Freezing Mobil Food Pantry Haul and Recipe
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Thank you for assisting people with how to expand their knowledge of using food pantry foods. Also for addressing the topic w dignity.
Thank you! I hope its helpful!
If you cook your lentils and add them to hamburger you can stretch it to make taco meat or filling for lasagna or spaghetti sauce. I also make a lentil soup that uses lentils, potatoes, carrots and onions. Bouillon powder or broth. Salt , pepper and coriander and a little garlic. I add a little butter or olive oil to add richness.
Also just cut the carrots thin and fry them in a skillet like you do with fried taters as a side dish.
Great idea!!
I know I'm late on this video, but there is so much to do with those potatoes. Potato cakes, you can take a 1/2 of the pack of the meat and make a hash. However, you can take a whole bag of those potatoes and cook them for 1 minute, then bling then and make home style potatoes for breakfast or soups too. New subscriber 😊
Great ideas! thank you!
Potatoes will store no problem for a month so will just take you through til the next food pantry :)
I usually have boiled potatoes with steamed veg and a protein, leek and potato soup, Shepards pie with soy mince, cheesy potato bake, shred them to make hash browns, love potatoes so much 😅
For the most part, yes! We will have to get these used up sooner rather than later because they are starting to go moldy. Since these are "out of date" items that the stores get rid of, we have less of a timeline than normal.
Great ideas for the taters!
Carrot raisin salad is a fav at our house.
Great way to use em up!
Carrot salad with raisins, carrot cake, over boil carrots smashed with butter and a little salt.
Great ideas! Thanks!
On nights where I don't feel like cooking I bake some potatoes open a can of chili, spoon it on top with cheese, sour cream and onion.. I actually had that tonight. I used an already baked potato I had left over, just reheated it.
Gosh great idea! I have chili and baking potatoes to use:)
Sounds great! I actually have chili on the menu for Monday!
Potatoes: 1Potato2Potato- bake potatoes. Slit potatoes and mash insides, add butter salt pepper,. Put all potatoes on a cookies sheet, top with cooked veggies (broccoli cauliflower carrots, mixed veggies etc). top with cheese. Can also add bacon, diced ham, sliced up deli meat or leftover meat if protein is a must. Grew up eating Potatoes with vegg and cheese when times were tight-very filling meal even without a meat.
If you do up the potatoes mashed with milk butter salt and pepper you can put them in baggies and freeze them after they have cooled. When I thaw them I put them in a frying pan with a lid and cook them slowly. They will get juicy looking but as they warm the magic will happen and they will be as good as before. After they have gotten hot I like to let them brown then flip them over and put cheese on top or just serve them. I have saved many potatoes from the pantry by doing this.
Oh! Love the directions! THan kyou!
You inspired me to visit my local food bank again. Today, I went back. I'm grateful I did. Potatoes are good with scalloped or au gratin potatoes. Homemade hashbrowns are always great. Putting them in stew, mashed potatoes, or boiled potatoes.
Oh! I am so glad to hear that!
Three Rivers Homestead does a Carrot Souffle for breakfast. And Acre Homestead just did Potato Nacho's that looked really yummy.
Yum! Thanks for the tip!
Shephard's pie! If you have that ground turkey you showed, and any veggies you want (esp leftover or frozen!), throw them all in!
Shepherds pie is a great idea!
carrot ginger soup is yummy, thats what I would make with all those carrots. 😍
Potato pancakes , fries , potato salad, 🍠 soup
Great haul!! Chunky fries, wedges, roast potatoes, jacket / baked with toppings, skins, chips - baked in the oven, for cottage / shepherd pies, Bombay potatoes etc.
You could do a tandoori style chicken legs served with any bread option. Create a lentil Dahl to dip into bread. You can serve with rice and Bombay potatoes too. Add and takeaway things as needed.
Sounds great!
Chicken salad made wjth chopped apple served on those croissants would be fabulous. Sliced carrot sticks served at meals will utilize some of your haul.
