Tuesday, October 27, 2015

November 2015 Newsletter

Sales for the month of November:  Watch for sales on baking items for the holiday season such as sugar, flour, brown sugar, powdered sugar, chocolate chips, and flavorings.  Also, if you wait to buy your Thanksgiving turkey until the week BEFORE thanksgiving, you will save a lot of money.  Buy a second turkey to donate to the food bank or to put in the freezer for a few months from now.  Remove left-over meat from the carcass and freeze for casseroles later.  


Preparedness Classes for the Copper Hills Stake:  We will not schedule any more preparedness classes for our stake until the New Year.  We had a different preparedness class nearly every month from January through October in 2015.  When we have the class it is for ANYONE in our stake, no matter which building it is held in.  We encourage EVERYONE to take at least some of these FREE classes.  Asking someone to get you a handout from the class is a good thing, but you miss out on a lot by not attending.  Nothing beats being there in person.  In a time of crisis your attitude, faith and knowledge will be more important than the things you have.

What can I do with a 5 gallon bucket?   I recently came across this website for Preparedness Ideas.  You may want to check this out.  This website has ideas and lists for kits and many other uses for 5 gallon buckets.  It is called,  fivegallonideas.com  If you have a 5 gallon bucket addiction…this website is for you!  Or if you want to make some kits that have handles or be frugal and crafty for lots of projects…this website is for you.



How to use powdered milk:  If you would like to be better at using the powdered milk you have stored there are several cook books for this on sale at preparedness stores, Deseret Book Stores and online.  I took a Powdered Milk Class at the Preparedness Expo in September and it was great!  In addition to teaching us about the different kinds of powdered milk and all the ways we can use it, we sampled a couple things and at the end the teacher had her book for sale.  I bought it.   The book is called 101 Things to do with Powdered Milk.  It sells for $10. It contains helpful hints, recipes for yogurt, milks, creams, cheeses, breads, dips, main dishes, soups, sauces and desserts.   She states that all of the recipes in her book were created using the LDS Home Storage non-fat dry milk.

$10 recipe book with 128 pages of recipes.