I have used chickpeas to make a sandwich spread. Kind of like using tuna or chicken to make a spread, same types of seasonings, but very versatile as I have added other things to jazz it up. I am pretty sure other beans can be used as well. Canned beans can also be used to make a quick bakes bean as well. Make the sauce and simmer then add in beans and simmer a little longer.
saute mustard seeds and cumin in fat of choice and add onions and garlic, salt to taste, mix into cooked steel cut oats and top with chopped peanuts and cilantro (if you like it). you can add frozen corn, chopped spinach...
I’m working on a much smaller scale than you are. It’s just me, and I’m a divorcée living alone with my 2 dogs. So if I find myself with a surplus of something, my mind always goes to whether I can repurpose it in a fun way for myself or if I know someone who can. For example, I’ve been making a lot of homemade bread, but I found some sad rolls in my freezer. I think I’m going to turn them into bread pudding. Also my building has a donate area right by the mailboxes where any non-perishable items can go. My church also has a little pantry which anyone in need can take from. Most often though, I just text my friends and ask if they can use anything. A lot of times they can, or if not I have the other options I mentioned!
Oats o oats so many!!!! I took my oats put them in single serving baggies added dry powder peanut butter, dry fruit any kind, chocolate chips, nuts,, brown sugar,, etc I just got creatived. That's what the kids had for breakfast for come weeks. It.really helped use up bunch.
For a dinner make a large pot of chili using canned beans and for a lunch try a vegan garbanzo "egg" salad sandwitch. I keep some of my dry goods in jars in categories on my shelf with bucket backstock. Like pastas, rice noodles, ramen buckwheat noodles beans, peas, legumes Rice, quinoa, orzo Grains; wheat, buckwheat, oat groats, rolled oats, gluten free mix Then when i menue plan i choose a categorize to use, like Monday pasta, and each week i make a diffetent dish using a pasts. Tuesday is usually mexican foods, so i make beans, ect. Every season i look at what we have and write down ideas. For winter i include alot of soups and split peas is one of my ten crockpot soups. Split peas cook very fast so i wouldnt cann them, but you do you. Ive over bought and have had to pay for a storage unit, i now cook for others and give meals away going through my preps.
Oh wow, they're so lucky to have you doing that! Over buying can become a burden...sounds like you found a great solution. Great mealplanidras too! Love chickpea salad!
These are great ideas !! If I know I’m not going to use something… I will pass it on . Grandma Kathy is an amazing cook and baker and she is always happy to use a spice or a food item that we are not using. She will use it in a brand new recipe or a old favorite they love. That helps a lot so there is no waste!!! Today I need to deal with 3 butter squash and I’m wanting to make soup and freeze the other batch!! A lot I have lemons so I’m zesting the lemon before I squeeze the juice and making my turmeric, ginger lemonade!!! So yummy and only sweetened with honey !!! Love all the ideas and menus you share with us !! Have an amazing day
@@thecitysteadkitchen it’s so good ! I don’t put the honey in the large container… that way everyone can put their own in … I don’t need the sweetness added but other family members do ! I have started my beef bone broth !! Finished my butternut squash! In freezer now ready for soup !!! And I even made oatmeal bars !! I should make meatballs so they would be ready for future meals ! But I need to think about the meals I will use them in !! You really got me motivated! Thank you!!! I’m going to make a stuffed spinach and cheese shells!!! That’s something my whole family will eat !! Thank you again for you sharing and you inspiring me!!
I found myself with about 25lbs oats. I used to make my dog's food and used oats for the carbohydrate ingredient, but she passed away and I had a lot left! I took the plunge into mylar and love it! I also packed dry beans that I had in reused plastic containers. Since then I've done more beans and 50lbs rice. Next I'll be doing potato flakes and pasta. Also to help with using up those oats I started making baked oatmeal for my son 👍
My thoughts on your split peas... you already know you don't go through them quickly, why can them and make them take up sooooo much more space? I'd leave them in the bucket, but maybe mylar bag some. They should last decades, so it shouldn't be a big deal that it takes awhile to work through them. I wouldn't can more than 3 or 4 pints. I mean, look at the canned bean issue. Only with canning, it takes up both space and jars. If the 25 or so minutes it takes to cook them is the friction point, then maybe cook up some to freeze and can 3 or 4 jars worth. Seal the rest in mylar or vacuum seal them. Too many tomatoes is *never* a problem in this house. I can't grow enough despite growing them in nearly 70% of our garden space. I have enough each year for salsa and pizza sauce, but not enough for ketchup, BBQ sauce, or pasta sauce. We have chickens, so they get some of our overflow if it will go bad before we use it or found out we didn't like it. If we want to preserve the overflow, it either gets canned ASAP if that is our preferred way of eating it (with the exception of tomatoes, which I batch process in the fall) or it gets processed for eventual freeze drying. We have a large Fd'er so I tend to freeze things on the FD'er trays until we have 5 full, then I run a batch. Usually I have 4 or 5 full trays waiting their turn, especially after making broth or in the harvest season. Its nice to take something that previously required refrigeration or freezing and make it shelf stable. But in the case of your split peas, I wouldn't bother to FD them as they'd take up more room and wouldn't save that much time and wouldn't free up valuable freezer space. Spices are the dickins to store though!!! I keep mine on a huge rack that takes up the whole inside of the pantry/closet door, which works perfect for smaller jars and bottles. It doesn't not accommodate 1 lb bags of oregano from Azure though! If you follow A Family Food Supply, they just recently resolved their cluster of a spice problem. Like you they use a kitchen cabinet, but unlike you, they use an entire 2 door upper cabinet for spices. I don't have that kind of cabinet space but my door rack looks excessive compared to your spice collection. But I love to play around with flavor profiles! You might find this funny... you know all the jokes about people giving away zucchini? Yeah, I was at the hair salon and came out to find ALL the cars in the parking lot with a zucchini on the windshield!!! We still joke about the Zucchini Bunny!
