Oh Henry Bars w Honey

I took two different recipes and combined them into one.
See the Barkman Honey Recipe at http://www.barkmanhoney.com/recipe/oh-henry-bars-2/ and the recipe on pg 15 of the LDS Food Storage Cookbook for the original recipes.

1/2 c. melted butter
2 cup brown sugar
1/2 c honey
2 tsp vanilla
4 c oats
Mix together the first four ingredients in a medium saucepan. Cook until well blended, stirring constantly. Add oats and stir well. Press into greased 9x13 pan and bake at 375 F for 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a 2 c glass pyrex container, melt these in microwave (1 min at 30%, mix, then 2 - 30 min at 30% mixing between).

1/2 c peanut butter (Skippy creamy)
6 oz chocolate chips (Costco's dark)

Spread the "frosting" onto the cooked oat bars. Cool in fridge for 30 min, cut into squares and enjoy!

How many lbs of raw potatoes for mashed potatoes?

I had to look this up. In the past, we would just cook a 10 # bag and hope it would work for our group of about 25.

Here it is - 3 computer mouse sized potatoes will feed four people (1/2 c. serving each).

https://www.leaf.tv/articles/how-to-figure-out-how-many-potatoes-for-mashed-potatoes-for-the-number-of-people/ 

Power outage kit

As I was looking at my electric bill today, I noticed a page on being prepared for a power outage. Look here for details: https://www.idahopower.com/outages/beprepared.cfm 

And here's their suggested kit:

Outage Kit

1. Matches
2. A flashlight
3. Extra blankets
4. A battery-powered radio
5. Batteries
6. Bottled water
7. Canned and dried foods
8. A manual can opener
9. A wind-up clock or battery-powered clock
10. A telephone that doesn't depend on electricity

I'll need to check and be sure I have all of these in our 72 hour kit. 

I'm not sure about #9 & 10

Amazing and Healthy Dark Chocolate Brownies

Dark Chocolate Zucchini Brownies

https://cookieandkate.com/2011/healthy-zucchini-brownies-recipe/print/23190/ 

• Author: Cookie and Kate

★★★★★

4.8 from 5reviews

INGREDIENTS

• 2 cups zucchini, grated
• 1/2 cup melted coconut oil
• 1/2 cup honey
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup whole wheat pastry flour
• 3/4 cup whole spelt flour (or an additional 3/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour)
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 1/2 cups (12 ounces) semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips (I used a bag of Ghirardelli 60% Cocoa Chips)

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease an 8 inch square baking pan.
2. Grate zucchini. Dump into a mesh colander and squeeze it with a towel to get rid of excess moisture. Fluff it back up with a fork.
3. In a large bowl, beat together the wet ingredients (oil, eggs, honey and vanilla). Stir in the zucchini.
4. In a separate, smaller bowl, stir together the dry ingredients (whole wheat pastry and spelt flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder and cinnamon).
5. Pour the dry mixture into the wet/zucchini mixture. Stir just until combined, and then stir in the chocolate chips.
6. Pour the batter into your prepared pan.
7. Bake 30-35 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean (mine was done baking at 30 minutes). Let cool completely

Simple shopping lists; Easy menus and no more shopping after the 15th (by me)

uy it.How do you do your shopping lists? I've found it's easiest by store. 

Sometimes I use my iphone under notes. Other times, I'm old school, like below. 

If I leave it behind on the fridge, I call my teenager or husband and have them send me

a photo of it attached to a text message. Boom, done. Not bad for someone in their 50s, right?

I put together my menus in a more simple way now too. I just do a list of all the main dishes my kids want to cook for the month. Then I put the date next to it when it's done. I make sure I have the ingredients for those meals by the 15th. 

This month, I told the family that I am not going to the grocery store again (after the 15th). I also said I have a $20 emergency fund for anything we need. But one of them has to go buy it. Guess what? It's the 20th and we're down to 1 gallon of milk. Yes - we drink about 2 gallons in 3 days around here. It'll be interesting to see if someone steps up and goes to get milk before Saturday at midnight.

Spring Cleaning tips

Quick and easy - I gotta try these. It seems like I finally get around to my Spring cleaning in October.
Oh well,....

Got green tomatoes? Try this...