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Cooking ideas?
We'll likely be housing displaced disaster victims in the coming days/weeks/who knows. We need to conserve as much energy as possible and won't have hot water (aside from the ability to boil it on the stove). Can you think of meals that would be relatively easy to cook for groups, won't dirty tons of dishes or have to cook for long periods of time? Are crock pots smart to use, or will that use more energy than turning on the stove or oven for a normal meal?
Knowing the power could go out at any time, we'll stock up on canned foods/dry ready to eat stuff, etc. I'm going to make as much bread as I can today. Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Re: Cooking ideas?
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Wow. Crazy. Good for you.
I'd suggest pasta. You can throw anything into it. Have any vegetables around you can eat raw? (separate from the pasta.) Fruit?
I'd also go with cooked rice and some sort of meat with (any) veggies. You can quickly stir fry them, and the rice will be filling.
I think chili and pasta are also good ideas. Keep some instant noodles handy: they're not healthy but quick to prepare if you just have hot water.
You and your DH are in my thoughts...
Can you use the crockpot to cook batches of items?
Ok, so let's think in terms of camping...can you get bars-granola bars to have on hand?
baked beans or any kind of beans might work for big groups and go well with rice
thinking of you and your DH.
What about a big pot of soup? The bad thing is you can warm it up if you don't have power.
If you are making lots of bread maybe you could serve PBJ for breakfast or lunch.