Stockpile Recipes ~ Breakfast

If you have a stockpile and need ideas on what to do, here are some breakfast ideas.

CEREAL
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Indoor S’mores

8 cups Golden Grahams cereal
5 cups miniature marshmallows
1 ½ cups milk chocolate chips
¼ cup light corn syrup
5 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup miniature marshmallows (if desired)


Butter rectangular pan, 13X9X2 inches. Measure cereal into large bowl. Heat 5 cups marshmallows, the chocolate chips, corn syrup and butter in 3-quart saucepan over low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted. Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla. Pour over cereal in bowl; quickly toss until evenly coated. Stir in 1 cup marshmallows.

Peanut Butter Cornflake Cookies

(1) Cup White Karo Syrup
(1) Cup Sugar
(1) Cup Peanut Butter
1/2 Tsp Vanilla
(6) Cups Cornflakes (plain)

Heat syrup and sugar to a boil. Remove from heat and mix in peanut butter and vanilla until smooth. Pour over and mix w/ corn flakes until covered and then drop by the spoonful on wax paper or foil.

No Bake Cereal Bars

INGREDIENTS:
4 cups toasted oat cereal
2 cups crispy rice cereal
2 cups dry-roasted peanuts
2 cups candy-coated milk chocolate pieces
1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup white sugar
1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

DIRECTIONS:
In a large bowl, toss together the toasted oat cereal, rice cereal, peanuts and chocolate pieces; set aside. Grease a 10x15 inch jellyroll pan.
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, stir together the corn syrup and sugar. Bring the mixture to a boil and cook until sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and quickly stir into the peanut butter and vanilla. Pour the mixture into the bowl with the cereal mixture and mix well. Press into the prepared pan. Let stand until set. Cut into bars and serve.


Cheerio Treats

1 cup light corn syrup
1 cup sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 tsp. vanilla
5 cups cheerios

In large saucepan, mix and bring to boil corn syrup and sugar. Continue boiling for one minute beyond the sugar dissolving. Remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter, vanilla, and cheerios. Drop by spoonfuls on well greased cookie sheets or on waxed paper.

Cheerios Breakfast Bars

Ingredients

1¼ (300 mL) cups sugar
½ cup (125 mL) butter or margarine, softened
½ cup (125 mL) peanut butter
¼ cup (50 mL) water
1 tbsp (15 mL) vanilla
1 Egg
1 ½ cups (375 mL) all purpose or whole wheat flour
1 cup (250 mL) old fashioned or quick cooking oats
1 cup (250 mL) raisins
½ tsp (2 mL) each salt and baking soda
4 cups (1 L) Cheerios® cereal
Directions

Heat oven to 375°F (190°C). Stir together sugar, butter, peanut butter, water, vanilla, and egg in a large bowl. Stir in remaining ingredients except cereal. Gently stir in cereal.

Pour into ungreased 9 x 13 inch (23 x 33 cm) pan.

Bake 15- 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cool. Cut into bars.


PANCAKES
If you have a great amount of pancake mix, here are some ideas on what to put in the pancakes.

Mashed Bananas
Chocolate Chips
Butterscotch Chips
Blueberries
Apple Pie Filling
Almonds/Granola

Stockpiling ~ Take Advantage Of This Low Cost Investment

Stockpiling is something I have been practicing for nearly a year now, so this is not new to me. However, I have been hearing recent buzz about news reports on why people should start stockpiling food. I decided to use my good ole friend google to find out what the AP has been saying. I was quite shocked to see how many articles have come out in the recent weeks regarding this topic, including one from Wall Street : http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120881517227532621.html

With the way the economy is going, it's probably a wise choice to stockpile because you know everything is going up in price. Think about the truckers that take the food to the stores, thier gas prices have gone up significantly, so in turn, their prices go up, then in that turn, the sellers raise their prices. It's the domino effect, once one price goes up, everything goes up. Not only are prices rising, people are being laid off. Stockpiling is a wise investment just incase something happens that you are not counting on in the future.

Now, I am not one for believing that Armageddon is knocking on the door and we need to go out and buy canned foods and run to a bomb shelter. However, I am a firm believer in saving my pennies so when I find something that is a great deal, I stock pile it. Coupons are a great resource in helping with this. For example, if Aquafresh is on sale for 1.00, and we have coupons for 1.00 off, that makes them of course, FREE! So when I know that something will be on sale like that, I will scope out my coupons and check ebay for a lot of those coupons. The main benefit to stockpiling is you never know when that item will be on sale again, especially when you need it. Now say you have 5 toothpastes that you got for free or for under a buk, isn't that better than going out and buying it whenever you need it, and maybe its not on sale or there isn't a coupon? Toothpaste is more than three bucks, free sounds a lot better to me!!

Here are a few things I stockpile:

NONFOOD:

• Razors
• Toothpaste
• Deodorant
• Shampoo/conditioner
• Soap
• Laundry detergent
• Paper towels
• Toilet paper

FOOD:

• Pasta
• Rice
• Canned Food
• Cereal
• Snacks

Basically, if its nearly free and non perishable, I stockpile it. Now some people freeze milk, but I have never done this but I have heard it can be done. Especially with the rise of milk prices, it may be worth a shot.

The main inconveinence of stockpiling is space. If you live in a small living space, its harder to stockpile. So if you decide to, you will need to organize it. If your stockpile is just getting overwhelming, there are many shelters and food banks that would be happy to take your overflow off your hands.