SubscribeThere are days when I know exactly what I want to eat for dinner. I plan on making it as soon as I’m home from work; I think about what dishes I’ll use, how I’ll serve it, how much time it will take to create. When I finally get into the kitchen at the end of the day, eager to throw on my apron and fix up some deliciousness, I find to my utter disappointment that, alas, I don’t have one of the ingredients that is absolutely essential. Does this happen to you? After a long day, the last thing I want to do is go to the grocery store for one ingredient, so I usually end up settling for a meal that I’m far less excited about. It’s not a tragedy by any means, but it sure is obnoxious. In situations like these, it would be nice to know that I could make the missing ingredient out of a few food storage staples that I already had around.
This week’s edition of the recipe exchange features three simple recipes you can use to make some must-haves in your kitchen. Once made, the food from these recipes will be great in all sorts of meals and creations. All three recipes can be found in the Recipe Database at the Shelf Reliance website. Keep reading to find the food storage recipes for Whole Wheat Tortillas, Sweetened Condensed Milk, and Powdered Sugar.
Powdered Sugar
Ingredients:
1 c THRIVE White Sugar
1 tbsp cornstarch
Directions:
Combine both ingredients and blend together until very fine.
Sweetened Condensed Milk
Ingredients:
2 c dry THRIVE Instant Milk powder
1 c hot tap water
2 c THRIVE White Sugar
2 tbsp butter (using THRIVE Butter Powder)
Directions:
Put milk and water into blender; mix well. Add sugar and butter and blend well; refrigerate.
Whole Wheat Tortillas
Ingredients:
1 c THRIVE White Flour
4 c THRIVE Whole Wheat Flour
1/2 c shortening
2 tsp THRIVE Iodized Salt
1 1/2 c boiling water
extra flour for rolling the dough
Directions:
Stir together white flour, whole wheat flour, and salt. Rub shortening in by hand. Make a well in the center of the batter and pour in the boiling water. Mix with a fork until all of the water is evenly incorporated. Sprinkle with a bit of additional flour and knead until the dough does not stick to fingers.
Make balls the size of golf balls and place them on a tray. Cover your dough with a cloth and let it sit for eight hours.
Heat a griddle or large frying pan over high heat. On a lightly floured surface, roll out a tortilla to your preferred thinness. Fry the first side for approximately 10 seconds until you see a bubble form in the middle of the tortilla. Flip the tortilla over and let it cook for approximately 30 additional seconds. Flip the tortilla once more and let it cook for 30 seconds more.
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This is called a recipe exchange, after all, so what have you got to share? Any helpful tips or recipes? Leave them in a comment below!
Thanks for reading, and good luck in the kitchen!
August 12th, 2009 at 12:09 PM
Wow, thanks for the tortilla recipe!! I have always wanted to try this!!
Ok, I have a recipe too:
1 cup brown sugar
1 pkg cream cheese
1 pkg skor pieces
Cream sugar and cream cheese, fold in skor pieces!!! Dip apples in the carmel dip, it’s AMAZING and EASY!!
August 12th, 2009 at 2:13 PM
I’ve always wondered if there was a substitute available for pwd sugar! Thanks!
August 12th, 2009 at 3:32 PM
Oh, I am definitely going to try the tortillas. They have gotten so expensive and are never on sale.
August 12th, 2009 at 3:43 PM
WOW- did not know there was a substitute for powdered sugar.
I like to keep canned black and kidney beans on hand to warm and toss with a mustard vinegrette. It is fast, easy and great at any temperature
August 12th, 2009 at 4:11 PM
YES! The tortillas are a MUST…where I live they’re around $4.00 per package – YIKES!
August 12th, 2009 at 4:16 PM
Easy way to spritz up regular old rice at dinnertime:
1) Prepare white rice according to directions (You can easily use THRIVE) making sure it is not too wet.
2) Rehydrate some THRIVE corn and then drain it very well (I like to use about 3:1 ratio of rice to corn)
3) Toss rice and corn together with a couple of tablespoons or so of Italian Dressing – to taste.
This is good served warm or cold – enjoy!
August 12th, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Can’t wait to try the tortillas. They are always stale when I find them at the store. These sound so good!!!
August 12th, 2009 at 8:04 PM
I have used the powedered sugar recipe before, it is great without having to store it or run to the store for it when you run out. Glad to have a recipe for the sweetened condensed milk. Thanks!
August 13th, 2009 at 12:03 PM
That’s awesome. I love seeing how to make things that I always assumed needed to be purchased. Homemade tortillas are delicious too!
August 13th, 2009 at 3:11 PM
Just found your blog and I really like it. Just the sort of info I like to “stock up on”.
August 14th, 2009 at 8:08 AM
Love it…I have been out of condensed milk so many times. I sure could have used this recipe then. I’m sure it’ll come in handy again soon.
September 24th, 2009 at 2:32 AM
Thank you for that nice recipe :-)