Survival Recipes

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Fudgesicles * 1/2 cup sugar * 2-3 Tbsp cocoa (optional) * 1 cup Magic Mix* 2 cups water * 1/2 cup milk * 1 tsp vanilla Combine Magic Mix, cocoa, and sugar in a saucepan and mix well. Add water, stir over med. heat until pudding bubbles. Add milk and vanilla and beat. Cover and cool. Pour mixture into ice cube trays or small plastic cups. Insert plastic spoon and freeze until solid.

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Magic Mix Makes 5 cups * 4 cups instant (1 1/3 non-instant) dry milk * 1 cup flour or 1/2 cup cornstarch * 1 cup margarine Combine dry milk, flour, and margarine into a large bowl and mix until it looks like cornmeal. Keep mix tightly covered in the refrigerator. NOTE: Magic Mix can be used in many recipes to make food preparation easy and economical.Try a few of the following recipes: Cream Soup ` * 4 cups water * 2 cups magic mix * 1 cube or 1 tsp bouillon granules Add one or more of the following: * 3 cooked carrots mashed * 3 potatoes cooked and chopped and 1 Tbsp cooked chopped onion * 1 can chopped clams * 1 package chopped spinach, cooked * 1 can cream style corn and 1 Tbsp chopped onion Combine water, Magic Mix, and bouillon in saucepan. Stir over medium heat until slightly thick desired ingredients. Heat thoroughly. White Sauce Makes 1 cup * 2/3 cup Magic Mix * 1 cup cold water In saucepan combine Magic Mix and cold water. Stir rapidly over med. heat until it starts to bubble. NOTE: Use Magic Mix for all recipes calling for a white cream sauce. Macaroni And Cheese Serves 4 * 1 cup white cream sauce from Magic Mix * 1 cup uncooked macaroni * 4-5oz. grated cheese (about 1 cup, or use 1/4-1/2 cup powdered cheese) * 1/2-1 tsp salt or garlic salt Cook macaroni in boiling water until tender. Drain. Combine macaroni, white sauce, cheese and seasoning. Heat through. Pudding Makes 4 1/2 cup servings * 1/2 cup sugar * 2-3 Tbsp cocoa (optional) * 1 cup Magic Mix * 2 cups water * 1 tsp vanilla Combine Magic Mix, cocoa, and sugar in a saucepan and mix well. Add water, stir over med. heat until pudding bubbles. Add vanilla and beat. Cover and cool.

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Gravy Makes 1 cup * 2 Tbsp vegetable oil or drippings * 2 Tbsp flour * 1 cup liquid ( may use the liquid drained from the wheat, vegetables, or meat stock; or reconstituted bouillon) Heat vegetable oil or drippings; stir in flour. Remove from heat and stir in liquid. Cook over medium heat until smooth and thickened. Stirring constantly. Season to taste.

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Good for waffles and especially cakes..

 

Four Buttermilk Mixes in One Recipe Buttermilk Pancake Mix(Can be used to make pancakes, waffles, or use as coating for fried chicken or onion rings.) * 1 pound can buttermilk powder (most often sold in 1 pound) * 9 cups all purpose flour * 1/2 cup granulated sugar * 3 Tablespoons baking powder * 4-1/2 teaspoons baking soda * 2 teaspoons salt (can be omitted) Combine all ingredients. Label and date container. Buttermilk Pancakes * 2 eggs * 2 cups water * 1/4 cup vegetable oil * 3 cups buttermilk pancake milk Combine egg, water and oil. Add to buttermilk pancake mix. Pour onto hot griddle and cook as usual. Buttermilk Waffles * 3 eggs, separated * 2 cups water * 1/4 cup vegetable oil * 2-1/2 cups buttermilk pancake mix Mix egg yolks, water and oil. Stir into pancake mix. Beat until well blended. Separately whip egg whites until stiff peaks form. Fold whipped egg whites into pancake mixture. Cook on hot waffle iron according to directions from manufacturer. Oven Fried Chicken * 1 cup buttermilk pancake mix * 2/3 cup hot water * 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil * Seasonings as desired (pepper, parsley, onion powder, etc.) Combine all ingredients. Dip chicken pieces into batter and place on a baking sheet. Bake in a 425°F oven for 40-50 mintues or until juice from chicken runs clear. Variation: use buttermilk baking mix to dry coat chicken. Onion Rings * * * * 1 cup buttermilk pancake mix 2/3 cup hot water 2 tablespoons vegetable oil onion rings

