Tbs dehydrated carrots
2 Tbs dehydrated celery
Soak 15 minutes over low flame (no need to soak for fresh veggies)
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Seal pressure cooker, bring up to pressure
Cook under pressure 12 minutes
Let pressure drop on its own
Add seasonings:
1 tsp salt
ground black pepper
bay leaf
1 tsp thyme
1/2 tsp rosemary
and/or your favorite vegetable soup seasonings (celery seed, etc.)
With top off, bring to a boil for 5 minutes
Salt and season to taste

Serve by pulling out beans with slotted spoon or ladle a bit of soup/sauce along with beans
Leave on stovetop in closed pressure cooker, heating to pressure at least once every day
When beans are gone use broth to make rice

[skylark]

Simple Muesli

In a coffee mug...
2 Tbs instant dry milk, Nido or other
2 Tbs roasted salted sunflower seeds (kernals)
2 Tbs raisins
2 Tbs rolled oats (or more)
Add about a quarter cup of cold water, mix up and eat

[s/v Faith]

Simple Muesli

In a coffee mug...
2 Tbs instant dry milk, Nido or other
2 Tbs roasted salted sunflower seeds (kernals)
2 Tbs raisins
2 Tbs rolled oats (or more)
Add about a quarter cup of cold water, mix up and eat

You and James Baldwin!

  He got me started on eating "oat meal" cold, and now I am brainwashed convinced
that i actually like it better that way.

  Your mix looks fancy, I like it as it replaces 'single purpose' foods like mixed granola with
ingredients that you can use for other things.

  BTW, what is your preferred method to 'un-dehydrate' milk?

[skylark]

For drinking, put the powder and water in an old plastic peanut butter jar and shake.

For the muesli, just put the powder at the bottom of the cup, add the other ingredients, add water and stir.

You can eat the muesli without powdered milk and water.  For many years my breakfast was oats, sunflower seeds and raisins, eating them (as if you were drinking) from a widemouth plastic bottle.  Just make sure you have enough raisins, the raisins provide moisture when you chew them up.  The oats would be too dry without the raisins.

[CharlieJ]

LOL-you and me both Craig. I DO really like it that way, although Laura really doesn't. Quite handy also. Nothing to be refrigerated.

Oh-and neither Laura or I would dream of just drinking milk (yuck), so the powdered works fine for us- we only cook with the stuff.