October 8, 2005
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Kitchen Duty!
I was in my kitchen most of today. While I was doing some extra baking and cooking I decided to make up a few ‘cake mixes’. My husband has a favorite chocolate cake recipe. I like to put all the dry ingredients together in a marked freezer bag to have on hand to make a quick cake. It’s like having a boxed cake on hand but costs less and tastes better. All I have to do is add the wet ingredients,bake and frost.
I have 4 large plastic buckets in my pantry that I keep full of flour, sugar and powdered sugar. Each bucket holds about 25 pounds. I also have 2 smaller buckets that hold around 10 pounds. I keep brown sugar in one and Hershey’s cocoa (for husband’s chocolate cake) in another. By keeping these buckets full I can whip up a cake for a funeral or a visit to someone who is ill, in no time at all.
I finally came up with a meal plan to keep on hand in case I’m called on to take a meal to a funeral or someone who is ill. I’ve wanted to find an easy menu with items that I could keep on hand. All the ingredients in the recipes below will keep for a long time on my shelf or in the freezer. That way I don’t have to run to the store before I start a meal. Planning ahead helps so much in keeping stress off of a homemaker in those spur of the moment requests.
Russian Chicken ( Seasoned baked chicken with marinade: apricot jam, Russian dressing, Lipton Onion Soup mix)
Broccoli casserole with Ritz cracker topping
Fruit Salad (Cool whip, vanilla instant pudding, fruit cocktail, pineapple, marshmallows)
Rolls (freeze)
Chocolate cake
I think all these recipes are on my website.
I also keep foil pans and freezer bags on hand in large quantity so that I don’t have to be concerned about getting my dishes back. I also have on hand a huge roll of tinfoil and plastic wrap to use for wrapping.
Another item I keep in stock is buttermilk which I freeze in 2/3 cp. portions in freezer bags. I have quite a few recipes that call for buttermilk. Freezing the buttermilk does add more water to the content but it still works just fine.
Visiting the sick and helping widows in distress and orphans is seen as undefiled religion in the eyes of the Lord. The best way to be a woman full of good works is to prepare as much as possible. If I set aside time to minister and keep my eyes open for sales to stock up on necessary items for baking and cooking then I am making God’s priorities mine.
Comments (6)
Great tips. I would love to have a pantry. Maybe someday.
Wow! Thank you for this post! What great ideas, you have given me wonderful ideas!
Thanks for stopping by,I’m going to come back and read kitchen duty.sounds wonderful,Ineed to get dressed and do my chores!
you are so correct in your thinking. nothing used to give me more joy than participating in ministry by using my homemakers gifts and talents to ease the suffering of a fellow brother or sister in the lord…
when we lived in alaska we had a ‘kelidor’ or a pantry room that was cool all year round. it’s where all of our provisions were stored. we had to order groceries from seattle once every 6 months and keep supplies on hand in case the weather got nasty and the ships couldn’t make it in to dock for great amounts of time. there was always the option of hunting, but you can’t hunt for flour and sugar.
i found myself to be far more resourceful than i’d ever thought i could be. i too, after we returned from the field, participated in home type ministry such as funeral meals, new mom meals for a week, etc. it was not only a blessing for those we served but for us ourselves. it gave me great joy and pleasure to be used in this way. my life has changed so much in the past 10 years. i find myself on the opposite side of this now. it’s easy to be the giver, much harder to be the reciever, with grace. i’m learning, and i still do my best to share whatever i’m blessed with, with others who have less. this is indeed a calling of great worth.
keep up the good work in faith!
Hi again,
I tried your recipe for the Catalina roast. it was delicious! in fact, it was so good that I gave you credit on my site. Hope you don’t mind.
Ministering to others is what it is all about.
God bless you
Faye
Does anyone know how to post directly after someone’s post. Right now there are 5 posts and I can’t figure out how to respond to each one so that my post will be directly under their post?
Bboop: I kept meaning to ask where you were serving as a missionary. I’ve love to hear about your story sometime. Ever thought about posting it as a permanent story on your website? That was the first thing I looked for when I visited your site.
Faye: Glad you liked the roast.
It’s one of my favorites, too! Have you tried the chicken recipe with russian dressing, apricot jam and Lipton Onion Soup Mix?
Thanks to the other ladies who posted!