Delicious!
Yes! I made a good chicken salad the other day. It had chicken,
craisins, chopped pecans, diced apples, mayo, and Greek yogurt.
Lentils are not a favorite of mine or my family, but everyone gives me theirs from the food pantry. Split peas too.
Not my family's favorite either. That's why I like to find ways to hide it in meals. ;) Meatloaf is another one!
Potato soup 💯and I made lentil Italian wedding soup it was really good, you could add sausage or chicken to that as it has spinach and carrots I think it would be good! ❤great haul though!
Lentil Italian Wedding! I'm here. Recipe needed.
@@SodbusterLiving I will get it for you, ❤️
@@SodbusterLiving 3 cloves minced garlic, 2 carrots sliced, 2 stalks of celery, drizzle olive oil on pan cook carrots, garlic and celery and 1 can of tomato paste few mins add lentils (I used whole bag but it ended up being too many of them I would do half the bag) 6 cups of water, salt, pepper and Italian seasoning to taste, simmer with lid 40 mins then add in 3 to 4 cups of spinach until wilted and then serve and top with Parmesan cheese! You can add or take away stuff to make it to your tasting it’s very good though!
Could make potato gnocchi!
I make a layered casserole with sliced potatoes, carrots, celery, onion with raw hamburger on top. Then mix tomato soup and brown sugar and pour over top. Then bake.
My daughter LOVES gnocchi! I need to perfect it. Still struggling how to do it GF. That recipe sounds really easy and delicious!
Good morning beautiful friend ❤ You got some really great items!
You could do chicken and lentils
1 tablespoon olive oil, 2 pounds bone-in chicken pieces, 1 large onion, finely chopped, 1 small carrot, finely chopped, 2 cloves garlic, finely chopped, ¾ cup dried lentils, 1 (14 ounce) can chicken broth, ½ teaspoon salt, 1 (10 ounce) can tomato sauce, ½ teaspoon dried rosemary, ½ teaspoon dried basil, and 1 tablespoon lemon juice.
Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat, and cook the chicken pieces 5 minutes on each side, or until juices run clear. Remove chicken from skillet, and set aside.
Place onion in the skillet, and cook 5 minutes, until tender. Mix in the carrot and garlic. Stir in the lentils and broth, and season with salt. Bring to a boil, cover, reduce heat to low, and simmer 20 minutes.
Return chicken to skillet. Cover, and continue cooking 20 minutes. If the mixture becomes too dry, add a little water to just moisten.
Stir tomato sauce into the skillet. Season with rosemary and basil. Continue cooking 10 minutes, or until lentils are tender. Stir in lemon juice, and serve warm.
Recipe by Lorraine Friberg Published on July 10, 2019 www.allrecipes.com/recipe/80651/chicken-and-lentils/
Just type in chicken and lentil you will get lots of idea!
YES! all recipes is GREAT about finding recipes when you add what ingredient you have. Good thought!
If you get catfish again cut it into smaller pieces and coat with flour or cornmeal and shallow fry . Then make fish sliders or fish poor boy sandwiches. Put lettuce , tomato, mayo or tarter sauce . Just whatever you all like on sandwiches!!!!! Good way to use veg needing used or bread needing used . God bless !
If you have oil, you could make potato chips for a treat. Roasted carrots are great. Honey basted carrots, roasted carrots
Oh! My kids would enjoy the potato treats!
I love doing baked potatoes smothered in homemade chili. I have several bags of lentils and I add a bit to my chili. Drumsticks are my kids fave and I just put them on a sheetpan and sprinkle some seasoned salt and bake. Leftover chicken you can shred and add to lentil soup.
Not sure you got my last comment about peanut butter and dill pickle sandwiches. They work great for snacks or lunch. Sounds gross and yet they are great. I took them to soup suppers at church during lent and everyone loved them. Children love them. Also peanut butter and lettuce sandwiches.