I have containers of Dollar Tree that I refill from 5 gallon buckets. I have several 5 & 3 gallon buckets are filled w/a variety of items. My most used bucket I have several small mylar bags w/rice, pasta, store bought flour(need to use first), oats, & sugar (I take out what I need to fill the containers in the pantry). I also have these buckets in case someone I know needs food, then I can share a variety of food w/a friend or neighbor.
I got it as a gift, at least 8 years ago. This is close but not quiet as large as mine: amzn.to/3WLdBLR It is a polish fermenting crock. Making sure it was free from heavy metals was a big priority when I found one that I liked.
I have used chickpeas to make a sandwich spread. Kind of like using tuna or chicken to make a spread, same types of seasonings, but very versatile as I have added other things to jazz it up. I am pretty sure other beans can be used as well. Canned beans can also be used to make a quick bakes bean as well. Make the sauce and simmer then add in beans and simmer a little longer.
We love doing chickpea salad like rhat too! Great idea for quick beans.
saute mustard seeds and cumin in fat of choice and add onions and garlic, salt to taste, mix into cooked steel cut oats and top with chopped peanuts and cilantro (if you like it). you can add frozen corn, chopped spinach...
Wow, that sounds amazing and so unexpected! I need to give this a try, thanks for sharing 💜
The Garbanzo beans you could use to make Hummus. The expiration date is actually just a suggested date as when they guarantee best quality.
We love hummus 💜
I’m working on a much smaller scale than you are. It’s just me, and I’m a divorcée living alone with my 2 dogs. So if I find myself with a surplus of something, my mind always goes to whether I can repurpose it in a fun way for myself or if I know someone who can. For example, I’ve been making a lot of homemade bread, but I found some sad rolls in my freezer. I think I’m going to turn them into bread pudding.
Also my building has a donate area right by the mailboxes where any non-perishable items can go. My church also has a little pantry which anyone in need can take from. Most often though, I just text my friends and ask if they can use anything. A lot of times they can, or if not I have the other options I mentioned!
Great ideas! I also think that awesome how easy your building and church make it to donate! That's wonderful.
Oats o oats so many!!!! I took my oats put them in single serving baggies added dry powder peanut butter, dry fruit any kind, chocolate chips, nuts,, brown sugar,, etc I just got creatived. That's what the kids had for breakfast for come weeks. It.really helped use up bunch.
Great ideas, already made up and ready to go!
For a dinner make a large pot of chili using canned beans and for a lunch try a vegan garbanzo "egg" salad sandwitch. I keep some of my dry goods in jars in categories on my shelf with bucket backstock. Like pastas, rice noodles, ramen buckwheat noodles
beans, peas, legumes
Rice, quinoa, orzo
Grains; wheat, buckwheat, oat groats, rolled oats, gluten free mix
Then when i menue plan i choose a categorize to use, like Monday pasta, and each week i make a diffetent dish using a pasts. Tuesday is usually mexican foods, so i make beans, ect. Every season i look at what we have and write down ideas. For winter i include alot of soups and split peas is one of my ten crockpot soups. Split peas cook very fast so i wouldnt cann them, but you do you. Ive over bought and have had to pay for a storage unit, i now cook for others and give meals away going through my preps.
Oh wow, they're so lucky to have you doing that! Over buying can become a burden...sounds like you found a great solution. Great mealplanidras too! Love chickpea salad!
