DIY Instant Oatmeal

Root Simple has a recipe for making your own instant oatmeal.  The key is precooking it in a dry oven -- I'll bet this is an excellent application for a solar oven; with all dry ingredients, you don't need to worry so much about undercooking.  I especially look forward to experimenting with different flavors and especially natural sugar substitutes like stevia.

Worth A Hill of Beans

When I was younger, my parents and I would go to the New York state border to a restaurant that featured Amish style cooking.  Sadly, after a few years it closed, but Mavis Butterfield over at One Hundred Dollars A Month blog came across a Mennonite recipe for Baked Beans from scratch that looks like the kind I enjoyed so many years ago.  I will have to try making it myself.

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50 Things To Make

Natural Living Ideas has a list of 50 Things To Stop Buying and make yourself.  They started off on the right foot -- the first item was ketchup!

Eggs-cellent idea!!

Tammy Pedersen at Polyface Farms has a simple recipe for Homemade Mayonnaise.  Her secret?  An immersion blender.

Going to the Dogs, Again...

Highly Uncivilized has an interesting use for butternut squash: dog chews!  I'm not a big fan of butternut squash myself -- I prefer spaghetti squash or Delicata -- but my dogs can really go through the chews, so it'd great to make them myself.

Survival Bread

Year Zero Survival has a recipe for making bread using just flour, sugar, water, salt, yeast, and some oil for frying.  It looks interesting, although I'm a little confused why the yeast is in there since they don't give it time to rise.

Going to the Dogs (and Cats)

Around the Cabin has some really interesting recipes for making your own dog and cat food.  I definitely want to try them out sometime.

Got Eggs?

Got way too many eggs?  I know I do at times.  Here's a place that has a lot of egg recipes: Simply Recipes.

A Treasure Trove of Survival Information

Okay, I know the whole theory is kind of hokey, and if it's not, it's a bit late now, but with over 14 GB of PDF files, this looks like a bountiful source of information:

Pole Shift Survival Information

I haven't had a chance to really go through it, I suspect there is a major overlap with some other source(s).  Glancing over the directory structure there seems to be a good variety of information, and looking at a couple of the PDFs they look detailed enough to be useful.

Recipe: Easy Corn for 1 or 2

Easy Way To Cook Corn in Oklahoma Transient.

Recipe: Chicken Corn Ramen

When I'm by myself I tend to eat food that is quick and easy to prepare.  The challenge is making sure it is still not too bad in terms of nutrition (as opposed to grabbing a candy bar or hopping in my car and getting some fast food).  I thought I'd share one of my newest recipes:

Ingredients:

• 1 packet chicken ramen noodles
• 1 can cream corn
• 1 cup cooked cubed chicken

Steps:

1. Prepare ramen according to directions.
2. Drain.
3. Add cream corn and chicken.
4. Stir well and enjoy!