 

Combine pancake mix, water and oil. Set aside. heat oil in fryer to 360°F to 375°F. Dip rings in batter and deep fry until golden turning once.

 

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Misc..Tips..etc (28)

 

Tips for Using Whole Wheat Flour

 

Use wheat in recipes your family already likes. Then it is not totally unfamiliar and you know the recipe is good. Try wheat in desserts first, who can turn down a cookie? Do not feel you have to use 100 percent whole wheat. Half white and half whole wheat gives excellent results. How to substitute whole wheat in your favorite recipes * Whole wheat is heavier than white flour and needs more leavening. * In yeast breads, use more yeast and/or let it rise longer * In baking powder leavened products, increase baking powder by 1 tsp for every 3 cups whole wheat flour. * Recipes using baking soda need not be adjusted. * In baked products using eggs, separate the eggs and beat whites until stiff. Then fold in just before baking. For extra lightness, an extra separated egg may be added.

 

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Emergency Candles * 2 C. fine sawdust * 1 lb. melted wax Chip or cut up wax into small pieces, and melt over water, never directly over flame or burner. It can be melted in the same can you're going to use for the candle. Put the sawdust in a shoe box and pour the wax over it. Mix it until it holds together well when squeezed in your hands. Pack and press the mixture into the can tightly and firmly. Make a hole with a long knitting needle. Add the wick, all the way down. Pour melted wax over the top to secure.

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Herbal Medicinal Oil & Salve Recipes (16)

 

 

Burn Salve * 1 bar of cocoa butter, melted * 2 T. myrrh gum powder * 2 T. golden seal powder Mix all together and place in a hot area for 3 hours. Strain. Keep in refrigerator.

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Homeremedies Old Fashioned Mustard Plaster(For Chest Colds) Note: Be careful with this recipe. I've had people E-mail me saying this recipe burned the skin on their chest! What follows is one of them... Hi; I decided a few nights ago to apy a mustard plaster as I had heard my Mom talk about it years ago. Well I think I added 2 heaping tablespoons of powdered mustard, flour and water. Well I now have several blisters on my chest so I hope people will put several layers of fabric between the plaster and the skin. Still Burning... * 4 T. flour * 2 tsp. oil * 1 T. dry mustard Mix in lukewarm water to form a paste. Spread on a thin clean cloth and cover. Place on chest for 20 minutes (shorter time for small children). Be careful not to burn the skin. Remove the plaster and cover the chest with camphorated oil or Vicks. Then cover with warm fabric such as flannel or a towel. Repeat in 4 hours.

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Creamy, Dreamy Lotion .33 oz glycerin1 oz stearic acid1.6 oz Ewax .80 oz mango butter4.4 oz of oil (any combination of oils you like will be fine. My favorite is avocado, jojoba, apricot kernel and soy)13.75 oz water 13.4 oz aloe .2 oz preservative½ to 1 tsp of fragrance or eo Put the first 7 ingredients (liquid glycerin to the aloe) in a large microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high for 4 minutes. After the 3 minutes stir the mixture and then put the bowl back into the microwave. Heat on high for 1 minute. Take the container out of the microwave and check them. You want to heat until all the ingredients are melted (about 5-10 minutes depending on your microwave). The ingredients in your bowl will look milky when they have melted completely. Do not heat to boiling. When the first 7 ingredients have melted you’re ready to mix! Mix with a stick blender or hand mixer for about 2 minutes. Let mixture sit for about 10 minutes then stick blend it for about 2 minutes. Let the mixture sit for 5 minutes then blend for 1 minute. About this time it should be starting to get thick and creamy. Let it sit for another five minutes and then blend in the vitamin e, preservative, fragrance and color. Spoon into jars

