On one hand, right now we mainly eat only 4 grains (rice, wheat, quinoa, popcorn) and 1 legume (black beans), while the ever-evolving 2014 plan now involves 7 types of grain (rice, wheat, quinoa, popcorn, cornmeal, oats, and millet) and 5 legumes (black beans, red beans, garbanzos, lentils, peas)... there is a whole lot more to work with. On the other hand, I will have a lot more time and energy to be researching and trying out recipes. On the other hand (I'm allowed 3 hands, right?), it is not JUST dry goods. The budget allows for veggies, meat, and a moderate amount of random ingredients.
So what are we going to do with all these dry goods I'm stockpiling for 2014? I have a few ideas...
As I collect and try out these recipes, I will update this page with links. It may take me a year to fill this up. If you have any recipes that focus on these ingredients and you are happy to share, please share them!
- Grains
- Oat groats: 50lb
- Porridge (with added cinnamon and frozen berries, mmm)
- Oatmeal cookies!
- Oat sprouts (good for making crackers, I hear)
- Chicken and oat groat soup (just use oats where you would pearled barley)
- Fruit crisp topping (smashed and dehydrated)
- Wheat flour: 87lb
- Sourdough bread
- Sourdough pancakes
- Sourdough waffles
- Sourdough pizza dough
- Sourdough tortillas
- ... sourdough everything! I'll be making a sourdough starter that works better than the last one.
- Pasta dough (I'm excited to get out that ravioli maker)
- Muffins, cookies, english muffins
- Basmati white rice: 64lb
- Fried rice
- Plain, as a side dish
- Rice pudding
- Golden rice
- In bone-broth soup
- Rice breakfast (I have that recipe around here somewhere, it is like cinnamon oatmeal)
- Indian spinach rice
- Sushi (basmati is not the right type of rice for sushi, but it's not gonna stop me)
- Cornmeal: 17lb
- Cast-iron skillet cornbread
- Corn muffins
- As a breading or dusting (on fried green tomatoes, etc)
- Cornmeal pizza dough
- Polenta
- Corn dogs
- Cornbread stuffing (we do bake a lot of chickens)
- Pupusas with curtido (I have made both before... delicious and super cheap)
- Chips
- Popcorn: 50lb
- Popcorn for forever! It doesn't get boring, because I add a different spice/herb/oil mix each time depending upon mood. Some days you want an Italian herb blend with a light olive oil, but some days you just need some smoked paprika with garlic salt in a half-butter/half-olive oil blend. And don't even get me started on the melted coconut oil lightly dusted with cocoa powder and cinnamon.
- Quinoa and millet: 26lb
- Spinach salad
- Plain, as a side dish, used in place of rice
- Stuffed tomatoes
- Millet cakes (mixed with veggies and fried)
- Pasta (not quite sure how much I will purchase yet)
- Spaghetti with tomato-based sauces
- Lasagna
- Pasta salad
- Pesto pasta
- Macaroni
- Legumes
- Dry garbanzo beans: 42lbs
- Garbanzo sprouts
- Hummus, sprouted or not... we could eat gallons of this
- Every one of these 10 chickpea recipes
- Dry lentils: 50lbs
- Lentil sprouts
- Lentil loaf (uses rice too)
- Vegetarian burger patty
- Dhal
- Lentil and ham soup
- Thickener for soups
- Salad dressing (blended, spiced, and mixed with vinegar and oil)
- Kitchari (with basmati rice)
- Roti
- Dry black and red beans: 66lbs
- Bean sprouts
- Vegetarian lasagna (using summer squash as "noodles)
- Chili
- Refried beans
- Burrito, taco, nacho fillings
- Black bean dip
- 7-layer dip
- Vegetarian taco salad (this is a favorite of ours, it can be frozen ahead of time and is super cheap)
- Mexican stew
- Spiced, as a side dish
I am counting about 70 different dishes or side-dishes here, and I haven't even done actual recipe research yet. This is a nice amount of variety considering the culinary rut we've been in lately.
I'll also be looking into finding good recipes that I can preserve using my pressure canner... nothing is easier for a quick meal than popping open a can of soup or chili.
What additions would you recommend?
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