Well if this isn’t a plate of classic bbq food. I don’t know what is!! We’ve got a hamburger, milk shake, baked beans, chips, and some corn on the cob. Perfect for a hot summer day…and perfect for using your food storage. If you have a big day planned, get as much done in the morning so all you have to do when you get home is finish a couple of things. If you leave the prep work until you get home, you’ll never do it and you’ll spend a lot of money eating out to re-create this meal. Get your baked beans ready to just re-heat, cut up all your hamburger fixings and put in the fridge, lay out everything you’ll need to make your milk shake, schuck your corn, and so on. When I made this meal we had the whole family over and went swimming. When I got home it took 15 minutes to have dinner on the table, much faster then getting take out!
THE BURGER
I love In-n-Out burgers (animal style of course) with the sauteed onions. Although, when I think of sauteeing onions I get tired…all that chopping, crying from the onions, extra pan to clean, etc. HA HA! This is where your food storage comes in to play (see, it really does save you time AND money!!). Remember those dehydrated onions you have? They make PERFECT sauteed onions with no cutting. So now that we already have our onions cut with out lifting a finger and in no time we need to saute them. So are you ready to wow people with little effort? Here we go…
1. Re-hydrate your onions in water that equals double the amount of onions you are using. Remember that 1/4 dehydrated onions will equal one cup chopped onion once hydrated.
2. After letting your onions sit in water for about 10 minutes, drain off any excess water.
3. Wrap in aluminum foil with a little butter and put on your grill for 5-7 minutes.
4. VOILA! Sauteed onions with no mess, no chopping, and in no time…thanks to food storage!
If you want to solidify a In-n-out animal style burger then make sure you stack your burger correctly:
Bottom Bun, thousand island dressing, tomato, lettuce, beef patty with cheese, brown mustard (put on lightly), sauteed onions, pickles, top bun.
Baked Beans
Okay, here you have two options: 1) you can use a can of beans from your 3 month supply (a great way to store and eat beans) I had a roommate in college that taught me you can always dress up a can of bbaked beans by adding 1-2 T of bbq sauce to them Try it, it makes a world of a difference. 2) if you have a large group coming, it becomes cheaper and easier to make your own. Plus a great way to use those dry beans you’re storing! I’ll be sharing a couple of baked bean recipes but this is the one I used for the picture above.
1 lb. dried white beans
1 quart water
1/2 t. salt
1 medium onion, chopped (You know I’m going to say used your dehydrated onions!)
2 T. yellow mustard
2 T. brown sugar
2 T. molasses
1 C. bbq sauce
Follow the instructions on your can of white beans to get them cooked in just a couple of hours. Save 2 cups of the water you used to cook your beans.
Once they are cooked place in a 9×13 pan and combine the beans, onion, mustard, brown sugar, molasses, bbq sauce, bacon, and 1 C. cooking liquid. Cover and bake at 400 for 45 minutes or until the beans have reached the desired thickness, stirring occasionally. You may need to add some more of the water you saved if you think it is too thick.
(I baked mine in the morning and re-heated when we got home.)
Milk Shake
Okay, if you’re still gun shy about drinking your powdered milk or you really think your kids won’t eat it…put it in a milk shake! Who is going to turn down a nice cold and creamy milkshake? Another great way that using food storage saves you money! For the amount of money it takes to buy ONE novelty milk shake you could make your whole family milk shakes of their own! We really like Oreos so we made our oreo milk shakes but you could add anything in. I’ll show you some other shake ideas in future posts. 🙂
12 OREO Chocolate Sandwich Cookies
1-1/2 cups milk (4-1/2 T. dry powdered milk +1-1/2 C. Water)
1 pt. (2 cups) vanilla ice cream, softened
2 Tbsp. chocolate syrup (I used the hot fudge sauce cold…if you missed that post click HERE)
1-1/2 cups milk (4-1/2 T. dry powdered milk +1-1/2 C. Water)
1 pt. (2 cups) vanilla ice cream, softened
2 Tbsp. chocolate syrup (I used the hot fudge sauce cold…if you missed that post click HERE)
CHOP or coarsely break cookies.
PLACE milk, ice cream and chocolate syrup in blender container. Add chopped cookies; cover. Blend on high speed until smooth.
POUR into 4 glasses. Serve immediately.
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thanks for all your information. so i went to maceys and got a can of the dried buttermilk (which i will be trying when i make the homemade wheat thins) and a can of the almond poppyseed muffin mix. have you tried those. also i saw that they have dried sour cream and butter. have you tried those and are those good. what is a good price for all the dried food stuff.
thanks for all your information. so i went to maceys and got a can of the dried buttermilk (which i will be trying when i make the homemade wheat thins) and a can of the almond poppyseed muffin mix. have you tried those. also i saw that they have dried sour cream and butter. have you tried those and are those good. what is a good price for all the dried food stuff.
Crystal,
It was so fun talking to you at Costco today! That website I was referring to is http://www.ourbestbites.com (with the frosting from a white sauce base).
Thanks for signing my book. I’m anxious to start using it!
Crystal,
It was so fun talking to you at Costco today! That website I was referring to is http://www.ourbestbites.com (with the frosting from a white sauce base).
Thanks for signing my book. I’m anxious to start using it!
I’m always trying to find new ways to cook my dried beans because I don’t care for chili. But I love baked beans! Thanks.
I’m always trying to find new ways to cook my dried beans because I don’t care for chili. But I love baked beans! Thanks.
I’m excited to try the sauteed onion this way. I love how using dried food is less mess and work…I just love it. What a great post about turning your food storage into a meal.
I’m excited to try the sauteed onion this way. I love how using dried food is less mess and work…I just love it. What a great post about turning your food storage into a meal.
The part I liked best about this post was your comments about organizing your TIME. I love your recipes. I am good at getting food on the table on time….but not being able to accomplish activities WITH the family in the evening. Please continue to open my eyes to finding more time with my family while cooking great meals on a budget!!
The part I liked best about this post was your comments about organizing your TIME. I love your recipes. I am good at getting food on the table on time….but not being able to accomplish activities WITH the family in the evening. Please continue to open my eyes to finding more time with my family while cooking great meals on a budget!!
Crystal I might be blind but can you tell me how much bacon to add? I can’t find it in the recipe. My beans are cooking! Thanks!
Lindsay
Crystal I might be blind but can you tell me how much bacon to add? I can’t find it in the recipe. My beans are cooking! Thanks!
Lindsay
great idea for sauteing onions! I have found that I can even mix the dry onions in with my hamburger and then form patties and the onions will rehydrate from the steam created while the burgers cook. I thought the burgers tasted great, and I didn’t hear any complaints from the peanut gallery, either!
great idea for sauteing onions! I have found that I can even mix the dry onions in with my hamburger and then form patties and the onions will rehydrate from the steam created while the burgers cook. I thought the burgers tasted great, and I didn’t hear any complaints from the peanut gallery, either!
Love your approach and the time you take to help all of us. I got your book for Christmas and making the baked beans tonight but in the recipe directions it mentions bacon- it is not one of the listed ingredients- how much?
Just enough so it looks right…depending on how much your family may or may
not like bacon. 😉
Just enough so it looks right…depending on how much your family may or may
not like bacon. 😉