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How to make salves... If using fresh collected plants, make sure to clean them. Shake them to remove dirt then lay the herbs out to air dry for several hours. Measure the desired amount of herbs into an into a crock-pot or a double broiler. Cover with oil. Oil should be about an inch above herbs. Heat the herbs and oil over low heat for about 3 hours. For roots cook about 5 hours. Turn off heat & allow to cool. Set up a strainer lined with cheesecloth & pour the oil through to strain. When most oil has filtered through the cheesecloth, pick up the cheesecloth, keeping the herbs enclosed, and squeeze as much oil as possible from the herbs and cloth. Add beeswax to the oil now and heat it until all the wax is melted. To test to see if your salve is hard enough, put some on a spoon and set it in a cool place for a few minutes. If your salve is too soft, add more beeswax. If you are using essential oils or Vitamin E you can blend them in now. Finally, pour your salve into containers and label

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Making Herb Infused Oil

 

You can use this oil as is or in what ever recipe. This method works especially well with resiny herbs such as calendula or St. johnwort. Some active constituents in herbs are not very easily extracted in oil but come out just fine in alcohol. 1 part herb by weight (for example 1 0z)1 part grain alcohol (everclear) by volume( 1 fl oz in this case) Mix the two together in a glass jar and let sit covered for 24 hour, shaking every once in a while The next day mix the wet herbs with 5-6 parts of oil, about 5-6 fl oz in this case (for medicinal salves we usually use extra virgin olive, but what ever you want to use is fine)Pour this into a blender and blend the whole thing on high speed until the sides of the blender feel warm. Strain the oil through cheesecloth, pressing to get most of the oil out. Pour the oil in a pot and over very low heat, warm it until all the alcohol is evaporated. ( you can check by holding a match close to the surface of the oil. If it catches fire there is still alcohol there...careful!)Now you can bottle the oil or used it right away.

 

 

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Melody's Herbal Infusion Directions Place your dried plant material in the top of a double boiler and cover with just enough olive oil (or oil of your choice) to cover. Bring the temperature up to 120-150 deg. F. and keep it there for 4 hours. Strain through cheesecloth, squeezing all the oil out of the plant material. Pour this infused oil over another batch of dried material and repeat the process. Store in the refrigerator. Tips:1. Use only dried plant material. Fresh contains water which will breed bacteria in your salves. 2. Use latex or other type of rubber glove when you squeeze the plant material to keep from contaminating the oil with bacteria from your hands. 3. Make only what you can use in a week. 4. Don't make the fire too hot, as it will cause the temp to rise too drastically. Remove from heat when the infused material reaches 120 deg. F. The temp will continue to rise. When it starts dropping close to the 120 mark again, zap it for a minute with the heat. 5. Keep in mind that once oil starts to heat, the temp goes up drastically. You don't want to burn the plant material. 6. Do not cover the pot. You don't want condensation to build up and drop back into the oils. I've had better luck with this method than with the cold infusion on a window sill, which always seemed to develop condensation inside the jar which in turn resulted in bacteria and mold growing in the final oil.

