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A user-friendly cookbook for making meals from scratch using basic foods that require no refrigeration or freezing. Beginning chapters offer advice on non-electric cooking and cooling alternatives, as well as complete ingredient and utensil lists that cover all recipes. Separate chapters for stovetop and baked main dishes and breads accomodate different cooking appliances. Recipe nutrition information and exchanges are included for diabetics and others with special dietary needs. A sample four-week meal plan and accompanying grocery list for a family of four, along with guidelines to help you create your own meal plan, help you combine the recipes to begin “eating off the grid.”… More >>
Eating Off the Grid: storing and cooking foods without electricity
Eating Off the Grid: storing and cooking foods without electricity
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Tags: cooking, Eating, electricity, foods, Grid, storing, WithoutPosted 14 Jun 2010 in General
If you want to live without a fridge, this is the book. Makes living without a fridge easy for anyone. Also cooking with woodstoves covered. Rating: 4 / 5
This cookbook is good for anyone serious about implementing a home food storage program, as well as anyone enjoying “old fashioned” or outdoor cooking. When starting home storage, I wondered what I would ever do with all that wheat and powdered milk, which are two of the foundation blocks of most storage programs. This cookbook has some very good, diverse recipes, with the added advantage of being usable in the event of power outages, however this type of cooking is tricky and is best learned before it is a necessity. Furthermore, I like this book because some of the recipes remind me of the types of things my grandmother and mother used to cook (steamed puddings, Boston Brown Bread) and that’s also fun for the kids, even though time consuming for me. Some recipes are very simplistic (like PB and What? Sandwich), but the point is to list the nutritional values so that one could figure out a complete diet not lacking in anything just from very basic ingredients. Rating: 5 / 5