Pantry meals are meals that can be put together using only nonperishable food items. Having a few of these meals on hand means you will always have an easy homemade meal ready to be prepared, without having to go to the grocery store or buy take-out. More importantly, stocking up on food can help you to be prepared for an emergency when you cannot make it to the store. To learn more about pantry cooking as a method of long-term food storage, click here. The recipe below is for vegetarian chili. Modify it to your family’s personal tastes before you … Continue reading →

What is pantry cooking? Put simply, it’s preparing meals with nonperishable food items that you can keep in your pantry. It is a great idea to have on-hand ingredients for at least a few meals. In the event of an emergency or if you just don’t want to take a trip to the grocery store, you have what you need to make a great meal for your family with what you have on hand. If you are interested in building a year’s supply of food, pantry cooking is the option that I recommend. Here is a great recipe for fried … Continue reading →

Are you looking for a great-tasting meal with ingredients that you can always keep on hand? Try this recipe for chicken tortilla soup. It’s pretty much as easy as a recipe can get and still be called homemade. Just keep the ingredients on hand in your pantry and you will always have a simple go-to recipe for those hectic days when your only other option would be take-out. If you are working on storing food for emergencies, this is a great pantry-cooking meal. And unlike many other pantry cooking meals, this recipe has simple ingredients that you can find easily … Continue reading →

Looking for some meals for your food storage? Or would you just like a tasty meal made with only nonperishable foods? You can keep all of the ingredients on hand for a last-minute dinner without having to rush out to buy anything. This dish, lemon chicken with capers is very tasty. Everyone in my family, including my two-year-old son, loved it. Though I did take the capers out of his portion, but that was easy enough to do. The trick to making a tasty chicken dish out of canned chicken is browning the meat in a skillet. After browning my … Continue reading →