Food Storage Recipe - Creamy Vegetable Soup With Dumplings

Eating by oil lamp light!

It is getting to be that time of year to be making soups that will keep you warm and satisfied all day long. This is a hearty soup that will stay with you all day and keep you coming back for more.

NEED:

For Soup ~

3 cups of water or broth

2 medium onions, chopped

2 celery stalks, diced

2 cups of canned tomatoes , chopped up and include the sauce.

2 carrots, sliced

2 potatoes, diced

1 or 2 cups of any other of your favorite vegetables

1/2 cup of butter

1/2 cup of whole wheat flour

salt and pepper to taste

For Dumplings ~

2 cups of whole wheat flour

3 teaspoon of baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1/4 cup of minced parsley

1/4 cup of shortening

1 egg, slightly beaten

3/4 cup of milk

SOUP:  In a large covered pot, cook the vegetables in the broth until the firmest ones are barely tender. This should take about 30 minutes. Melt the butter in a small saucepan and stir in the flour to form a smooth paste.Mix in 1 cup of the broth from the vegetables to make a lump free sauce. Gradually stir it into the large pot of soup.

DUMPLINGS: Stir together the flour, baking powder, and salt. Cut in the parsley and the shortening until it looks like coarse meal. Mix in the egg and milk. Blend it until all of the dry ingredients are just dampened. Drop the batter by spoonfuls on top of the boiling soup, cover the pot , and simmer for about 15 minutes before serving.

Organize The Food Storage

I have this shelf in my kitchen where I have food storage items that we use daily. It helps with keeping track of dates and what we need more of, etc. But, this past week it was used so much and dug thru so much that it needs reorganized. Plan on doing it tomorrow. Think it will be a day of free time. Hope to get a lot done that was put off the past week. When your food storage is organized it is easier to keep track of. 

Oregano Oil ~ Antibiotic Substitute

  When we are talking about Oregano Oil we are not talking about the kitchen type oregano. The true Oregano to use is Origanum Compactum.

Here are some recipes to use for a natural antibiotic.

Recipe #1

10 drops of lemon essential oil

8 drops of mountain savory

3 drops of Oregano oil

Put into "00" Empty Gelatin Capsules and take 2 capsules 1 time a day

Recipe #2

4 drops of Oregano oil

2 drops of frankincense

12 drops of thieves ( proprietary blend)

Put into "00" Empty Gelatin Capsules and take 1 3 times a day

Recipe #3

5 drops of oregano oil

5  drops of thieves ( proprietary blend)

Put into "00" Empty Gelatin Capsules and fill the remainder of the capsule with peppermint oil. Take this with food , 2 times a day.

I am not a doctor and you need to seek medical council before trying something like this, but they are all natural and I have found that they work very well. I do not like the idea of going to a dr and them giving out antibiotics for every single thing! Not good at all. They give  out antibiotics a lot of times for stuff that doesn't even need antibiotics.

Water Dowsing

My grandfather was a huge believer in dowsing. We lived out in the boondocks and he used it to find water for their well.

He always told me that he only dowsed for need. If he felt like he was tired or not relaxed enough to dowse then he would stop. Either let someone else do it or wait until he felt that the answers were coming naturally. I can still see him walking slowly around the 3 acres they had looking for water. He went over it a few times to make sure and each time he got the same answer and they had water the whole time they were out there! 

You can get a ton of information online about dowsing for water and go from there. 

Food Storage Recipe - Oatmeal Milk Frozen Coffee

We love making and drinking Oatmeal Milk! My daughter takes it and makes these frozen coffee drinks that are absolutely delicious!! Plus saves you the money that you would have spent on a frappe out of the home. They are over $3.00 , so if you buy one everyday that is at least $20.00 a week that you are saving. They can be even more at some places.

All you need is 1 cup of coffee that you had frozen.

2 cups of your homemade oatmeal milk

1 cup of ice

Put all of this in the blender and turn it on high.

Blend until the ice is all blended up well.

Pour into your big cup and enjoy.

These are extra good in the summer , but we drink them all year long. We also enjoy ice cream more in the winter also.

What types of "summer" foods do you enjoy in the winter???