 

 

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Easy Salve Here is another easy salve recipe. Lemon Balm contains Eugenol whicheases pain and calendula is great for all types of skin conditions, verysoothing. Most of you will remember that I don't always weigh my ingredients, sothese are approximate. 2 cups olive oil or sunflower oil (olive lasts longer)3/4 cup lemon balm and calendula. Just throw handfulls in the measuring container until you get 3/4. Try to use equal amounts of each. Mix together and place in top of double boiler. Simmer over low heat for2 hours. Remember to replace the water in bottom pot if it gets low. Strain out herbs. In seperate pan or bowl if using microwave, melt 2tsp. beeswax and 1 tsp. cocoa butter or lanolin. Add to the infused oil and stir until cool. If you wanted to make this antibacterial, you would add a few drops of tea tree or thyme eo when it cools. Put into jars and label!!!!! Add the date..... You might think you'll remember what you made, but you won't

 

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Chest Rub/Soreness

 

Olive oil 1 cup or enough to cover the herbs(I don't like to subsitute, olive lasts a long time) grated ginger root fresh 2 Tbs. dried about 4Tbs.dried or wilted peppermint leaves 1/4-1/2 cup Put in crock pot or double boiler and simmer over low heat for 3hours. Strain out herbs, put back in pan over low heat and melt 1-2Tbs. of beeswax in the oil, depending on how hard you want to make it. When beeswax melts, remove from heat stir and pour into container, let sit until cool. *I add poplar buds to the herbs for pain and inflammation, simmer as instructed.

 

 

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Becky's Itchy Salve (for help with itchies) : (I use a simple method, I don't measure, so amountsare always approximate) If using fresh herbs, gently spray clean and let wilt overnight in a dry place.1 handful of chickweed 1/2 handful of chamomile heads1/2 handful of calendula heads2 Tbs. of thyme 2 Tbs. comfrey root2 Tbs. marshmallow root Cover with olive oil, infuse over low heat (never get above 200) for 3hours. Strain and add 1-2 oz.cocoa butter and 1-2 oz. beeswax, heat until melted and pour into containers. Just drop a little on a plate and see if it hardens enough, if not add more beeswax only a little bit at a time and re-test.

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Crack Salve 1 oz Beeswax1 oz Calendula infused olive oil1 oz Plaintain infused olive oil1 oz St. Johnswort infused olive oil Melt all together til beeswax is melted then add:6 drops Vit E 5 drops Pine needle e.o.5 drops Chamomile (german) e.o.5 drops Lavendar e.o. 5 drops Tea tree e.o. Cool a bit , then pour into clean jars.Enjoy!

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General Healing Balm 1 part lavender flowers1 part peppermint leavesSteep in 3 ounces of sunflower oil for 45 minutes.Strain. Melt 2ounces cocoa butter or coconut oil in microwave or double boiler. Add2 ounces of beeswax and melt together. Add strained sunflower oil andmix thoroughly. When mixture cools, add 2 tsp. essential oil of your choice. (I use peppermint and lavender) Pour into small soap molds orsmall plastic container. Peppermint is cooling while the lavender is topically healing.

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Chest Rub First make an herbal oil using equal parts of these herbs: Peppermint, Spearmint, Wintergreen, and 1 tsp. cloves. If you do not want to use the herbs you may use the essential oils. Use about a Tbsp. of each oil and at least 2 or 3 cups of either extra-virgin, coldpressed olive or coconut oil. Once the oil has infused and is strained, warm the oil and add 1/2 tsp* menthol crystals (or menthol crystals with bees wax) to the desired consistency. *in warmer climates you may need a little more; in cooler climates, less. This salve is comparable to Vicks®, without all the petroleum hydrocarbons

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St. John's Wort Salve This salve is healing and soothing for use for diaper rash, sunburn and skin irritations. It has now become our favorite salve and we use it for everything. It has taken care of Athlete's foot, all rashes and healed cuts, scratches, and abrasions. It is quite amazing how quickly things heal when we use this salve. 1 part St. John's Wort 1 part Comfrey leaf 1 part Calendula flowers Follow the instructions above. First make the oil and then turn it into a salve!

