November 20th, 2012 | 
Author: Having an organized pantry is important in your kitchen. It allows for less time during meal preparation and a much better feel in your kitchen. I know that I feel a whole lot better when I walk into my kitchen and know exactly what I have in my pantry.
We do dehydrate a TON of veggies and herbs from our garden that I use in a variety of cooking when I do not have fresh available. I know that if I bag them up in zipper bags, then I can’t always find what I was looking for when I need it.
In my pantry, I use mason jars in both pint and quart and recycled gallon size pickle jars work great for mixes and bulk food.I don’ t loose anything this way!!!
I also use chalkboard labels so that I can change the label on them if I need to (There are many out on the market. I posted a link to the least expensive that I found on amazon.com.) The changable labels come in handy with our homemade instant oatmeal container. The kids always know what flavor is available!!
It does not take a ton of money to make your pantry be usable. (Yes, those are milk crates as extra shelves as well!)
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Basic Granola
Ingredients:
- 1 cup coconut oil or 1 cup butter
- 1 cup honey
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 2 teaspoons cinnamon
- ½ teaspoon nutmeg
- 10 cups old fashioned oats (not quick oats)
- Optional: almond slivers or chopped almonds
- Optional: dried fruits and shredded coconut
Directions:
Preheat oven to 375° Mix brown sugar, oil, and honey in a small saucepan and bring to a low boil. Remove from heat. Stir in cinnamon, nutmeg and vanilla. Add oats plus optional nuts and fruits if desired to a large bowl. Pour honey mixture over and stir until well combined. Spread oats in two 9×13 pans. Bake at 375° for 10 minutes. Remove from oven and stir. Turn off oven and return pans. Let granola sit for 30 more minutes in oven remove and set out to cool completely before breaking apart to store.
Store in an airtight container. (This makes enough for a 1 gallon pickle jar for storage.
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Banana S’more Goo
In Arizona … we sometime can not venture outside in the evenings due to the monsoon weather that we have during July and August.
So the kids had me make our Banana S’more Goo:
- Fry bananas in oil
- Once crystallized, add marshmallows until melted
- Add the banana goo to the top of graham crackers
- top with mini chocolate chips
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