Thanks for the tip! We do love dill here!
baked potato bar for supper, fried taters with onions, potato soup, homemade french fries, homemade cheesy potato casserole, potato salad
Sounds great!
My family is vegan and we love The Korean Vegan's recipe for Gamja Jorim braised potatoes! Super simple and delicious! Also dairy free so your whole family can enjoy! I've made it with and without peppers and it's delicious either way!
Stay warm, friends!
Yum! I'll have to look into that for a meatless dish! THank you
@@SodbusterLiving You're welcome! It can also easily be made gluten free. :)
Another great dish for a meatless Monday you can try is a vegan Chana Masala! Very simple and filling! (Since you had the chickpeas.) We make it at least once a week and love it.
Thanks for all of the videos and being an encouragement to so many! God bless you and your family. 💕
Baked loaded potatoes would serve as a great meal with a salad. Top with sour cream and butter, canned chili and cheese with chopped onion. It is fabulous!
Sounds great! It also reminded me of Pioneer Woman's twice bake potatoes!
When I have an over abundance of carrots I shred them and freeze them to use in soups, stews. .
Definitely what we did!
I never heard of to submerge and blend my soup to make it creamy what a good idea thank you
Absolutely!
I’ve made a lentil carrot spring salad with Dijon vinaigrette before around Easter. It’s pretty good.
That sounds really good.
Ideas for potatoes. Fried potatoes, homemade French fries, potato salad
ooooh potato salad is a favorite!
Tomorrow I will be visiting my local food bank. Grocery prices are ridiculous
They really are!
That spicy sausage would probably be good in chili. You could serve the chili on baked potatoes.
That would be very good!
I'll freezing at the moment. Potato soup sounds so good right now. 😄
Hopefully the recipe is simple enough for all!
I work at a restaurant. So yes, bake your potatoes. Refrigerate over night then five for cottage fries! Great way to stretch your food. I use lentils to stretch hamburger or sausage. Also chicken and lentil tacos are good. Or do a multi bean soup with chorizo for meat. I wonder if soaking chorizo in milk will draw some heat out. Those carrots are like the deer carrots I buy and can! Also I’d do the catfish as a “tuna salad”
Cat fish as tuna salad is a great idea! THanks for the tip on potatoes!
I made baked potatoes last night. Silly me though I would have leftover potatoes for breakfast, but nope, everything was eaten. I did splurge and made bacon crumbles for our baked potatoes 😊 All in all, it was about a $15 meal for our family of 9.
Sounds great!
Fried chicken and French fries with the potatoes
I have seen a lot of channels make potato chips with the skins in the oven 😋 lentil soup in on the plan this weekend 😋
I didn't think about skin chips! Great idea!
You can make hummus with your chickpeas !!!
Add some potatoes and freeze them for hashbrowns. 🎉
I would can the potatoes and the carrots and make them shelf stable.
You can make mashed potatoes and freeze it in portions.
Really! Have you done this before? Is it best reheated in the oven or microwave? Used in soups?
If you have to many potatoes can them they are my favorite thing I canned last year they are already cooked and you can fry them and add scrambled eggs I add peppers, onions, cheese its a favorite we also put ham , sausage or bacon if we have it but I love having my potatoes canned in fact I am going to go buy 40 pounds at aldi this week just to can them up so they are ready when I need them.
I was actually thinking I would need to can some! I did find a local woman needing food badly so I gave her a bag and some milk, but still have 20lbs plus what I already had. May have to do some canning.
@@SodbusterLiving they are definately handy to have on the shelf I ran out about a month ago and have missed having them.
Lentil burritos . Mix with hamburger , refried beans and cheese it stretches your meat. I make them ahead and freeze . We like ours cooked in the oven till crispy.