 

 

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Antifungal/Antibacterial Salve (We use this for cuts, athlete's foot, diaper rash, infections, everything. You'll love this salve!) 1/2 cup Comfrey root (healing and soothing) 2 cups Plantain leaf (healing and soothing) 2-3 Tablespoons Goldenseal Root powder (antibacterial/antifungal) Make this into an herbal oil. Then add to this oil: 2 Tablespoons Grapefruit seed extract (strong antibacterial/antifungal properties) 2 Tablespoons Tea Tree Oil (strong antifungal/antibacterial properties)

Now make the salve by melting beeswax into the warmed oil and pour into containers

 

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How to Make Salves from a Medicinal Oil... 1. Begin by making a Medicinal Oil (see instructions above), then follow these instructions: Your pan and supplies must be moisture free. Place the herbal oil in a pan. Add 1/8th cup of beeswax for each cup of oil, and heat over very low heat until the beeswax is melted. If you wish for a softer salve, add a little more oil or a little less beeswax. It is here that I add my liquid components such as Tea Tree Oil, Grapefruit Seed Extract, Vitamin E, etc. Take a little of this liquid and pour into a container, allowing it to cool. (You can cool it quickly in the refrigerator.) This is like a jelly test. When it has set up, check its consistency and add more beeswax or oil to adjust. Once you are satisfied with the consistency, remove it from the heat and immediately pour into small glass jars or tins. It's as easy as 1-2-3! 1) Keep the jars out of the sunlight and heat. 2) Don't leave them in the car. 3)They will retain their deep, rich color and strong, herbal aroma and work wonderfully! We prefer our salves to anything the medical system and drug stores have to offer.

 

 

 

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More information on making Medicinal Oils...Moisture tends to cause medicinal oils and salves to deteriorate and spoil quickly, so you will need to use dried herbs (like those we sell) rather than fresh herbs. Of course, you could dry your own herbs, as well. The oils with the longest shelf life are coconut and olive oil. Both are very healthy oils. The seed oils are unsaturated and the fatty acids less stable: They breakdown with heating, forming trans-fatty acid which has been shown to actually cause heart disease and cancer. They will still work for medicinal oils, but are not recommended. Coconut oil is solid or semi-solid at any temperature below 78°. Olive oil will begin to solidify at temperatures around 40°. This make a difference in the consistency of the salve in most regions that experience significant seasonal temperature changes between summer and winter. You may wish to keep this in mind when making salves and lip balms. A salve made solely with coconut oil would be very soft during the summer if you prepared it during the winter, for example. The rich emollients and anti-microbial properties make coconut oil a highly desirable salve ingredient.

 

 

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Sports Massage Oil 2 parts St. John's Wort 1 part Hops 1 part Arnica 1 part Mullein leaves 2 parts camphor oil or crystals Essential Oil of Wintergreen Add oil to cover the herbs, plus an inch or two more. Prepare using any of the methods above. Add the camphor oil or crystals, adding enough Wintergreen oil to create a strong, pungent odor.

 

 

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Insect Repellant Oil Much safer than anything you buy from stores, this is as effective as anything commercially prepared at keeping those pesky insects away. 1 part Bay leaves 1 part Pennyroyal 1 part Rosemary 1 part Eucalyptus Add enough oil to cover the herbs, plus an inch or two. Prepare using any of the methods above. Add a few drops of essential oils of pennyroyal and/or eucalyptus to strengthen the scent.

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Examples of Medicinal Oil Recipes: Ear Oil We use this for ear infections. Warmed to body temperature and dropped in the ear, it quickly relieves the pain. The oil has anti-viral and antibacterial properties, as well as herbs which reduce swelling and help to deaden the pain. 1/2 cup dried Mullein flowers 1/4 cup dried St. John's Wort herb 2-3 cloves of fresh garlic Whiz the garlic in 1 cup of olive oil in your blender until the garlic is in tiny pieces. Pour this mixture over the herbs and use the solar method to extract the medicinal properties. Let it set for at least two weeks