These are great ideas !! If I know I’m not going to use something… I will pass it on . Grandma Kathy is an amazing cook and baker and she is always happy to use a spice or a food item that we are not using. She will use it in a brand new recipe or a old favorite they love. That helps a lot so there is no waste!!! Today I need to deal with 3 butter squash and I’m wanting to make soup and freeze the other batch!! A lot I have lemons so I’m zesting the lemon before I squeeze the juice and making my turmeric, ginger lemonade!!! So yummy and only sweetened with honey !!! Love all the ideas and menus you share with us !! Have an amazing day
Thanks for your comments, I love hearing them! That lemonade sounds soothing and health supporting!
@@thecitysteadkitchen it’s so good ! I don’t put the honey in the large container… that way everyone can put their own in … I don’t need the sweetness added but other family members do !
I have started my beef bone broth !! Finished my butternut squash! In freezer now ready for soup !!! And I even made oatmeal bars !! I should make meatballs so they would be ready for future meals ! But I need to think about the meals I will use them in !! You really got me motivated! Thank you!!! I’m going to make a stuffed spinach and cheese shells!!! That’s something my whole family will eat !! Thank you again for you sharing and you inspiring me!!
I found myself with about 25lbs oats. I used to make my dog's food and used oats for the carbohydrate ingredient, but she passed away and I had a lot left! I took the plunge into mylar and love it! I also packed dry beans that I had in reused plastic containers. Since then I've done more beans and 50lbs rice. Next I'll be doing potato flakes and pasta. Also to help with using up those oats I started making baked oatmeal for my son 👍
This is great to hear, especially that you've had a great experience with the mylar!
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My thoughts on your split peas... you already know you don't go through them quickly, why can them and make them take up sooooo much more space? I'd leave them in the bucket, but maybe mylar bag some. They should last decades, so it shouldn't be a big deal that it takes awhile to work through them. I wouldn't can more than 3 or 4 pints. I mean, look at the canned bean issue. Only with canning, it takes up both space and jars. If the 25 or so minutes it takes to cook them is the friction point, then maybe cook up some to freeze and can 3 or 4 jars worth. Seal the rest in mylar or vacuum seal them. Too many tomatoes is *never* a problem in this house. I can't grow enough despite growing them in nearly 70% of our garden space. I have enough each year for salsa and pizza sauce, but not enough for ketchup, BBQ sauce, or pasta sauce. We have chickens, so they get some of our overflow if it will go bad before we use it or found out we didn't like it. If we want to preserve the overflow, it either gets canned ASAP if that is our preferred way of eating it (with the exception of tomatoes, which I batch process in the fall) or it gets processed for eventual freeze drying. We have a large Fd'er so I tend to freeze things on the FD'er trays until we have 5 full, then I run a batch. Usually I have 4 or 5 full trays waiting their turn, especially after making broth or in the harvest season. Its nice to take something that previously required refrigeration or freezing and make it shelf stable. But in the case of your split peas, I wouldn't bother to FD them as they'd take up more room and wouldn't save that much time and wouldn't free up valuable freezer space. Spices are the dickins to store though!!! I keep mine on a huge rack that takes up the whole inside of the pantry/closet door, which works perfect for smaller jars and bottles. It doesn't not accommodate 1 lb bags of oregano from Azure though! If you follow A Family Food Supply, they just recently resolved their cluster of a spice problem. Like you they use a kitchen cabinet, but unlike you, they use an entire 2 door upper cabinet for spices. I don't have that kind of cabinet space but my door rack looks excessive compared to your spice collection. But I love to play around with flavor profiles! You might find this funny... you know all the jokes about people giving away zucchini? Yeah, I was at the hair salon and came out to find ALL the cars in the parking lot with a zucchini on the windshield!!! We still joke about the Zucchini Bunny!
Great ideas, thanks for sharing! The zucchini bunny 😂
put the black beans in Spanish rice and make stuffed peppers or burritos!
Such great ideas
Yes bought way to much. Yes you need stock up but be reasonable and smart . Don't panic buy!!!!
You could make black bean brownies!
Great idea!
I have containers of Dollar Tree that I refill from 5 gallon buckets. I have several 5 & 3 gallon buckets are filled w/a variety of items. My most used bucket I have several small mylar bags w/rice, pasta, store bought flour(need to use first), oats, & sugar (I take out what I need to fill the containers in the pantry). I also have these buckets in case someone I know needs food, then I can share a variety of food w/a friend or neighbor.
I love the multi purpose aspect, that is so nice!
Can split pea and ham soup.
Black beans you can make burgers
We eat what is cook until all gone but I feed my neighbor
Cut steal cut oats no bake cookies
Where did you get your fermenting crock?! Thanks for the videos!
I got it as a gift, at least 8 years ago. This is close but not quiet as large as mine: amzn.to/3WLdBLR
It is a polish fermenting crock. Making sure it was free from heavy metals was a big priority when I found one that I liked.
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