That's a good idea!
okay also, Lentil and veggie soup is amazing--add the chicken off the bone to your soup! Lentil curry is an option too :)
Carrot stick and almonds would be a fantastic snack too. I'd chop half those carrots and freeze them, in order to dump them into soups (or smoothies!) throughout the year. I also love carrot oatmeal muffins for breakfast
Potatoe pancakes,you can freeze mashed potatoes,all kinds of soup, fried potatoes with eggs and the list goes on
Toscano Zuppa! I just made some earlier this week!
Thank you! That's the dish! LOL
@@SodbusterLiving My husband loves it! I put a little bit of crushed chili peppers in mine!
If you have the freezer space, make mashed potatoes and freeze for dinner when you need it in a hurry
I freeze mashed potatoes all the time so they don’t go bad. If you have a canner you can can them.
PLease explain freezer mash taters. Do you thaw and reheat on stove? Use microwave? Oven? Need more detaisl!
Just make mashed potatoes and freeze them in a container for the size of your family. I have several in my freezer. Thaw and warm up and maybe add a dollop of butter on top.
There is a Mennonite store called Country View in Snover Mi. I think it would be about a 35 Min. drive for you. The prices are great. They sell bulk food as well. Many people from many miles away make the trip.
YES! Life of a Homemaker took me there one day and I found my Gluten Free flour for a fraction of the cost of Walmart. Made my heart sing! When we can set up a good budget and kind of get a feel for what we can do, I'm definitely goig back!
One of my favorite places to stock up. Their frozen pie crusts are the best you’ll ever have. Unfortunately for me, it’s a 2 1/2 drive so I don’t get to go as often as I’d like.
Shred those potatoes for hashbrowns to freeze.
There's a shredderd carrot and raisin dessert .
Have you called the 211 hotline they are able to let you know of any resources in your area
Thank you for that tip!
Make roasted potatoes and carrots together on sheet pan.
Love roasted veggies!
For the potatoes: hash browns! Potato bread. Mashed potatoes. Roasted potatoes. Oven fries. Baked potatoes.
I love potatoes haha
Shall I make some for dinner? Dinner for 14?
I don't see it as missing out cause its hard to miss something if you never had it
I think of it as missed opportunity but you did say i think that they gave you extra of some stuff they needed ti get rud of
So you might have gotten more of some stuff that the first people in line may not have gotten
I kinda like being the last for that reason and because of being late i dont always have to wait forever where everyone else has got their food
Scallop potatoes , Shepard pie
Yum! Scallop potatoes! I need to perfect that for homemade.
Look up a mashed potato au gratin it is so good.
THat does sound amazing!
Dehydrate your extra potatoes.
Add cooked lentils to meatloaf. No one will know. 😊
Totally doing this. I had a request for meatloaf! It will help stretch the meat
fried potatoes with the chrizzo crumbled in (small amount)
Yes!! I was going to suggest this! Chorizo cooked with diced potatoes all fried together is delicious! Put it in a tortilla and it is amazing!!
Oh! We have those tortillas from the pantry from Wednesday's video!
I like my potato soup thick and creamy
I do too. But not so much that I feel like I'm just eating mash taters.
I pass on the lentils
Definitely not a family favorite but we'll be thankful. :D
Freeze the extra milk
Great way to make milk stretch!
You can keep all that fluffy white stuff falling from the sky up there with yall. We dont want it down here in Texas...LOL
HA
Potato pancakes
Those are so good!
lentil tacos
Great way to do lentils!
Potato salad
Delicious! Team egg or no egg?
With eggs
Lentil/chicken curry!
Haven't had that! I keep wanting to try a good curry!
@SodbusterLiving I love curry because you can put everything in it. When I was a nanny for an Indian family, grandma would often use drumsticks in her curry for the meat. Lentils are often used in Indian cooking, so it will just bulk it up and you can use less chicken. I usually use some mix of butternut squash, sweet potato, chickpea, zucchini, carrots, and bell pepper in mine. Some form of tomato and Garam Masala are the key ingredients to a good curry, I think.
I was actually going to make a chicken lentil curry for a video series I'm doing this week!